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Back in the 1970's it was plain to see that a Nixon initiative such as a drug war was not congruous with a free country in the same way that an absolute prohibition on alcohol was not.

The first Nixon election was actually the birth of the monster which enabled such a multi-generation debacle.

Regardless of how toxic and harmful alcohol and drugs have been for millennia.

Turns out Nixon was not only misinformed, he also had a crooked streak.

History shows that the Reagan mishandling of a free country occurred afterward.

I not only witnessed all of this first hand, it has been a painful experience.

You should have seen what a free country was like beforehand.



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