Bush administration to post anti-drug videos on YouTube

By Craig | Published: September 19, 2006

The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behaviour and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants. The decision to distribute anti-drug, public service announcements and other videos over YouTube represents the first concerted effort by the US government to influence customers of the popular service, which shows more than 100 million videos per day. (from The Age link).

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