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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
It was never meant to curb drug use at all, it was all about money. It's not a coincidence that private for-profit prisons started appearing at the same time as the war on drugs ramped up. More people in jail, more money for the owners, more money funneled to the politicians. It also opened up a big revenue stream for the CIA when they got into the drug smuggling business
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In my circle and I think it was pretty common, the use of drugs especially grass cut into the booze business. People just weren't drinking much anymore, so they cracked down on drugs and lowered the drinking age. Just another example of money controlling our politics.