(NPR) After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, Critics Ask, What Good Has It Done

After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, Critics Ask, What Good Has It Done

The War On Drugs: 50 Years Later

After 50 Years Of The War On Drugs, Critics Ask, What Good Has It Done

President Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs and addiction. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.