This article is offensive and inaccurate. It is also parodies the way people talked about the heroin panic during Nixon's first term.

Here is a thread about how Nixon fomented heroin panic to help get re-elected. https://nypost.com/2020/07/28/apparent-junkies-turn-part-of-nycs-midtown-into-shooting-gallery/

The architect of Nixon's heroin suppression reelection strategy was Jack Caulfield, a former NYPD beat cop who became assistant director of ATF. In '73, Nixon sent Caulfield to Watergate burglar James McCord to offer clemency. He was later sentenced to prison for his involvement.

In 1970, Caulfield wrote a memo for White House Counsel John Dean: "The Suppression Of The Sale of Heroin Within The United States - The Only Option To The Reversal Of The Inner City Crime Rate By 1972"

Note the date of the memo: November 16, 1970. Just 2 weeks after Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act, which would not go into effect until 1971.

Caulfield's memo is remarkable because he concedes it is unlikely they'll be able to address heroin use meaningfully, so instead the Administration must "address itself to realities" and design a program around preventing losing the 1972 election.

What was required was an effort to "redefine the social issue for 1972" around heroin.

Hate to be that guy, but yes the plan involved the CIA.

So anyway. Folks should exercise skepticism when they see reports telescoping in on a few people APPARENTLY using drugs in public as cause for alarm about "galleries" and "needle parks." Cuz it looks like Trump is trying to re-animate Nixon's '72 campaign in more ways than one.