The War on Drugs is a term that is commonly used to describe the government initiative to end drug usage across the United States. The campaign started in the early 1970s and was given a major focus under the Reagan Administration of the 1980s. The War on Drugs continued into the 1990s and 2000s, but lacked the priority the US Government had given it under Reagan. It was made popular by President Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.