War on Drugs - Learn Liberty

The War on Drugs paved the way for the United States to lay a domestic foundation for a massive and overwhelming system of oppression. Launched in the United States by former President Richard Nixon in 1971, drug criminalization served as the catalyst for firing an international crusade, strong-arming other countries into criminalizing cannabis whether they wanted to or not.

In this interview with Aaron Bossett, Founder of the Black Cannabis Commission, we answer the following questions:

- Who is Harry J. Anslinger and why did he invent a new ‘public enemy’?

- What discovery helped to reignite the medical marijuana movement?

- How does the War on Drugs continue today, despite seeing an upward trend towards legalization?

- How does state legalization fail to address the harmful effects of the War on Drugs in minority communities?