They went after marijuana when it was associated with (a) black Americans and (b) the anti-war hippies.
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https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html
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https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html
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The polite answer is "no, but thank you for the offer".