Drug War Clock. Researchers examining the effectiveness of ONDCP's anti-drug media campaign reported: "The NSPY [National Survey of Parents and Youth] did not find significant reductions in marijuana use either leading up to or after the Marijuana campaign for youth 12 to 18 years old between 2002 and 2003.
Indeed there was evidence for an increase in past month and past year use among the target audience of 14- to 16-year-olds, although it appears that the increase was already in place in the last half of 2002, before the launch of the Marijuana Initiative. It will be worthwhile to track whether the nonsignificant decline from the second half of 2002 through the first half of 2003 is the beginning of a true trend.
Www.beckleyfoundation.org/pdf/BF_Report_16.pdf. Inside America's $37 billion prison economy - December 1, 2006. (Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Brian Prins is an affable salesman who touts the benefits of his prepaid collect-calling service in a distinct Long Island accent.
He's also an ex-con who served five years in a Pennsylvania state prison for aggravated assault and possession of stolen car parts, so when he explains that he's simply helping families stay in touch, stay together, and stay out of debt, you might want to listen. "I know how much phone calls from prison cost, and how much an inmate needs to talk to his family and friends," says Prins, who himself racked up $1,000 in monthly phone bills from behind bars. Upon his release in 2002, Prins founded Outside Connection in a bid to undercut the collect-calling services that contract with prisons. The Sun, the Moon and Walmart.