From: [c--o--n] at [dsmnet.com] (Carl E. Olsen)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Fixing the FDA (was Re: Respose to
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 16:11:03

In article <[1--00--2] at [cdp]> Jim Rosenfield <[j n r] at [igc.apc.org]> writes:
>From: Jim Rosenfield <[j n r] at [igc.apc.org]>
>Date: 08 Oct 94 09:35 PDT
>Subject: Re: Fixing the FDA (was Re: Respose to 


>FYI, the latest full page ads from R.J. Reynolds and the
>Tobacco Institute go to lengths to describe the negative
>consequences of Prohibition (refering of course to cigarettes).
>The worst effect they point out is violence associated with the
>black market and a booming illicit trade brought about by.....
>Prohibition.  Now if we can only get them to post full page ads
>crying about marijuana and other types of prohibition....

>Jim Rosenfield

LIBERTARIANS PRODUCE ANTI-DRUG WAR TV AD

Los Angeles are LP activists Bob Weber, Kristin Overn and Rick Probst have 
produced a 30-second anti-drug war commercial.

The ad starts with clips from old gangster films showing blazing machine guns 
mowing down pedestrians in a "drive-by" shooting, while the voice-over states, 
"When America ended alcohol prohibition, it put the gangsters out of business 
and made the streets safe."  It then shifts to modern stock news footage of 
drive-by shootings while the narrator states, "We can do the same today.  
Let's end the War on Drugs, put gangs out of business, and make out streets 
safe again."

The commercial ends with a phone number for the Libertarian Party, but it can 
be customized by candidates simply by substituting a new tag line, according 
to Weber.

For more information, call Weber at 310-204-0612 (evenings), or 213-464-0121, 
ext. 189 (days).

Libertarian Party News, October 1994, Vol. 9, No. 10, Page 2.