I just recently read an interesting stat. from the book, Marijuana is Safer, So Why Are We Driving People to Drink. It's full of interesting info.
The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, part of Clinton's contribution to the War on Drugs - had a $195 MILLION PER YEAR budget for 5 years.
During this time, they made deals with television shows to provide "credit" toward lost revenues for anti-drug ads (that were priced lower than other ads) by placing anti-cannabis stories into tv shows - scripts for shows would be discussed with the govt officials. One more reason so much television sucks? who knows.
This was the time of "this is your brain on drugs" tv commercials. I had young kids back then and didn't say anything negative about these commercials out loud, but, under my breath, I just whispered, "Bullshit." It had been more than a decade since I had inhaled - and I knew this stuff was bullshit.
Apparently I wasn't the only one. A study from Texas State University found that the anti-marijuana ads INCREASED the likelihood that teens would use or want to use marijuana.
But here's the kicker...
do you know WHY that campaign was created and why all that money was wasted on a program that didn't work?
-- why the Clinton administration spent all this money on an ineffective anti- marijuana campaign?
In 1996, California and Arizona voted to support the medical use of marijuana in their states. The Clinton administration's response was to hold meetings and to create propaganda that would "stop the spread of legalization to the other 48 states."
More than 1.5 BILLION was spent from 1998 to 2008 on an effort to propagandize the American people and deny the medical benefits of marijuana.
We're now up to 14, I believe, states that allow medical marijuana and California is in a position to make history, yet again, by leading this nation to saner drug policies.
I hope the voters in CA will provide this kick in the pants to the constipated powers that be.
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