Another Brazilian image for Count Zero (well I didn't know Count Zero was from Brazil when I found this). This is only 60 miles from CZ - weird coincidence. In the city of Cubatao, 140 TONS of confiscated drugs are being incinerated as a part of Brazil's anti-drugs week celebrations. It's a year's worth of confiscations.
This is supposed to be the biggest drug incineration ever. I'm sure it has precisely the opposite of the intended effect. If someone tells you "don't think about purple elephants!" of course you'll think of a purple elephant. If they show a huge lot of drugs in the media, news, Image of the Day, etc. drugs will remain predominant in the collective consciousness.
Can you imagine being an addict or even an ex-addict or potential addict and seeing this paraded around on TV? Wouldn't it be exactly like walking up to a drunk and pulling out bottles of various liquors? "Here's all the stuff that was available to you over the last year!" They say drugs make people stupid, well, here's the evidence: obviously, it makes public officials into idiots.
07-31-2001, 07:16 AM
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