Robert DuPont and the War on Drugs (Nixon era)/Cousins marrying isn't so bad after all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs
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Robert DuPont, the "Drug czar" in the Nixon Administration, stated it would be more accurate to say that Nixon ended, rather than launched, the "war on drugs". DuPont also argued that it was the proponents of drug legalization that popularized the term "war on drugs".^[12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Pont_family
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During the 19th century, the Du Pont family maintained their family wealth by carefully arranged marriages between first cousins^[1] which, at the time, was the norm for many rich families.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2564/whats-wrong-with-cousins-marrying
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The U.S. is virtually alone among developed nations in outlawing marriage among first cousins. European countries have no such prohibition. In some cultures, particularly Islamic ones, first-cousin marriage is encouraged. Even in the U.S. laws forbidding the practice are far from universal. First-cousin marriage is currently illegal or restricted in 31 states. (Some states allow it if there's no chance of procreation--interesting in light of conservative opposition to gay marriage on the grounds that the institution's function is to produce children.) It's legal in the rest--and no, Kentucky and West Virginia aren't among the permissive ones. Try California and New York.

http://ibhinc.org/biorld.html
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ROBERT L. DuPONT, M.D. - BIOGRAPHY

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Robert L. DuPont, M.D., President For more than 40 years, Robert L. DuPont, M.D. has been a leader in drug abuse prevention and treatment. Among his many contributions to the field is his leadership as the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1973-1978) and as the second White House Drug Chief (1973-1977). From 1968 to 1970 he was Director of Community services, for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, heading parole and half-way house services. From 1970 to 1973, he served as administrator of the District of Columbia Narcotics Treatment Administration (NTA), the city-wide drug abuse treatment program that was the model for the federal government's massive commitment to drug abuse treatment in the early 1970s. Following this distinguished public career, in 1978 Dr. DuPont became the founding president of the Institute for Behavior and Health http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_S._du_Pont_IV Excerpt: