Intermittently, at best, we are told that victory against the evil specter of narcotics is just around the corner. Maybe if we just spend a little more money, or get a little tougher it will soon work. Just because the war hasn't worked for over 100 years doesn't mean we should stop, does it? |
Let's wrap it all up and go home | |||
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Year | Headline | Publication | Issue Date |
1911 | Progress in solving the opium problem | Outlook | Jul 1 |
1913 | Knock-out blow for opium | Literary Digest | Jun 28 |
1927 | Uncle Sam scores one on opium | Survey | Jan 15 |
1929 | Step toward solution of the narcotics problem | Current History | Jan |
1931 | Effective plan to control traffic in drugs adopted by twenty-eight nations | Nation | Jul 29 |
1933 | End of illicit traffic now in sight | Literary Digest | Jul 29 |
1940 | New hope for conquest of drug addiction | Science News Letter | Dec 21 |
1945 | One up on narcotics; addiction can be cured | Colliers | Dec 15 |
1948 | Dopers' decline | Newsweek | Dec 20 |
1952 | Man strikes hardest blow yet against dope | Life | Jan 14 |
1962 | Narcotics victory | Commonweal | Mar 9 |
1972 | New progress in the war on drugs | US News | Aug 7 |
1972 | U.S. scores in the war on drugs | Newsweek | Aug 28 |
1972 | Victory soon in fight against drug traffic? | US News | Sep 25 |
1972 | Big gains in drive to cut off narcotics | US News | Dec 25 |
1973 | Tide has turned in the war on heroin | US News | Jul 16 |
1973 | Victory over opium: capture of Lo Hsing-han | Time | Jul 30 |
1974 | How U.S. is smashing hard drug rings | US News | Apr 1 |
1975 | U.S. pledges continued efforts in drug abuse control | U.S. Dept of State Bulletin | Dec 8 |
1981 | Are kids turning away from drugs? | Newsweek | Mar 2 |
1982 | Youth moderating usage | USA Today | Jun |
1984 | Teen drug use drops, but problem remains | Science News | Feb 18 |
1985 | Teen drug use -- except cocaine -- falls | Science News | Jan 19 |
1985 | A war that must be won | Vital Speeches | Aug 15 |
1989 | Some winning maneuvers in the war on drugs | Business Week | Nov 27 |
1990 | Teenager's drug use drops | Science News | Feb 24 |
1990 | The administration's drug war can reduce demand | Vogue | Mar |
1990 | A frontal assault on drugs | Newsweek | Apr 30 |
1990 | Drug-free zones: winning the war on drugs | New Republic | May 21 |
1990 | Good news in the drug war: prices up, purity down | Newsweek | Jul 2 |
1992 | Major drop in high school drug use, study reveals | Jet | Feb 24 |
1992 | The winnable war | Vital Speeches | Jul 15 |
1998 | Winning the drug war isn't so hard after all | NY Times Magazine | Sep 6 |
2001 | I'm proof: the war on drugs is working | Newsweek | Jul 2 |
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