This document discusses the history of drug use and criminalization in the United States. It traces the origins and popularity of various drugs like marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, LSD, and heroin. It notes that drug use has a long history but was criminalized starting in the 1930s. It also discusses the war on drugs declared by presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton and the resulting mass incarceration. The document argues that drug use should be decriminalized and legalized instead of criminalized.