- How the Myth of the ‘Negro Cocaine Fiend’ Helped Shape American Drug Policy: In 1914, a racist fiction helped sell one of the nation’s first drug laws; 100 years later, it’s still with us. http://www.thenation.com/article/178158/how-myth-negro-cocaine-fiend-helped-shape-american-drug-policy 153 comments politics
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- The war on drugs, explained - Vox https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2016/5/8/18089368/war-on-drugs-marijuana-cocaine-heroin-meth 1 comment
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