Primary Sources: The 1980s: Drugs

October 27, 1983
Nancy Reagan's plea for Americans to join the fight against drugs.

"Nancy Reagan discusses her views on the use of drugs by young people and on drug abuse prevention and education."

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"Most upper-middle-class bureaucrats, politician and businesspeople have not tried crack. Morley discusses his own use of crack and muses on the impact on the war on drugs if US policymakers had smoked a rock."