On June 17, 1971 President Richard Nixon launched the modern-day drug war, an effort perpetuated by every one of his successors.As the reform group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) documents in a new comprehensive study, the drug war has destroyed lives and property, shredded the constitution, and distorted American education, health care, and even foreign policy. That's why, notes LEAP, fully 75 percent of Americans and 69 percent of poli...












