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Noam Chomsky

12/07/18

@ MIT Video Productions

In the 1980s, substance use declined among educated people while remaining steady or increasing among poorer populations, highlighting a class divide in drug use.

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Noam Chomsky - Foundations of World Order: the UN, World Bank, IMF & Decl. Human Rights 1999

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Noam Chomsky - Foundations of World Order: the UN, World Bank, IMF & Decl. Human Rights 1999

12/07/18

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Noam Chomsky

12/07/18

@ MIT Video Productions

The drug war was declared around the time when drug use among educated people began to decline, indicating a political motive behind the war on drugs targeting minorities.

Noam Chomsky

12/07/18

@ MIT Video Productions

The criminalization of drug use serves as a tool for social control, targeting marginalized populations while instilling fear in the broader society.

Noam Chomsky

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The United States is unique among industrialized nations for not collecting statistics on class, which is an ideological decision that obscures the relationship between class and substance use.

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The U.S. has seen a dramatic increase in incarceration rates since the 1980s, largely due to the war on drugs and harsh sentencing for victimless crimes.

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