 gang let's have a read through these trading cards declaration of war that's George W. Bush holding up a bag of cocaine or crack cocaine is evidence beautiful artwork let's read the description drug wars number one this in his first nationally televised address address from the Oval Office September 1989 President Bush declared a nine point seven point nine billion dollar war on drugs brandishing a bag of crack cocaine he called narcotics the gravest threat facing our nation quote the greatest threat facing our nation every US president since Richard Nixon has waged war on drugs yet today they are more widely available than ever before Bush's own involvement with drug wars began in 1971 when Nixon appointed him to the White House Cabinet Committee on international narcotics control as vice president Bush was Ronald Reagan's drug war drug czar heading the National Security Council's drug interdiction task force spending interdiction tax force yet during Reagan's presidency while federal anti-drug spending tripled cocaine supply sword tenfold 1990 saw new highs in worldwide narcotics production Bush's plan echoes failed policies of echoes failed policies of previous administrations over 72% of funds are allocated for law enforcement new prisons and inter interdiction and less than 23% for prevention and treatment the casualties of the war on drugs are mostly poor people of color while the real criminals bankers and businessmen who shared a fabulous wealth created by the 300 billion dollar a year worldwide drug trade are rarely punished historically drug wars have been used by imperial powers as smoke screen for foreign intervention the US for the US this has taken the form of spending sending military aid to corrupt allies who use the weapons not not against drug traffickers with whom they are often in league but to crush their internal policy political enemies meanwhile US agriculture and trade policies encourage production and export of deadly legal drugs drug war trading cars text copyright 1991 Paul Brancato art 1991 saline your cup eclipse entertainment PO box and we know that now one of the stories here okay now keep this name in mind Gary Webb okay in the sentence here that you see yet during Ronald Reagan's present presidency while federal anti-drug spending tripled cocaine supply soar tenfold okay that is not a coincidence or bad management that is the CIA running drugs and we know this because of Gary Webb's reporting and look into the investigative journalist in-depth investigative journalistic work that he put out called the Dark Alliance okay and Gary Webb was suicided Epstein he was basically assassinated for what he put out and he was blacklisted by the establishment by the so-called news agencies by the government and targeted okay that's card number one this alone would be at least a couple of classes in any history class in any grade in high school