844 to make crack cocaine the only drug with a mandatory minimum penalty for a first offense of simple possession.

The Act made possession of more than five grams of a mixture or substance containing cocaine base punishable by at least five years in prison.

“After spending billions of dollars on law enforcement, doubling the number of arrests and incarcerations, and building prisons at a record pace, the system has failed to decrease the level of drug-related crime.

5210 legislation was passed by the 100th U.S. Congressional session, and signed into law by president Ronald Reagan on November 18, 1988.

The federal government would allow states to use block grants to create or improve rehab and treatment centers.

[11] Internationally, the Act would give narcotics control aid to Mexico, and restrict countries that would not meet the new anti-narcotic standards.

[13] David Weikart, President of High/Scope Education Research Foundation from Ypsilanti, Michigan would take a stand that drug prevention needs to be taught early on in schools to help this problem.

He had conducted a researching showing that children in play based preschools are most likely to try hard drugs just by the age of fifteen.