IN 1971 PRESIDENT NIXON DECLARED WAR ON DRUGS SAYING:; "AMERICA'S PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE IN THE UNITED STATES IS DRUG ABUSE"; $100 MILLION; HIS BUDGET? IN 1980 APPROXIMATELY 50,000 CITIZENS ARE IMPRISONED FOR DRUG RELATED OFFENSES; THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS AND THE COST OF INCARCERATING THEM RISES EVERY YEAR; IN 1986 NANCY REAGAN ANNOUNCES HER "JUST SAY NO" PROGRAM; IN HOPES OF EDUCATING THE AMERICAN YOUTH ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE, THE PROGRAM WAS INCLUDED INTO THE FEDERAL WAR ON DRUGS; THE COST IS UNKNOWN; IT LASTED ABOUT 20 YEARS AND DREW WIDE CRITICISM BUT SHOWED POSITIVE RESULTS; IN 2015 THERE WERE OVER 500,000 CITIZENS IMPRISONED FOR DRUG RELATED OFFENSES AND MOST ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS; $50 BILLION; PER YEAR IS SPENT ON THIS WAR; MORE THAN; HAS BEEN SPENT SINCE 1971; $1 TRILLION; _________; _________; _________; TELL ME AGAIN HOW YOU MOURN PEOPLE WHO; SPEND HARD-EARNED TAXPAYER MONEY ON A WAR THAT IS WIDELY CONSIDERED A DISMAL FAILURE?
