Today, Flag Day is celebrated with parades, essay contests, ceremonies, and picnics sponsored by veterans' groups, schools, and groups like the National Flag Day foundation whose goal is to preserve the traditions, history, pride, and respect that are due the nation's symbol, Old Glory.
Since taking office, Obama has rarely characterized the anti-drug campaign as a war.. Instead, he has emphasized the need to address systemic injustice in drug sentencing and focused on meeting the health care needs of addicts that would boost prevention.
It's important to note that after a 2003 federal budget calling for more than $19.2 billion dollars for the War on Drugs kindled a significant public outcry, the Bush White House decided that they had to down-play how much the government was wasting on the failed War on Drugs.