Ronald Reagan's War On Drugs

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Ronald Reagan was the 40th president in the United States. Believe it or not, when Reagan first started out as a politician, he was a member of the democratic party. Reagan then converted to the republican party. After his conversion, Reagan won the Presidential of 1980 and 1984 for his second term. Reagan started his own war on drugs during his presidency. During the years of his presidency, cocaine especially crack cocaine became an epidemic. Crack cocaine differs from regular cocaine because it is cheaper and because it is mostly purchased in crystallized form. Crack cocaine was found in more urban communities, while powdered cocaine was found iron suburban areas. Matthew D. Lassiter explains this throughout his book Impossible Criminals: