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war on drugs

USA-led campaign against illegal drug use and trade
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Summary

war on drugs is a campaign[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: War on Drugs[3]
  • Point in time: June 18, 1971[4]
  • Facet of: drug prohibition law[5], drug interdiction[6], prohibition of drugs[7], drug policy[8], drug policy reform[9], drug law enforcement[10]
  • Different from: The War on Drugs[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[12]

Why It Matters

war on drugs has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Interlingvisto · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Just say no (4647883256).jpg
    Sitelink count → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'h
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Just say no (4647883256).jpg"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → drug prohibition law, drug interdiction, prohibition of drugs +3
    Instance of → campaign
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    Point in time → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558256005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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