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War On Drugs Affect Communities
I think the “War on Drugs” had a negative impact on the affected communities because of the institutional racism that existed. Many individuals, especially minorities in low socioeconomic communities were unlawfully targeted. Individual rights were ignored to achieve agency standards to combat the inflation of drugs on the streets. Historically, a distrust remained constant between law enforcement and minority communities and only continued to decline during the War on Drugs era. Today, law enforcement as an institution continue to pick up the broken pieces and gain the trust of the communities in which they serve and protect.
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