Right - when is our government (this time prodded by the prescription drug industry, and the religious right) going to learn that you can't blatantly lie to the American people, and not expect @ least someone to call them on it. Well, perhaps I'm wrong there - politicians have been doing this for years. However, this sort of thing generally doesn't work on educated individuals.

Anywho, I saw another one of these government sponsored anti-drug "commercials" last evening. This piece of propaganda shows two youths smoking pot, and then one youth accidentally shoots the other. Come on now! How many shooting deaths does smoking pot cause???? Alcohol, however, is a major factor in gun deaths, but you’ll never see that commercial coming out of Washington. Why? Obviously, it’s not about accidental gun deaths, or terrorism.

I guess if we continue to allow our politicians to take bribes (I’m sorry – they call it soft money, and special interest groups) from entities with obvious political agendas, this sort of stuff is going to continue forever. This new emphasis on the “war on drugs” has nothing to do with accidental shootings or terrorism. However, it has everything to do with satisfying the people who paid for George Jr’s election. That is, unfortunately, the bottom-line.