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Ogilvy Faces Anti-Drug Challenge in Senate
Posted by CN Staff on November 05, 2003 at 12:54:45 PT
By Wendy Melillo 
Source: Ad Week
Washington, D.C. -- Ogilvy & Mather's contract for the White House's anti-drug media campaign would be terminated and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America given an equal say in formulating ad strategy, according to language in a draft Senate bill reauthorizing the $150 million effort. That bill is expected to be introduced this week.The measure, to be sponsored by Senators Joseph Biden (D-Del.); Charles Grassley (R-Iowa); and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), calls for terminating Ogilvy's contract within 90 days of the bill's passage or exercising an option not to renew the contract.
WPP Group's Ogilvy in New York was awarded a one-year contract with four renewal options in July 2002 after the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy put the account in review following questions over Ogilvy's billing practices. Ogilvy paid $1.8 million to settle civil charges.The draft reads, in part: "A corporation, partnership or individual shall not be considered a bidder for the contract if within the previous 10 year period...settled any federal, civil or potential proceeding instituted by the United States." If passed by Congress, the bill would for the first time give the Partnership for a Drug-Free America equal control over the campaign's strategy. The Partnership coordinates pro-bono creative on the account from a roster of about 40 agencies. "In general, the Director in consultation with the Partnership shall determine overall purposes and strategy of the campaign," the language says.The Senate's reauthorization bill also calls for a one-year General Accounting Office audit to assess campaign strategy and the coordination of effort between the Partnership and ONDCP. The bill must be reconciled with a separate version passed by the House earlier this year. Source: Ad WeekAuthor: Wendy Melillo Published: November 05, 2003 Copyright: 2003 VNU eMedia Contact: info adweek.com Website: http://www.adweek.com/Related Articles:Partnership Gets Sarcastic In Latest Anti-Pot Spothttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread17678.shtmlFleeced By Anti-Drug Ads http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16625.shtmlPaul Armentano: Reason for Skepticism http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13694.shtml 
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Comment #8 posted by jose melendez on November 06, 2003 at 01:23:09 PT
U.S. vs. them
from:http://www.geocities.com/socialspit/partner1.htmThe Partnership for a Drug Free America is not a genuine anti-drug effort, but a corporate / media back-patting consortium designed to scapegoat unpopular groups for illegal drug use while protecting the interests of legal-drug industries. Free of Certain Drugs The Partnership: Hard Sell in the Drug War Whos's funding them? For a group fighting drug abuse, the Partnership has taken cash from some odd parties--including: American Brands (Jim Beam whisky) Philip Morris (Marlboro and Virginia Slims cigarettes, Miller beer) Anheuser Busch (Budweiser, Michelob, Busch beer) R.J. Reynolds (Camel, Salem, Winston cigarettes) As well as pharmaceutical firms: 
  Bristol Meyers-Squibb, Merck & Company and Proctor & Gamble (Marin Institute Backgrounder, 2/97). The Partnership recently announced it will quit its alcohol and tobacco habit but will continue to mainline pharmaceutical checks (Village Voice, 3/12/97). And its silence continues on America's deadliest drug problems: tobacco (400,000 annual deaths), alcohol (100,000, including 20,000 from drunken driving), and pharmaceuticals (6,000 to 9,000)
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Comment #7 posted by jose melendez on November 06, 2003 at 01:21:15 PT
screw them
from: http://www.onlinepot.org/legal/boycottlist.htm Its Time To Start Taking Down 
               "The     Partnership For A Drug Free America!                            One Sponsor At a Time If Need Be!    8/25/03  It seems we sent a NY supporter     into the Partnership For A Drug Free America Office in NY At The     Chrysler Building in NYC On A Little Recon Mission today, Seems like     little old small town Saint Petersburg, Florida is no longer good enough     for them to be located in,  & Here is their report of what they     found when they went to their office.    Its In the Chrysler Building, the nicest building in     NYC. And their office is real nice.  But they had NO pamphlets or     anything on teaching kids to say no, Just their advertising and annual report. Where     the hell are the Millions of dollars they get every year? They did not     have even 1 piece to hand out to anyone concerned about keeping someone     away from drugs!  Why is that? They are supposedly against drugs?     Or is their real job just collecting large Corporation & US     Government Donations? & Helping to bolster this current US Administrations failed war on     drugs/terrorism?
