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The
War on Drugs
is what people call a government program in the
United States
. The program was, officially, to end drug use. It started in the early 1970s and the
Reagan Administration
gave it a lot of attention in the 1980s. The War on Drugs continued into the 1990s and 2000s.
Presidents
Richard Nixon
,
Ronald Reagan
,
George H. W. Bush
,
Bill Clinton
, and
George W. Bush
supported it.
The War on Drugs led to the capture of many drug dealers and ended many drug dealers in the United States. The
Drug Policy Alliance
said that the United States had spent $51 billion every year on the War on Drugs.
The War on Drugs also lead to the creation of the saying "
Just Say No
" which was created by Ronald Reagan's wife and
First Lady
Nancy Reagan
. It was created to prevent teenagers doing drugs.
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