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Crime Policy By Amy in the U.S. Unlike many European countries, there is no cabinet official in charge of national crime policy in the United States. Each of the fifty state legislatures determines its own crime policy separately. Despite such policy differences, most states in the past twenty years or so have adopted tougher measures----longer sentences and more strict bail policies, both of which have resulted in higher rates of imprisonment across the country. War on Drugs The?War on Drugs?is a campaign of?prohibition?and foreign?military aid?and?military intervention?being undertaken by the?United States government, with the assistance of participating countries, intended to both define and reduce the illegal drug trade.? This initiative includes a set of?drug policies of the United States that are intended to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of illegal?psychoactive drugs. The term War on Drugs was first used by President?Richard Nixon?in 1971. What is “War on Drugs”? History The first U.S. law that restricted the distribution and use of certain drugs was the?Harrison Narcotics Tax Act?of 1914. In 1920, the United States passed the?National Prohibition Act?along with the?18th Amendment, which prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption on a national level. On October 27, 1970, the?Nixon?administration implemented the?Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. In 1971, the Nixon administration coined the term War on Drugs. Domestic Policy Of the related drug arrests, about 225,000 are for possession of cannabis, the fourth most common cause of arrest in the United States. In the 1980s, while the number of arrests for all crimes had risen by 28%, the number of arrests for drug offenses rose 126%. Marijuana constitutes almost half of all drug arrests, and between 1990–2002, marijuana accounted for 82% of the increase in the number of drug arrests . ?focus his efforts on illegal dru