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Nixon Calls for Anti-Drug Policy
Nixon begins the war on drugs requesting for increase in policy to end the use of drugs in juveniles. Nixon claims the rate of juveniles abusing drugs is skyrocketing along with his arrests. -
Nixon Creates the Drug. Enforcement. Agency.
After Nixon declared a war on drugs, he needed a government agency’s with the sole purpose of ending the abuse of drugs. -
Jimmy Carter Supports Decriminalizing Marijuana
Jimmy Carter runs his campaign with a platform of decriminalizing marijuana and ending federal penalties of up to an ounce. This was a dramatic change in comparison to the ideas Nixon had. These ideas from Carter are just now coming to fruition with legislators becoming more lax. -
North America Free Trade Act
Clinton passes NAFTA, increasing trade over the U.S. and Mexican boarder. This makes it easier for drugs to be smuggled as the U.S. customs is stretched too thin. -
Nancy Reagan “Just Say No”
First Lady Reagan creates her “Just Say No” campaign, targeted at juveniles to stop illegal drug use. -
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
Ronald Reagan passes the Act which appropriates $1.7 billion to fight the drug war from increasing pressure from the Colombian Cartels. -
Plan Colombia
Clinton gives $1.3 billion to decrease the amount of cocaine produced in Colombia. They plan to spray the coca plants with herbicides and train the Colombian military with attack helicopters. -
Drug Tunnel
The longest drug tunnel ever found, a half mile tunnel connecting to a drug ware house in Tijuana. Over two tons of marijuana was seized in Tijuana and 200 pounds of drugs found in the United States warehouse.