Two years after launching the War on Drugs, President Richard Nixon made a startling admission during an Oval Office meeting: He said marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” The remark, captured on the former president's secret recording system, reinforces the notion that marijuana's criminalization was politically driven. Ernesto Londoño, a New York Times reporter who covers drug use and counterdrug policy, explains:
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