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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1997
Page
12
A classroom journalism prompt encourages students to craft anti drug and alcohol slogans using advertising catch phrases. Students may write editorials and design visuals showing healthy, fun activities to persuade peers to resist drinking smoking and drugs and publish a school newspaper.
The passage recalls temperance efforts from 1836 to end of Prohibition in 1933 and notes bootlegger violence led by gangs like Al Capone. It contrasts past liquor bans with today’s drug trade and asks whether treating illegal drugs like alcohol would yield similar legal outcomes and user impact, citing 15 million alcohol addicts.
The discussion centers on harsher federal penalties for crack versus powdered cocaine. Critics label the disparity unfair given similarity of drugs, while proponents cite violence and racial implications. The Supreme Court recently ruled the differences do not prove bias.
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