 Former Nixon Aid Reveals Why The ‘War On Drugs’ Was Created — The Reason Will Make You SickIt s long been said that the  War on Drugs  is a fiction created by certain interests in society, in order to attack particular segments of the American population. There s been plausible deniability for a while, but now the truth is revealed by someone who was there when it was engineered.Harper s ran a piece written by Dan Baum, who was writing in support of drug legalization, in which a very honest and completely damning quote was given by former Nixon policy advisor John Ehrlichman. The quote will give even the most ardent anti-drug naysayers pause when they realize that the whole  war on drugs  that they ve completely bought into is a total lie.The quote is below:At the time, I was writing a book about the politics of drug prohibition. I started to ask Ehrlichman a series of earnest, wonky questions that he impatiently waved away.  You want to know what this was really all about?  he asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect.  The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I m saying? We knew we couldn t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did. I must have looked shocked. Ehrlichman just shrugged. Then he looked at his watch, handed me a signed copy of his steamy spy novel, The Company, and led me to the door.Source: JezebelThis false war has been carried on for decades by subsequent presidents, as a useful tool to continue suppressing anti-establishment segments of society. Just look at Ronald Reagan s crack  epidemic.  Former CIA officials have come forth to admit the drug was funneled into black neighborhoods as a form of social sabotage. It also provided an excuse for brutal over policing and mass incarceration of a majority of their young people for a growing profitable prison industrial complex.Baum also goes on to explain a huge reason why Republicans are so strongly against the legalization of marijuana, despite its obvious success:The citizens of the U.S. jurisdictions that legalized marijuana may have set in motion more machinery than most of them had imagined.  Without marijuana prohibition, the government can t sustain the drug war,  Ira Glasser, who ran the American Civil Liberties Union from 1978 to 2001, told me.  Without marijuana, the use of drugs is negligible, and you can t justify the law-enforcement and prison spending on the other drugs. Their use is vanishingly small. I always thought that if you could cut the marijuana head off the beast, the drug war couldn t be sustained. Source: JezebelWith the legalization of marijuana, a process has been started in America that would bring an end to a long-used secret Nixonian tool that was used for decades to attack liberal progressive and minority communities. This is exactly why Republicans are so strongly against it. It s time for this secret war on America by the right-wing to come to a permanent end.Featured image via FlickrNews
former nixon aid reveals why the war on drugs was created the reason will make you ticket long said war drugs fiction created certain interests society order attack particular segments american population there plausible reliability truth revealed someone ran piece written dan aum writing support drug legalization honest completely damning quote given former nixon policy advisor john ehrlichman the quote give even ardent naysayers pause realize whole war drugs completely bought total quote at time i writing book politics drug prohibition i started ask ehrlichman series earnest work questions impatient waved away you want know really asked blindness man public disgrace stretch federal prison little left protect the nixon campaign nixon white house two enemies antiwar left black people you understand i saying we knew make illegal either war black getting public associate hippie marijuana blacks heroin criminalizing heavily could disrupt communities we could arrest leaders raid homes break meetings verify night night evening news did know lying drugs of course i must looked shocked ehrlichman struggled then looked watch handed signed copy steam spy novel the company led jezebelthis false war carried decades subsequent presidents useful tool continue suppressing segments society just look ronald reagan crack epidemic former cia officials come forth admit drug fueled black neighborhoods form social sabotage it also provided excuse brutal policing mass incarceration majority young people growing profitable prison industrial also goes explain huge reason republicans strongly legalization marijuana despite obvious success the citizens jurisdictions legalized marijuana may set motion machinery imagined without marijuana prohibition government sustain drug war ira glasses ran american civil liberties union told without marijuana use drugs negligible justify prison spending drugs their use vanishing small i always thought could cut marijuana head beast drug war sustained source jezebelwith legalization marijuana process started america would bring end secret nixonian tool used decades attack liberal progressive minority communities this exactly republicans strongly it time secret war america come permanent image via flickrnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Former