War on Drugs: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - Race, Crime and Injustice - The War on Drugs. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Civil Liberties Union - End the War on Drugs. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The beginnings of the war on drugs. | Dec 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hamilton College - A Brief History of the US Drug War History, Colombia, and Mexico (PDF). | Jul 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - The United States War on Drugs. | Jun 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Online Exclusive: The Nautical Beginnings of America?s War on Drugs. | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, 'What Good Is It Doing For Us?'. | Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Nixon's 'war on drugs' began 40 years ago, and the battle is still raging. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cato Institute - The International War on Drugs. | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - War on Drugs. | Aug 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS Frontline - Thirty Years Of America's Drug War. | May 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Has a War on Drugs Ever Been Won? | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Changed “Drug Enforcement Agency” to “Drug Enforcement Administration” and noted that prison reform legislation enacted in 2018 further reduced the sentences for some crack cocaine–related convictions. | May 05, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Drug Policy Alliance - A Brief History of the Drug War. | Dec 05, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The "War on Drugs" as Imperialism. | Dec 04, 2018 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 19, 2016 |
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