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> The veracity of the quote has been challenged.

The outcomes however are a matter of historical record. Jails filled to the brim with black people. Even though white people deal drugs and use drugs at a higher rate than black people. You don't even need that quote to see what Nixon quickly "achieved".

And we also know Nixon was a racist. That's on tape. Referring to Jamaica:

“Blacks can’t run it. Nowhere, and they won’t be able to for a hundred years, and maybe not for a thousand ... Do you know, maybe one black country that’s well run?”

-- Richard Nixon



Well obviously Nixon's motivation for the drug ware were't purely about race. It was about hippies too! ;)

Q: How many police officers does it take to kick a hippie down stairwell?

A: None, he just fell!




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