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Drug Czar John Walters and groups such as Freevibe [wholly funded by Walters' ONDCP] have stepped up the campaign to prevent children from using drugs. This year a total of $180 million will be spent by the federal government to pay for commercials that Walters said give viewers "tangible, real-world examples of what can go wrong when teens use marijuana." [...] The latest "real life" situation is the most ridiculous of any yet. Freevibe is the organization behind it. Two young boys are sitting around smoking a water bong in a parent's office. As they are talking, one sitting behind...

<p>With each passing year, evidence mounts that America is sadly losing the war on drugs -- not to drug cartels or drug traffickers over there, but to the dependably relentless appetite for illegal drugs created by our neighbors right here at home. Eighty-six years after Congress passed the 1914 Harrison Act that criminalized drugs, America's drug consumption thrives. According to recent surveys and news reports, illegal drugs are cheaper, purer and more available than ever before, and the results are devastating.</p>