1965+1973+Haley+Kropka

Soldiers who had returned home from the Vietnam War had major drug probablems to overcome. Most Soldiers had become addicted to marijuana and heroin because it was so widespread, cheap and freely available.

Several factors that attributed to the high usage of heroin and marijuana are, Vietnam didn't have strict laws on the usage of drugs. It was cheap in the smoking form and easily found. It was also used as a coping mechanism for the soldiers who wanted to be home instead of there.

The immediate concern in America was that large numbers of returning Soldiers whom of which knew how to use guns very well, would commit a crime to support their addiction that they had gotten overseas. As a result, Action Office on Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP) was placed into affect by US President Richard Nixon. He asked Jerome Jaffe to run it.

Jaffe set up a urine-screening program in Vietnam. Every man leaving the country had to be tested. They had to have a 'clean' urine sample before boarding the plane. If their sample came up positive of drugs, they were sent to a detoxification center for about a week before allowance to return home.

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