At this stage, the root of the problem, the Colombian Cartels, was not attacked.The DEA soon realized that they needed to crack down on the cartels. ... The DEA is shocked, and realizes just how big the drug problem in the United States was. ...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of M...

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