![The failed legacy of the 50-year War on Drugs started with a lie The failed legacy of the 50-year War on Drugs started with a lie](https://realnews.today/media/image-65-310x168.jpg)
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, to announce “a new, all-out offensive” against drug abuse, which he denounced as “America’s public enemy number one.” He called on Congress to contribute $350 million for a worl…