Nixon Aid Reveals Why The ‘War On Drugs’ Was Created — The Reason Will Make You SickIt s long been said that the  War on Drugs  is a fiction created by certain interests in society, in order to attack particular segments of the American population. There s been plausible deniability for a while, but now the truth is revealed by someone who was there when it was engineered.Harper s ran a piece written by Dan Baum, who was writing in support of drug legalization, in which a very honest and completely damning quote was given by former Nixon policy advisor John Ehrlichman. The quote will give even the most ardent anti-drug naysayers pause when they realize that the whole  war on drugs  that they ve completely bought into is a total lie.The quote is below:At the time, I was writing a book about the politics of drug prohibition. I started to ask Ehrlichman a series of earnest, wonky questions that he impatiently waved away.  You want to know what this was really all about?  he asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect.  The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I m saying? We knew we couldn t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did. I must have looked shocked. Ehrlichman just shrugged. Then he looked at his watch, handed me a signed copy of his steamy spy novel, The Company, and led me to the door.Source: JezebelThis false war has been carried on for decades by subsequent presidents, as a useful tool to continue suppressing anti-establishment segments of society. Just look at Ronald Reagan s crack  epidemic.  Former CIA officials have come forth to admit the drug was funneled into black neighborhoods as a form of social sabotage. It also provided an excuse for brutal over policing and mass incarceration of a majority of their young people for a growing profitable prison industrial complex.Baum also goes on to explain a huge reason why Republicans are so strongly against the legalization of marijuana, despite its obvious success:The citizens of the U.S. jurisdictions that legalized marijuana may have set in motion more machinery than most of them had imagined.  Without marijuana prohibition, the government can t sustain the drug war,  Ira Glasser, who ran the American Civil Liberties Union from 1978 to 2001, told me.  Without marijuana, the use of drugs is negligible, and you can t justify the law-enforcement and prison spending on the other drugs. Their use is vanishingly small. I always thought that if you could cut the marijuana head off the beast, the drug war couldn t be sustained. Source: JezebelWith the legalization of marijuana, a process has been started in America that would bring an end to a long-used secret Nixonian tool that was used for decades to attack liberal progressive and minority communities. This is exactly why Republicans are so strongly against it. It s time for this secret war on America by the right-wing to come to a permanent end.Featured image via FlickrNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: former nixon aid reveals why the war on drugs was created the reason will make you ticket long said war drugs fiction created certain interests society order attack particular segments american population there plausible reliability truth revealed someone ran piece written dan aum writing support drug legalization honest completely damning quote given former nixon policy advisor john ehrlichman the quote give even ardent naysayers pause realize whole war drugs completely bought total quote at time i writing book politics drug prohibition i started ask ehrlichman series earnest work questions impatient waved away you want know really asked blindness man public disgrace stretch federal prison little left protect the nixon campaign nixon white house two enemies antiwar left black people you understand i saying we knew make illegal either war black getting public associate hippie marijuana blacks heroin criminalizing heavily could disrupt communities we could arrest leaders raid homes break meetings verify night night evening news did know lying drugs of course i must looked shocked ehrlichman struggled then looked watch handed signed copy steam spy novel the company led jezebelthis false war carried decades subsequent presidents useful tool continue suppressing segments society just look ronald reagan crack epidemic former cia officials come forth admit drug fueled black neighborhoods form social sabotage it also provided excuse brutal policing mass incarceration majority young people growing profitable prison industrial also goes explain huge reason republicans strongly legalization marijuana despite obvious success the citizens jurisdictions legalized marijuana may set motion machinery imagined without marijuana prohibition government sustain drug war ira glasses ran american civil liberties union told without marijuana use drugs negligible justify prison spending drugs their use vanishing small i always thought could cut marijuana head beast drug war sustained source jezebelwith legalization marijuana process started america would bring end secret nixonian tool used decades attack liberal progressive minority communities this exactly republicans strongly it time secret war america come permanent image via flickrnews