war on drugs

 On October 27, 1970, Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, which, among other things, categorized controlled substances based on their medicinal use and potential for addiction. In 1971, two congressmen released a report on the growing heroin epidemic among U.S. servicemen in Vietnam; ten to fifteen percent of the servicemen were addicted to heroin, and President Nixon declared drug abuse to be "public enemy number one".

War on drugs term coined on 6/18/1971

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The termed "war on drugs was coined in a speech giver by Richard Nixon on 6/18/1971 

6/18 

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The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on 7/1/1973 

signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28.

The presidency of Ronald Reagan saw an expansion in the federal focus of preventing drug abuse and for prosecuting offenders. In the first term of the presidency Ronald Reagan signed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, which expanded penalties towards possession of cannabis, established a federal system of mandatory minimum sentences, and established procedures for civil asset forfeiture. From 1980 to 1984 the federal annual budget of the FBI's drug enforcement units went from 8 million to 95 million.

October 12, 1984

Clinton calls for a new crime bill in the Presidential Radio Address - 9 October 1993

Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994