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By Kathleen J. Frydl

The Drug Wars in the US, 1940–1973 argues that the U.S. govt has clung to its militant drug battle, regardless of its visible mess ups, simply because powerful regulate of illicit site visitors and intake have been by no means the serious components motivating its adoption within the first position. as a substitute, Kathleen J. Frydl indicates that the shift from regulating illicit medicinal drugs via taxes and price lists to criminalizing the drug exchange built from, and used to be marked by means of, different dilemmas of governance in an age of drastically increasing country strength. so much think the 'drug struggle' was once inaugurated via President Richard Nixon's statement of a conflict on medicines in 1971, yet in truth his assertion heralded adjustments that had taken position within the 20 years past. Frydl examines this severe period of time among legislation and prohibition, demonstrating that the warfare on medicinal drugs complicated convinced country agendas, corresponding to policing internal towns or workout energy abroad.

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