The Drug War was started at a Federal level, with the Controlled Substances Act and the creation of the DEA (US Drug Enforcement Agency). [1] Approximately 1 in 10 Americans have been arrested on drug related charges since then, and even just looking at Federal prison facilities, 0.5 million people are incarcerated every year. [2]
And that's just drug policy. Abuses by Federal agencies are numerous across history into the present day, and have often taken place on a grand scale:
And that's just drug policy. Abuses by Federal agencies are numerous across history into the present day, and have often taken place on a grand scale:
FBI misconduct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fbi#Controversies
CIA misconduct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia#Controversies
US Military Interventions since 1890: http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/interventions.html
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rat...