Holy Drug War, Batman!

April, 2000

Holy Drug War, Batman!recruiting america's superheroes for a comic battleIn 1998 President Clinton introduced a five-year, $1 billion program aimed at keeping kids off drugs. The program sought to coordinate the efforts of local police, federal agents, advertising executives, school administrators, teachers and parents. It allowed White House officials to insert antidrug rhetoric into TV shows. With that much manpower, you'd think drug czar Barry McCaffrey would feel confident he had everything...