History of the American Drug War-
History of the American Drug War-
The first act of America's anti-drug laws was in 1875. It
outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. This was a San Francisco
ordinance. The basis on passing this law was that Chinese men had a
way of luring white women to their dens and causing their "ruin",
which was the association with Chinese men. Later, other Federal laws
such as trafficking in opium was illegal for anyone of …
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…it from coming across the border."
Bob Dole continuously blames Clinton for the rise in teen drug use,
and how drug abuse doubled when he was governor of Arkansas. Senator
Dole had voted against the crime bill that had the death penalty for
drug kingpins in it and voted to cut services to 23 million
schoolchildren under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act. National
opinion polls show Bill Clinton leads Bob Dole by 10-20 percentage
points.
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