During the administration of American President Richard Nixon (1969–1974), the United States turned to increasingly harsh measures against cannabis use, and a step away from proposals to decriminalize or legalize the drug. The administration began the War on Drugs, with Nixon in 1971 naming drug abuse as "public enemy number one in the United States."[1]
- ^ William Avilés (5 October 2017). The Drug War in Latin America: Hegemony and Global Capitalism. Taylor & Francis. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-315-45667-6.