How did the government handle the drug crisis in California? With the ongoing war on drugs, how did the California government step in and handle this widespread problem? How were the communities within the state affected?

This is the main question of the group for a digital storytelling project which we will do later and we are doing individual research papers for it now.

How did the government handle the drug crisis in California? With the ongoing war on drugs, how did the California government step in and handle this widespread problem? How were the communities within the state affected?

This is the question that needs to be answered for this paper:
How did police forces intervene in communities of color relating to drug use?