The White House office responsible for fighting illegal drug use has focused for nearly a decade on youths smoking marijuana instead of a broader strategy that would sufficiently target adult drug users, according to a new study.
The nonprofit National Academy of Public Administration says the $1.2 million study, which it planned to release Thursday, found that the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George W. Bush relied on selected data to show progress in combating illegal drug use by youth.
The office did not highlight less positive results among adults or pursue a comprehensive anti-drug strategy across age and demographic groups, the report found.
via Study criticizes Bush drug office for its focus on youths and marijuana, not adult drug users.
And with that California report I posted about how youth drug use is seriously underestimated by not counting misuse of cough syrup and prescription drugs, the Bush Administration’s focus on youth marijuana use at the expense of other drugs seems particularly wrong-headed.
Here the thing. If America spent its money focusing on the arrest and prosecution of adult users, wouldnt this have created a Landslide effect to show kids that this is what will happen if we catch you with a harmless plant. Now wonder what will happen if you touch something even more harmful?