Nixon launched the war on drugs 50 years ago. Who won?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Still, the law enforcement approach has led to many long-lasting consequences for people who have since reformed.
54% : In addition to being denied employment, those with criminal records can be limited in their access to business and educational loans, housing, child custody rights, voting rights and gun rights.
46% : A lack of accountability for the war on drugs bred mistrust of government and law enforcement in the community, he said.
45% : Federal policies, such as mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses, were mirrored in state legislatures.
44% : Although Nixon declared the war on drugs on June 17, 1971, the U.S. already had lots of practice imposing drug prohibitions that had racially skewed impacts.
43% : The heavy hand of law enforcement came without addiction prevention resources, she said.
41% : A key weapon was the imposition of mandatory minimums in prison sentencing.

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