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		h2odragon on May 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to get 7th graders to smoke "Drugs are Bad" except all the ones we advertise on TV and might require school kids to take in order to attend school.

hi-v-rocknroll on May 15, 2024 | [–]

The War on Drugs was used to target Nixon's perceived opponents: hippies and black people.

Later, Reagan couldn't relate to poor or minorities, so he (and Nancy) doubled-down on "tough on crime" militarization and ineffective PSAs.

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