Today, Flag Day is celebrated with parades, essay contests, ceremonies, and picnics sponsored by veterans' groups, schools, and groups like the National Flag Day foundation whose goal is to preserve the traditions, history, pride, and respect that are due the nation's symbol, Old Glory.
Since taking office, Obama has rarely characterized the anti-drug campaign as a war.. Instead, he has emphasized the need to address systemic injustice in drug sentencing and focused on meeting the health care needs of addicts that would boost prevention.
The War on Drugs results in mass incarceration of the poor, especially poor black and brown men and women, and bars people from opportunities to find a job, seek education, obtain housing, support their families long after their release, and may even prohibit peopleâs right to participate in our democracy by voting.