[norton]

A bit of elitist snobbery.

Maybe if NASCAR had an imported luxury car class?

[Dakmar]

ONDCP spokesman Tom Riley responds that 'if you want to reach young people effectively, NASCAR is a good medium.' The administration thinking, says one source, is that NASCAR is essentially an advertising vehicle (literally and figuratively) and that not to use it because it also advertises beer would be like not putting PSA’s in NFL games because they are also a major vehicle for beer ads.

Anyone care to point out the flaw in that logic?

[JediGirl]

Right. As long as that beer commercial comes on the television, I will never want to drink alcohol again.

[anymouse]

Last I checked alcohol beverages were still legal to drink for those over 12. Also can anyone imagine driving at NASCAR speeds while drunk? Personal responsibility is appitimized by the life and death judgement skills of a NASCAR driver. These nanny state elitists need to get a life.

[Don Munn]

It might help if they had their facts correct.

Jimmy Spencer is sponsored by Target Stores, not a beer company.

[FreeTally]

CSPI singled out the use of driver Jimmy Spencer in PSA’s, since he is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch.

Beer companies are funny, in a capitalistic kind of way. They pretty much say, "Don't do those drugs....because you might not want to do our drugs too".

[RANDomScout]

Calling beer the "major drug problem" for young people
Prohibition for alcohol again? Budweisers and rum and cokes on Schedule 1 along with green buds and nose candy? Why not? It worked so well the first time around.