If the partnership wishes to rid America of drugs, it should not bother starting with pot, alcohol, tobacco or meth. It should address caffeine. A culture of acceptance surrounds caffeine, a culture which needs to be addressed even more urgently than pot. Unless they plan on changing the name to the Partnership for a Mostly Drug-Free America, they have a responsibility to address this. You'd have to be on pot not to see the parallels between meth and caffeine here.
Caffeine is, after all, a mood-altering drug.
It's time to stop focusing our attention on those illegal drugs used by a small portion of society and instead work on bringing to light this country's real drug problem. If the war on drugs is really about drugs, caffeine is truly where the battlefront belongs. Copyright 1998 by the Iowa State Daily Publications Board. All rights reserved. No redistribution without the express written consent of the Iowa State Daily Editor in Chief.