Word: anti-drug
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...more muscular approach, is focusing direct diplomatic pressure on a list of 57 governments that are concerned with the narcotics trade in one way or another. Secretary of State William Rogers, who as chairman of a Cabinet-level International Narcotics Control Committee is the top man in the U.S. anti-drug effort, is thus doubly concerned with the role of his department. That has been to remind other governments forcefully that under Section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act the Administration must cut off aid to countries that do not cooperate in the war on drugs. Out in the field...
This question of balance springs from a tension in Shapiro's work, a tension between ideals of consistently hilarious comedy and of valid political and social commentary. Perhaps the two most insightful portions were the ones which tended least to be bombardments of gag lines, in particular, a mock anti-drug program and another "message from the President" on riots in Detroit. Richard Beltzer, who plays the President as well as other roles, delivers his philippics with a devastating sense of timing...
Vellucci criticized Harvard's lack of cooperation in his anti-drug campaign. "We asked them for small amounts of financial aid," he said, "but so far our efforts have petered out. They come, they listen, they sympathized, and then they go away...
...determine advertising's part in creating a mood for drug use and what, if anything, should be done about it. The FTC will make a preliminary report of its findings on Sept. 1. Soon after, Moss, who is chairman of the Senate's consumer subcommittee, plans to hold hearings that could lead to legally binding guidelines for drug advertising. In California, a bill was introduced last January to require every drug manufacturer advertising in the state to spend a quarter of its promotion budget on anti-drug education. The bill's sponsor, Assemblyman William Campbell, agreed...
Although Nixon's offensive sounds good to anti-drug, anti-crime congressmen, the amount of actual controlling it accomplishes is highly questionable. One Mexican official said, "It's like trying to cure cancer with an aspirin. Drugs are a worldwide problem and stopping up a few borders is not going to stop...