Drug Czar Does U-Turn on Booze

Memo Suggests Alcohol May Be Added to Ogilvy’s Anti-Drug Effort
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Reversing a position it has taken in recent weeks, the Office of National Drug Control Policy is now considering whether it should attack underage alcohol use as part of its $1 billion anti-drug campaign.
ONDCP previously criticized Congressional proposals that would require the addition of alcohol to its mission. Officials thought that changing course half-way through its anti-drug crusade would be a strategic error.
But the drug office is now locked in a tough appropriations battle in the Senate, where a proposed bill would slash funding for the campaign from $185 million to $145.5