Tag: nixon

An American History of Addiction, Part 6: The Reagan Reaction

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Kevin Gallagher addresses the Reagan era and the "crack" epidemic of the 1980s in this continuing series about the USA and addiction.

An American History of Addiction, Part 4: “Drugs Are Bad”

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The disease theory of addiction had been ingrained in our culture for 200 years when Nixon signed this law.Ā But had we ever actually checked to see if it was all true?