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Old 04-12-2014, 12:01 PM  
TheSquealer
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
Because even though Nixon created it...it got sidetracked by Watergate. Ford didn't push it.
Carter ignored it.

When Reagan came into office the DEA was just a few guys in an office.

When Reagan came into office - the drug problem was getting worse, starting from Florida and spiraling outward until finally the entire nations inner cities turned into war zones as the result of the popularity of cocaine followed by the very rapid proliferation of crack cocaine and unprecedented gang violence

Pretending this didn't happen is akin to Holocaust denial

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