In today's episode, we dive into part two of our drug war origins series. We talk about the history of the drug war during the 1960s and 1970s with Nixon and the counterculture movement being the focal point. Enjoy!

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Links:

• Harry Anslinger: The Godfather of Cannabis Prohibition — He married the niece of Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and one of the wealthiest people in the country, and in 1930 Mellon appointed Anslinger as Commissioner of the Treasury Department’s new Bureau of Narcotics.
• A Brief History of the Drug War | Drug Policy Alliance
• What is the war on drugs? - The war on drugs, explained - Vox
• The War on Drugs: How President Nixon Tied Addiction to Crime - The Atlantic
• Full text of "White House Conference on Children, Report to the President" — Children who use drugs or children with other problems should be treated outside the court system. If a child is found using physically and psychologically addictive drugs, he should be diagnosed and treated medically and socially by halfway houses, social counselors, and other available facilities. A juvenile correctional system should include community services of all kinds ; attention should be given to the development of positive programs which will build and strengthen the juvenile receiving corrective treatment; and physical facilities should be made appropriate for encouraging constructive development of children in trouble and in need. We also recommend that appro- priate services be made available to aid the juvenile court in its attempt to differentiate between the child in need of supervision and the child whose needs cannot be met within our existing legal system.
• Drug Policy
• CBD Bio Naturals – Clean By Design