This could get political: the US government has recently taken their (so-called) War on Drugs to YouTube, posting anti-drug promotional videos in hopes of reaching the huge youth target currently enamored with the service. "If just one teen sees this and decides illegal drug use is not the path for them, it will be a success," said Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the drug office. If just one teen sees this and decides to create a parody mashup, it will be a failure. (And it will happen, no doubt.) The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) currently has twelve videos available, all tagged with keywords such as "war on drugs," "peer-pressure," "marijuana," "weed," and "420". I await to see what kind of comments crop up.Government takes "War on Drugs" to YouTube
This could get political: the US government has recently taken their (so-called) War on Drugs to YouTube, posting anti-drug promotional videos in hopes of reaching the huge youth target currently enamored with the service. "If just one teen sees this and decides illegal drug use is not the path for them, it will be a success," said Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the drug office. If just one teen sees this and decides to create a parody mashup, it will be a failure. (And it will happen, no doubt.) The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) currently has twelve videos available, all tagged with keywords such as "war on drugs," "peer-pressure," "marijuana," "weed," and "420". I await to see what kind of comments crop up.
1. Telling kids about true hazards and reprocutions of drug abuse has its place in the responsibility of the parent. The Government should keep their nose out of the issue, including the prohibition of drugs. What has it done other than strengthen organized crime and waste our tax dollars on punishing drug offenders.
Sean McC
Posted at 9:56PM on Sep 19th 2006 by Sean