War on Drugs

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The War on Drugs is a long-running U.S. government campaign that uses law enforcement, legislation, and international efforts to reduce the production, distribution, and consumption of illegal drugs.

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instanceOf drug control policy
government campaign
public policy initiative
announcedBy Richard Nixon
associatedWithAgency Drug Enforcement Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Office of National Drug Control Policy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
associatedWithLaw Controlled Substances Act
associatedWithPresident Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedFor human rights abuses abroad
limited impact on drug availability
mass incarceration
public health harms
racial disparities in sentencing
declaredYear 1971
focusSubstance cocaine
heroin
marijuana
methamphetamine
influencedPolicyIn Colombia
Latin America
Mexico
initiatedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
policyArea criminal justice
foreign policy
public health
policyGoal reduce illegal drug consumption
reduce illegal drug distribution
reduce illegal drug production
policyTool asset forfeiture
border control
criminal legislation
domestic policing
drug interdiction
drug scheduling
eradication of drug crops
incarceration
international cooperation
law enforcement
mandatory minimum sentencing
military assistance abroad
relatedConcept drug prohibition
harm reduction
mass incarceration in the United States
startPeriod early 1970s

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Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 partOf War on Drugs
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 relatedTo War on Drugs
this entity surface form: War on Drugs in the United States
Sicario mainSubject War on Drugs
this entity surface form: War on drugs
Nancy Reagan notableWork War on Drugs
this entity surface form: Just Say No campaign
Public Law 100-690 partOf War on Drugs
Reagan administration drugPolicy War on Drugs
this entity surface form: "Just Say No" campaign association
Lucius hasAssociatedAct War on Drugs
this entity surface form: The War on Drugs
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 partOf War on Drugs
Armed Forces of Colombia conflict War on Drugs
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song notableWinner War on Drugs
this entity surface form: The War on Drugs
documentary film 13th focusesOn War on Drugs
subject surface form: 13th
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 partOf War on Drugs
this entity surface form: United States federal drug control strategy
They Say usedByArtist War on Drugs
this entity surface form: The War on Drugs
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 subjectOf War on Drugs
this entity surface form: United States drug policy debates
César Gaviria participatedIn War on Drugs
this entity surface form: War on Drugs in Colombia
Rockefeller drug laws in New York State partOf War on Drugs
subject surface form: Rockefeller drug laws
this entity surface form: United States war on drugs era policies
Pub.L. 99-570 partOf War on Drugs
Colombian armed conflict relatedTo War on Drugs
Colombian National Army conflict War on Drugs
Elvis & Nixon depicts War on Drugs
this entity surface form: United States War on Drugs
Michelle Alexander topicOfWork War on Drugs
Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act associatedWith War on Drugs
this entity surface form: United States drug policy
Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act partOf War on Drugs
this entity surface form: United States anti-drug strategy