Three ways in which Reagan's War on Drugs affected the marginalized were:
African Americans were generally given harsher sentences for drug crimes than Hispanic or White individuals.
Drug enforcement agents made the majority of drug busts and arrests in communities of color in inner cities.
Hispanic people were more likely to be arrested for drugs than any other group in the United States.
<h3>What were the effects of Reagan's war on Drugs? </h3>
African Americans ended up in prison for a longer time when sentenced with drug offences and Hispanic people became heavily targeted for drug arrests on account of the quantity of drugs coming in from Latin America.
Communities of color were also targeted heavily by the FBI and DEA for drug use.
