Richard Nixon’s Launch of the War on Drugs (2013)

including escalating crime rates and violence within the country. - In 1971, two congressmen came out with a report that said 15% of all U.S. troops in Vietnam were addicted to heroin, so on June 17th... - Would you join me here, would you be seated, please, ladies and gentlemen? - ...1971, President Richard Nixon decided enough is enough. - America's public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. - Nixon called for a new offensive on drugs, necessitated by the situation in Vietnam. - ...which has brought to our attention the fact that a number of young Americans have become addicts as they serve abroad.