     
                            In Other Words          "It's     Just A Money-Making Operation"          A Typical US Congress Pork     Barrel Project!    & The Current US Administration "Public     Opinion Puppet Masters"    Now these are the same wing nuts that said 
     that if you buy pot that you are a Terrorist!    & These Are "THE" Most Powerful Anti     Drug Opinion & Public Policy Group In The World!    These are the people that the Medical Marijuana     Community needs to be fighting! They are the ones that are forming     public views with their million dollars a year budgets of lies! &     NO ONE is taking them on! TILL NOW! Partly because NO One Has Dared!     Because of the political clout they carry! The Medical Marijuana     Patients are the only ones who can take them on! the recreational issue     will just be laughed off!  Dead or Dieing Aids, Cancer & Pain     Patients  Cant Just Be Laughed Off'd The Florida Chapter of the American Alliance For Medical Cannabis, Is hereby calling for a World Wide Boycott of ALL Supporters Of the "Partnership for a Drug Free America".       WE ARE LEADING THE BOYCOTT CALL WORLDWIDE! Boycott All KFC Stores, Taco Bell  , Pizza Hut, A&W and Long John Silvers are owned by Yum Brands Corp, Boycott! A complete list of Corporate sponsors is posted thru out this page & on the bottom of this page.  Every item you buy helps to go support this Group Of  Wing Nuts!         
  Partnership For A Drug Free America Has Been Public Enemy #1 Of Medical Marijuana & ALL Marijuana For a Long time Now!
 
              & Its  Time To Take The Drug War To Them!  
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on November 05, 2003 at 14:45:05 PT
cloud7 
That's OK. It's really easy to miss stuff when it's busy. I only brought it to your attention so you and others might see it if it was missed. It really wasn't anything important what they said. Kucinich said the most and I am surprised at Reverend Sharpton's answer. He's a smart man and knows more then he lets on I think. I watched him when he was a guest with Chris Matthews and he was good. He held my interest for the whole program. 
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Comment #5 posted by cloud7 on November 05, 2003 at 14:30:43 PT
Oops
Sorry I didnt see that. Thanks.
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on November 05, 2003 at 13:58:13 PT
cloud7
I posted the transcripts on this thread last night and posted their remarks. They sure didn't say much.http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread17729.shtml#7
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Comment #3 posted by cloud7 on November 05, 2003 at 13:52:06 PT
AP article
In an AP article in my newspaper about the Democrats putting Dean under fire for his confederate flag remark, there is something more interesting embedded in the story. This came up during a debate on CNN, they asked whether the candidates had ever used marijuana -- Edwards, Dean, and Kerry said yes; Kucinich, Sharpton, Lieberman and Clark said no; and Braun had no comment. Think about how ridiculous this is:
Of 8 *PRESIDENTIAL* candidates, *3* have used marijuana and 1 had no comment. So around 40% of the candidates have admitted using marijuana and yet I have heard no large calls for legalization. How did they make it this far? Shouldnt their lives have been ruined by the Demon Weed? What hypocrisy! Dean and Kerry, the "former drug users," are leading in the polls. They should be embarassed if they are elected and maintain the status quo. Of course, it was the same with Clinton and he had no qualms about it. It's things like that this that show the futility and the lies embedded in this war and really get under my skin.
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Comment #2 posted by darwin on November 05, 2003 at 13:41:59 PT
Biden
Anything sponsered by Biden needs heavy scrutiny...
What is he up to now?
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Comment #1 posted by 420toker on November 05, 2003 at 13:24:50 PT
YEA!!
Now they can really show the world what kind of freaks they really are.
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