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The Supreme Court in 1969 for Leary vs US, established that the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was a violation of the constitutional rights of US citizens.
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/395/6/
These are only a select few examples of how the American people and the world have been lied to about the War on Drugs. The quotes were derived from a larger quote by John Daniel Ehrlichman, who was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon between 1969-1973.
References:
[Link] https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman
[Link] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs#20th_century