The term "war on drugs," first coined by former President Richard Nixon over 30 years ago, is the name of a movement to hinder drug abuse in America. ... The "war on drugs" has had some successes in the Bush and Nixon administrations. ... In Nixon's address to the Republican Convention in 1968 he stated, "the first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence" (Nixon 4). ... Pumping money into the Drug War as Nixon and Bush did not helped domestic violence. ... Overall, the clear goals of Nixon and Bush to fight drug abuse have failed...

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In 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs and increased the presence of federal drug agencies. ... By the time President Richard Nixon and President Ronald Reagan were out of presidency, the war on drugs continued on with no slowing down. ...

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The war on drugs was fist declared by Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign. ... After John Ehrilichman, one of Nixon's advisors told him that narcotics repression was a "sexy political issue" the war on drugs was then declared and used as "election ammunition" during the 1968 presidential campaign. ...

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