66 - America's Drug War, Part 4: DARE to Just Say No

CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses mature themes, including detailed discussion of illicit drug use. Listener discretion is advised. In the penultimate installment of America's Drug War, President Ronald Reagan and his successors take the mantle of drug warrior in the 1980s and 1990s. Jaye discusses campaigns and programs designed to reduce drug use in children, such as Just Say No and DARE, as well as the crack epidemic of the 80s, and the shift to punitive measures that the federal government took to win the War on Drugs. Were these efforts successful - and what did "success" truly mean? Featured Podcast: Stranger Still Website: http://strangerstillshow.com Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Flying Machine Network: http://flyingmachine.network Patreon: http://flyingmachine.network/support Source Links: Detroit Blue Pigs - Fight The Crime (1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAy_hvhLCY http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/23337/dpd_officer_blue_pigs_co-founder_retires https://www.adweek.com/creativity/these-shameless-cocaine-ads-prove-70s-were-hell-time-be-alive-166927/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/11/reagans-race-record/46875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672328/ https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/just-say-no http://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war CNN: 1986: Nancy Reagan's 'Just say no' campaign: https://youtu.be/lQXgVM30mIY https://timeline.com/ronald-nancy-reagan-war-on-drugs-crack-baby-just-say-no-cia-communism-racial-injustice-fcfeadb3548d https://theweek.com/articles/495031/daryl-gates-19262010 https://dare.org/about/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672328/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/20/the-dare-program-and-a-parents-concerns/f7aceab4-7596-4cfe-8e00-5d736676204d/ http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/dare4.htm https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1996/killer2.htm https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-opioid-epidemic-dahleen-glanton-met-20170815-column.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/089533004773563485 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/10/04/conspiracy-theories-can-often-ring-true/3960d4c5-593e-4b4d-b3c9-a2f9f4148c9d/ https://uproxx.com/hiphop/snowfall-1980s-crack-epidemic/ https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p16_sum.pdf https://www.aclu.org/other/cracks-system-20-years-unjust-federal-crack-cocaine-law https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs6/6445/6445p.pdf https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/863 https://thecannabisindustry.org/member-blog-little-known-critical-exception-federal-paraphernalia-laws/ https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s13524-017-0611-1?author_access_token=jXD6ohexE1c1ur2WRWhpkfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY4uMYrYNkMZx9I1WjnbPAWM-g13AQlmw4x8-VaL1oT3wS1z7bR6McpJuw6uJspKuwHQtTd1alIFBkHajdo4QVT1CPUCL7C_5xQhC8-ZXzjA6g%3D%3D Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Miami composed by Dan Mason https://danmason.bandcamp.com/album/miami-virtual-20 Lagos composed by Quincas Moriera Pop Killer composed by The Mini Vandals It Was a Fine Day composed by South London HiFi Aurora Currents composed by Ashley Fulero Sweet Tides composed by LATASHA