America's War on Drugs

All historians of the war on drugs note it began in the 1920 and was a cornerstone of "Progressive policy." Google: politico A Hundred Years' Failure Or google: roots of the war on drugs To quote for peer reviewed work at US national Institute of Health: "America's War on Drugs took shape during America's Progressive Period at the turn of the Twentieth Century." Between 1906 and 1922 there was a 1,600% increase in incarceration for use and possession of newly illegal drugs. Not incidentally the Progressive movement also gave us alcohol Prohibition. This film is pursuing a partisan agenda by ignoring, in fact denying, the root of this issue.