To begin, the War on Drugs video was very interesting and full of information such as how the passing of needles was a way that AIDS was spreading throughout America. From the start of the epidemic, the film states, “Washington D.C. took a medical response.” Furthermore, a lot of places in America took a more aggressive approach by putting people in prison for carrying more than a certain amount of drugs on them. Next, the video stated that, “In 1961 Nixon declared war on drugs.” This shows just how large of a problem the drug epidemic in America was and we as a nation needed to take a stand and fight back. Now, a man in the video had stated, “Drug epidemics often burn themselves out.” After this quote was stated, the video backed it up by
