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August 1986

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Reagan Signs Executive Order Declaring Drugs National Security Threat

Reagan signs a National Security Decision Directive declaring drug trafficking a national security threat and authorizing military involvement in drug interdiction. The order expands surveillance, militarizes border enforcement, and increases pressure on local police to make drug arrests. Black urban communities become the primary sites of intensified enforcement as the War on Drugs escalates.

Events

  1. August 4, 1986
    Reagan Signs Executive Order Declaring Drugs National Security Threat

    Reagan signs a National Security Decision Directive declaring drug trafficking a national security threat and authorizing military involvement in drug interdiction. The order expands surveillance, militarizes border enforcement, and increases pressure on local police to make drug arrests. Black urban communities become the primary sites of intensified enforcement as the War on Drugs escalates.

  2. August 4, 1986
    Reagan Declares Drug Trafficking a National Security Threat

    Reagan signs an executive order declaring drug trafficking a national security threat and authorizing military involvement in interdiction. The order militarizes enforcement and increases pressure on local police to make drug arrests. Black urban communities become the primary sites of intensified enforcement as the War on Drugs escalates.