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The war on drugs is the policy of a global campaign, led by the United States federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention, with the aim of reducing the illegal drug trade in the United States.
Guerra alla droga o war on drugs è un termine statunitense utilizzato dalla campagna del governo federale statunitense per la proibizione delle droghe, per gli aiuti militari e per l'intervento militare, con l'obiettivo dichiarato di ridurre il commercio illegale di droga.
War on Drugs, the effort in the United States since the 1970s to combat illegal drug use by greatly increasing penalties, enforcement, and incarceration for drug offenders. It began in 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse to be ‘public enemy number one’ and increased funding for drug control.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 giu 2023 · In various countries, the ‘war on drugs’ has been more effective as a system of racial control than as a tool to reduce drug markets. Policing interventions based on racial profiling remain widespread, whilst access to evidence-based treatment and harm reduction for people of African descent remains critically low.
24 giu 2022 · End ‘war on drugs’ and promote policies rooted in human rights: UN experts | OHCHR. Latest Media Center. Statements Special Procedures. End ‘war on drugs’ and promote policies rooted in human rights: UN experts. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June 2022.
17 giu 2021 · While few policy experts believe the drug war will come to a conclusive end any time soon, the end of bipartisan backing for punitive drug laws is a significant development.
7 dic 2023 · America’s War on Drugs Has Always Been Bipartisan—and Unwinnable. 8 minute read. In 1986, President Reagan hands his wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan, the pen he used to sign a $1.7 billion...
