See
Cigarette
Advertising Blamed For 73% Increase In Teen Smoking Since 1988;
Drug Czar Hires Kool’s Ad Agency For Prohibitionist Propaganda -- 2 Articles(Ed. note: As readers of this site know, it is my premise that the best
two word explanation for marijuana prohibition is "bad journalism." I may
shorten that to one word, prostitution. Although, that does seem unfair to those
who only sell their bodies. These people are selling our bodies.
See
The Media
Switch From Promiscuity To Prostitution.
Program Content To Reflect Prohibitionist Party Line To Get Government Ads
and Washington
Post Finally Reports On Bizarro’s Dutch Fiasco;
No Mention of Murder Rates – More Fact-Free Journalism and
The New York Times
Covers Up for the Drug Bizarro And Gives No Hint Of Success of Dutch Policy
It is quite clear that the Drug Czar’s "campaign" has far less to do
with "fighting drugs" than with maintaining marijuana prohibition.
See
Las Vegas Paper
Supports Medical Marijuana But Invites The Drug Czar To Lie To Its Readers
and
The Drug Czar’s Position On Medical
Marijuana
and
Drug
Czar Lies Again About the Dutch, Who Respond With The Facts;
Czar’s Aid Says, "forces at work to legalize drugs are trying to bring
these wonderfully allied governments into conflict."
Most of the campaign ads are aimed either at marijuana per
se, or at making the word "drug" meaningless, except in the sense that -- if
it is bad - it means marijuana. Of course, the publishers will continue to run ads for
alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceuticals along with their "anti-drug" campaign. Our
drugs good; your drugs bad. If Orwell were alive today he might write Animal Rehab.)
Magazine Publishers of America Accepts Anti-Drug Ad Challenge
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--
MPA Board to Encourage and Coordinate Member Participation
The Board of Directors of the Magazine Publishers of America
today announced that it has endorsed the objectives of the anti-drug advertising campaign
and accepted the challenge presented by General Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of
National Drug Control Policy. General McCaffrey challenged the magazine industry to
actively promote the national anti-drug program by running compelling ads in their
magazines and providing editorial support appropriate for their audiences.
General McCaffrey’s anti-drug challenge was made in a speech at the American
Magazine Conference, the annual gathering of the Magazine Publishers of America and the
American Society of Magazine Editors in Orlando, Florida. In his speech, the General
outlined the complete advertising program and discussed how magazines can participate
in the $775 million campaign over the next five years.
Responding to General McCaffrey, the Board of Directors of the MPA approved a
resolution that stated: "The Board of the Magazine Publishers of America strongly
supports the mission of reducing drug use among America’s youth.
The MPA Board accepts the challenge presented to the magazine industry by General
McCaffrey to join with the Ad Council, the Partnership for a Drug
Free America and the Office of the National Drug Control Policy in the National Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
We urge our member companies to participate by running compelling anti-drug ads in
their magazines and providing editorial support appropriate for their audiences.
The MPA will use its best efforts to coordinate member
participation in a national magazine "roadblock" in 1999 to raise the level of
awareness of the campaign among parents and kids."
CONTACT: Magazine Publishers of America
Mary McGeachy, 212/872-3722
See
Marijuana Prohibition,
Media Criticism, Copyrights and the 8th and 9th Commandments.
and
The Media, Monica, and
Marijuana
Supported