Word: antidrug
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington expected the news. Bill Clinton's antidrug czar Barry McCaffrey heard it from the State Department, which had found out about it from reporters. The Drug Enforcement Administration was caught flat-footed, as was the CIA. At a press conference, a chagrined Attorney General Janet Reno said, "What I learned was at the point after the arrest was made...
...would Zedillo fail to send an early warning when Gutierrez was first suspected--and as a result embarrass the Administration? The timing was especially unfortunate. The arrest took place less than two weeks before Clinton is to send his annual report to Congress certifying Mexico's commitment to the antidrug effort. While Clinton will not decertify Mexico, the news undercuts his claim that antidrug cooperation has improved under Zedillo. Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Angel Gurria, visiting Washington last week, was abruptly summoned to the White House for a reprimand...
...local level by communities that use a wide variety of funding methods. Also, you failed to include any reference to the many favorable D.A.R.E. evaluations and surveys that exist. And finally, your article said I met with Gilbert Botvin, the author and evaluator of the Life Skills Training antidrug program. In fact, no such meeting took place. GLENN LEVANT President and Founding Director D.A.R.E. America, Worldwide Los Angeles...
...does Molly shudder at the thought of eating eggs? Because several years ago, she saw the most famous antidrug commercial ever aired. The spot opens with a shot of a raw egg while a voice says, "This is your brain." The egg is then dumped onto a sizzling griddle while the voice says, "This is your brain on drugs." The commercial may well have put a number of teenagers off drugs. It put at least one six-year-old off eggs...
Given the possibility of unintended consequences, should Molly's parents let antidrug messages through? What about Martha Stewart? Would throwing a V-chip block on Martha Stewart be extreme? Maybe. But how would they feel if they arrived home one day and found Molly arranging fall foliage into a perfect centerpiece...