Marijuana No Longer Focus of Anti-Drug Campaigns
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 at 9:20 am | By: Radical Russ
(CBS News) Over the last several years, without many people realizing it, the U.S. government has changed the focus of its anti-drug efforts, deemphasizing marijuana in favor of prescription drugs.
A CBS News survey of government and nonprofit anti-drug groups has found a retreat from anti-marijuana campaigns over the past several years as prescription and over the counter drug abuse has grown amongst teens.
In fact, the Partnership for a Drug Free America, the nation’s largest creator of anti-drug messages, hasn’t produced a single anti-marijuana public service advertisement since 2005.
The change comes as a result of the decline in marijuana use amongst teens, and growing worry over the abuse of prescription drugs. Marijuana-use has been declining for 10 years and past-month use is down 25 percent since 2001 according to the largest tracking study in the U.S., “Monitoring the Future” by the University of Michigan.
Meanwhile prescription drug abuse has held steady over the past five according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, with nearly one in five teens (19 percent) abusing prescription medications to get high.
Marijuana use has gone down among teens over the past ten years. What else has increased over the past ten years? Acceptance of medical marijuana. Funny how the drug warriors never try to turn that correlation into a causation.
Prescription drug abuse has increased over the past five years. What else has increased over the past five years? Drug testing of students for every extracurricular activity, following a 2002 Supreme Court decision, as well as easier access through the Internet, as well as pharmaceutical company advertisements. (Want to try out for the football team, cheerleading, band, or chess club? Then don’t puff that reefer, it’ll make you fail that test for days or even weeks. Instead, why not ask your prescriber about Fuqitol, the drug that must be safe because you see it on TV. They don’t even test for it, and if they did, it would flush out of your system in a day or two, anyway. Fuqitol, it’s perfect for that Friday night party when you know you need to pee clean on Monday.)
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