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On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:26:34 -0500, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

>"Started with Nixon"?  Why is that?
>
>(Without further research) I'd speculate that the drug issue started 
>with LBJ opening the door, thanks to his welfare programs.

Public Enemy Number One

At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Nixon, with his
newly appointed Drug authority at his side, declared drug abuse
"public enemy number one." "In order to fight and defeat this enemy,"
he continued, " it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive."
With that statement, the "war on drugs" began.

https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2016/06/26404/

President Nixon Declares Drug Abuse "Public Enemy Number One"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8TGLLQlD9M