1. War on Drugs
... . Nancy Reagan makes her famous "Just say No!" speech and President Reagan makes marijuana a top priority. Upon examining the relationship between marijuana use and violent crime, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "Rather than inducing violent or aggressive behavior through its purported effects of lowering inhibitions, weakening impulse control and heightening aggressive tendencies, marihuana was usually found ... reducing psychomotor activities and generally producing states of drowsiness lethargy, timidity and passivity." When also examining the medical af...
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