Ashcroft Rides Again

The Attorney General was back before cameras today to announce some big new federal drug task force created, of course, because we're doing such a bang up job in the war against drugs (right). He proclaims this is an important move for freedom.

Freedom? He'd say the same damned thing if he were opening a bathroom. The man who is known for singing, "Let the Eagles Soar" doesn't seem to appreciate that he's a large, non-flying odd bird. He takes religious zealotry to some level of camp and perhaps fringy mental illness.

Me? As much as I'd like to see heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, and such just go away, my tax dollars would be so much better spent educating kids, coming up with programs that would make them have enough self-esteem that drugs would not interest them.

I don't meant those dip-shit DARE programs either. The more you research DARE, the less there is to like. A strong sense of who you are is much more likely to keep you from any type of dependency - from overeating and alcoholism on to serious drug use - than anything like DARE.

But if you worry about kids and drugs, notice sometime just how many prescription drug ads appear on TV during dinner hour. For the last few decades, our advertising sends a powerful message to everyone that there's a pill to treat anything. Blah? Take a Xanax. Sad? Take Zoloft. Need to feel sexy? Here's some Levitra.