Just Say no Foundation: Just Say No campaign
Robert SchnakenbergOverview
While drug use by young people had plagued American society for many years, the situation steadily worsened during the 1970s. Drugs and the drug culture were glamorized by music and television, while athletes and public figures were indicted and jailed for drug abuse or sometimes found dead of an overdose. Media attention was focused on children who experimented with drugs at an earlier and earlier age, and drug availability was shown to be rampant. Among growing public concern about drug abuse, the White House spearheaded an antidrug campaign in...