This story hasn't gotten much, if any, airtime here in the U.S. but it's news in Europe. Peter Webster, who lives in France and is editor of the International Journal of Harm Reduction, sent me the following item. This is not specifically , a drug policy story, but I'm sure you'll see the connection.

U.S. Atty General John Ashcroft has decided that the two magnificent Art
Deco statues that grace the main hall of the Department of Justice are
immoral, as they are "topless": one male, one female. Thusly he has spent
$8000 for drapes which will hide them from view.

Hilarious. Yet it is also another strong indicator of the pervasive moral
fanaticism of the present U.S. administration, and should be seen not as a
mere peccadillo of a southern gentleman who no doubt, like the Victorians,
has fitted out his grand piano with a skirt so as not to expose its naked
legs, but as a harbinger of far more serious things to come. Make no
mistake about it (one of Dubja's more literate expressions), the U.S. is on
an all-out crusade against EVIL. How convenient it can be seen everywhere
by such as those who are running the show.

I have prepared a short film clip of the EURONEWS satellite TV transmission
of this story. It can be downloaded at
http://www.druglibrary.org/special/media/ashcroft.mpg
It can be viewed in Windows media player and is formatted for burning to a
Video CD for hysterical, er... historical preservation.