One of my colleague did a publication on his blog ;The Long away From Gray Line on November, 30 2012. In the publication which he titled, I  D.A.R.E You to read this, He recaps his elementary school days and all the fun memories that came with it. He goes further to really explain the core issues of those days. He elaborates the futile efforts of law enforcement officers who will come every Thursday and lecture them on the importance of  not drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. He explains how police officers cried foul to students. He elaborates on  how students gave deaf ears to all the efforts preventing them from taking drugs. He blasted the effort of  D.A.R.E ( Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and explain how students will go home every day from school just to see and experience the same thing they are being told not to do. In a nutshell, He concluded that  government efforts are just political propaganda to fulfill their agenda.
      What I think my colleague failed to understand is that, the states have obligations to carry out and they have to make sure it  is done. It is a fact that not every body will give "thumps up" to any effort what so ever, but the truth is that, there will always  be some beneficiaries in situations like this. Personally, I strongly encourage the government not to give up in its effort to deterred  teens from the danger of drugs.The government should keep on keeping on.
 They should also make provision where by,youth can engage in constructive activities.Youth should be thought norms that discourage drug and alcohol experimentation. Youth and teenagers sense of self should be increased. Parents and guardians should always make sure they know who their child is with and who their closest friends and mentors are. All these with the government efforts will greatly decrease drug abuse among teenagers and the youth.

        The United States National Government took upon itself, to get involved with sports so many years back.The government saw the need to regulate this activity.Congress passed the Amateur Sports Act (ASA) in 1978, providing guidelines for managing national sports  programs. A section of the ASA states a sport group is governed by a board of directors "whose members are selected without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, except that, in sports where there are separate male and female programs, it provides for reasonable representation of both male and females on the board of directors." This document like many others in America is just "on paper" and has never been fully respected nor followed.
    The energetic majority in United States sports keep crying foul to the minority whites leaders and coaches. Examples abound like this one in the  National Football League,  where 65 percent of players are black,  60 percent of male basketball players and nearly half of all football players are African Americans yet, African American coaches are grossly underrepresented. 
   The Institute for the Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida explains how 100 percent of FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) conference commissioners, 76 percent of school president positions and 84 percent of all athletic director positions were held by white men at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. Joker Phillips at Kentucky, and Jon Embree from the University of Colorado,were recently dismissed because they drew attention to the poor rehire rate for minority coaches.
   Tyrone Willingham is the only African-American coach to be hired for another head coaching job in Washington after having been fired  by “Notre Dame” in 2004. No African American hold the highest salaried position at the federations.Two Hispanic men and three women are the top salaried managers, while the other 33 positions are held by white men.The NFL is 65 percent black, the NBA is nearly 80 percent black, and the WNBA is 70 percent black. The long-held idea that blacks excel in sports because it is the only avenue open for advancement to them, should be absolutely buried.
   There are well qualified African Americans who can equally handle top ranking positions in U.S Sports.They should be given the chance and not be relegated to the background. Fairness and equality should come back to the table.Segregation and inferiority complex were long abolished and need not surface again in our beloved sports ! .