"And if drug use increases by the same that it has for the past five years, by the year 2000, 1.4 million high school seniors will be using illicit drugs monthly." (The air war on drugs, The Washington Times, January 13, 1998)

"'The biggest threat we have in this country is adolescent use of marijuana, drugs, and alcohol,' McCaffrey said. 'Those are the gateways to compulsive behaviors in adulthood. We believe that if you can make it to age 18 without trying drugs, you will never have a drug problem.'" (Washington is a Test Market for Anti-Drug Ads, Washington Post, January 9, 1998)

"Washington State has a 'ferocious' drug problem, the federal drug czar said yesterday in announcing a $3 million grant to help stop drug trafficking in seven counties." (Drug problems in this state called 'ferocious,' Seattle P.I., January 16, 1997)

"Americans believe drug abuse - more than crime or the breakdown of home life - is the biggest danger facing children..." (Drugs top adult fears for kids' well-being, USA Today, December 9, 1997)

"Marijuana's resurgent popularity is not limited to any single group of young people. It encompasses wealthy, middle-class, and low-income families. It takes in suburban, urban, and rural youth. It includes high achievers and average students. It involves every ethnicity and every kind of household. As one student reminded me, 'A lot of people think it's just low-life and troubled kids who drink and do weed. But it's not. Everybody's doing it...It's the '90's.'" (Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Conference Highlights, National Conference of Marijuana Use, July 19, 1995)