Full Definition of BOA. 1. : any of a family (Boidae) of large snakes that kill by constriction and that includes the boa constrictor, anaconda, and python.2. : a long fluffy scarf. See boa defined for English-language learners. See boa defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.ull Definition of BOA. 1. : any of a family (Boidae) of large snakes that kill by constriction and that includes the boa constrictor, anaconda, and python. 2. : a long fluffy scarf. See boa defined for English-language learners. See boa defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
war-on-drugs_0.jpg. June 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's declaration of a war on drugs â a war that has cost roughly a trillion dollars, has produced little to no effect on the supply of or demand for drugs in the United States, and has contributed to making America the world's largest incarcerator.
Almost forty years after the War on Drugs officially began, we don't appear to be close to winning. Like Prohibition, the War on Drugs has achieved a real measure of success in reducing overall drug use. Proportionally fewer Americans smoke marijuana today than they did in the 1970s, for example.rohibition (with a capital P) may have been gone, but prohibition (with a small p) has remained the cornerstone of American policy towards illicit drug use ever since. President Richard Nixon coined the phrase, War on Drugs, in 1971, but the federal government's drug war truly began 40 years earlier.