History of the War on Term Paper

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This social, cultural, and economic war has only brought on more disgrace to neighborhoods that are still torn with violence and poverty. The shady history that this war has, makes it that much more doubtful that there were ever any good intentions involved in the first place. It has been a war for power, money, and regulation by the United States' own government. It has been a way to keep the poor poorer and to make the rich even richer.

The War on Drug's history is only reason enough to discontinue its implementation. No actual noticeable achievement has been made to even put a dent into a system of illegal drug trafficking, and although Baum declared a failure in this system more than fifteen years ago, it has officially been declared that the War on Drugs has been lost. Billions of dollars in taxpayer money has gone into a system that has only kept more people down and has secured a place in history where citizens' rights have been violated and where no improvement can even be said to exist.
Things now are worse than they were when this ordeal was implemented and are just as bad as they have always been. The history of the War on Drugs is just evidence of another governmental program that does not have the public's interest in mind, but instead is more focused on how to make the government seem like it is actually doing something of use......

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