Before & Beyond Nixon: The War On Drugs with Author Alexandra Chasin

Though back-burnered by politicians and the media, the War on Drugs still rages on. And rumors swirl around General John Kelly, Trump’s new Homeland Security Secretary as the latest to rev up another round of battle. And while many credit former President Nixon as launching this losing effort, professor Alexandra Chasin reveals the true chief architect of America’s longstanding  battle as Harry Anslinger, the Commisioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930-1962 in her fascinating new book, Assassin of Youth.

The legacy of criminalization, racism and xenophobia of the early War on Drugs continues to leave its stain on myriad communities and the nation at large.

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