From Nixon to Neuroscience: The War on Drugs and Psychedelic Renaissance

After President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971, the number of people incarcerated in American jails and prisons escalated from 300,000 to 2.3 million. Half of those in federal prison are incarcerated for a drug offense, and two-thirds of those in prison for drug offenses are people of color. Disproportionate arrest, conviction, and sentencing rates for drug offenses have devastated communities of color in America. Between 1980 and 2011, arrests of African Americans for violent and property crimes fell, but rose dramatically for drug offenses. As the Washington Post reported, African Americans are far more likely to be arrested for selling or possessing drugs than whites, even though whites use drugs at the same rate and are more likely to sell drugs.” <a href="https://burningw0rds.medium.com/from-nixon-to-neuroscience-the-war-on-drugs-and-psychedelic-renaissance-41183d516bff">Click Here</a>