Message to Congress about Youth Anti-Drug Propaganda Ads

"Dear Senator Barbara Boxer,

The federal government has already wasted more than $1.5 billion on the harmful and offensive ad campaign since 1998. Please follow the recommendations of the National Taxpayers Union, the 100-member House Republican Study Committee, and Citizens Against Government Waste and eliminate the ads so that no more taxpayer money is wasted on this expensive boondoggle. Even the White House Office of Management and Budget said the program is "not performing," giving it a score of just 6 percent out of 100 for results and accountability. Nonetheless, the president has requested that another $130 million of taxpayers' money be thrown at the ads next year. Please don't allow this harmful waste to go on any longer.

A few weeks ago the bipartisan committee that audited the books for the War on Drugs budget wanted to know where the money was that was raised. I 'd like to know as well. And having been a drug researcher for a Federal program during the Nixon era, after our $33Million study was done, and shelved (Nix didn't like the conclusion) I know the government lies about the drugs. Horrible mistake. The Freedom of Information act published the study in the Nation a few months ago - 30 years after the fact! The stupid propaganda needs to stop because now even half the medical community believes it. That spells disaster. Tell the TRUTH or shut up."

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Oscar's Message to Congress about Anti-Drug Propaganda Ads

"Dear Representative Tom Feeney,

As your constituent, I'm writing to urge you to eliminate funding for the ineffective, expensive, and harmful National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign when you consider the Financial Services appropriations bill. Government-funded studies have repeatedly shown that these expensive "anti-drug" ads actually cause more - not less - teen drug use! Why would you keep wasting my precious tax dollars on ineffective methods that have been consistently shown not to work... More than $1.5 billion have been already wasted, lets tighten up that hemorrhaging now while we still have the chance.

No more money should be wasted; why not spend the money on something useful like the public school systems that are educating our future generations. Even better, let's pump that money into the health care system so that or older generations don't have to choose between paying for their medicine or eating. Look, when the even the White House's own Office of Management and budget says that this program is "not performing," you know that there is a problem. This program only received a score of 6/100 %; that is crazy in any real business, any investment with only a 6% success rate would be cut out like a cancer.

Nonetheless, the president has requested that another $130 million of taxpayers' money be thrown at the ads next year. Please don't allow this harmful waste to go on any longer. I am really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on whether or not the government should keep spending taxpayers' money on a program that gets failing evaluations year after year. I would also love to hear why you keep wasting money on a "war" with no end instead of spending that money on our public school system and help out people like my mother, a public school kindergarten teacher, working to further our country's youth education."

--Oscar Ramirez

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Becky's Message to Congress about Anti-Drug Propaganda Ads

"Dear Senator Ron Wyden,

Please help stop the ridiculous lies that the government is paying to broadcast to our people about marijuana use. In stead of trying to convince the population that marijuana use will cause insanity and illegal behavior, it would be much more helpful to point out that it is less harmful than the way that many Americans use alcohol, but that responsible users should watch what they eat when using marijuana. Convincing teenagers that marijuana has a stronger psychotropic effect than euphoric laziness and increased appetite is simply going to make them want to try it more. I know I did. I understand that it's too early to convince our lawmakers to legalize this substance since most of the supporters are still too young to be a majority of the voters, but please help stop the spreading of lies about it. I hope that one day an average wild college party can consist of marijuana, Doritos, and video games, rather than a bottle of booze, a brawl, and the rape of a passed-out-drunk girl. Please help us make the first steps toward this future.

As your constituent, I'm writing to urge you to eliminate funding for the ineffective, expensive, and harmful National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign when you consider the Financial Services appropriations bill. Government-funded studies have repeatedly shown that these expensive "anti-drug" ads actually cause more - not less - teen drug use! It's no surprise that teens react negatively to the ads, which ridiculously claim that using marijuana causes people to shoot their friends in the face, get their fist stuck in their mouth, get pregnant, and even support terrorism. The federal government has already wasted more than $1.5 billion on the harmful and offensive ad campaign since 1998. Please follow the recommendations of the National Taxpayers Union, the 100-member House Republican Study Committee, and Citizens Against Government Waste and eliminate the ads so that no more taxpayer money is wasted on this expensive boondoggle.

Even the White House Office of Management and Budget said the program is "not performing," giving it a score of just 6 percent out of 100 for results and accountability. Nonetheless, the president has requested that another $130 million of taxpayers' money be thrown at the ads next year. Please don't allow this harmful waste to go on any longer. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on whether or not the government should keep spending taxpayers' money on a program that gets failing evaluations year after year."

--Becky Gray

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