Defeating The Drug War Requires Better Understanding It
prerequisite reading: http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2016/02/points-about-progressive-era-war-of.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley Contrary to what is commonly regurgitated, the drug war did not start with Richard Nixon . Rather, it was the phrase "war on drugs", that came with the re-codification of drug prohibition that occurred under Nixon with the enactment of the 1970 U.S. Controlled Substances Act . This re-codification was necessary following the 1969 Leary case that had the Supreme Court officially find the statutory basis of US drug prohibition since the 1914 - the power to tax - unconstitutional as violating an individual's right against self incrimination. The 1970 CSA would instead base itself upon the power to regulate interstate commerce. The U.S. drug war dates back to the prohibitions established via the 1937 “Marijuana” Tax Act and the 1914 Harrison "Narcotics" Tax Act regarding “opium or coca leaves, t