The Trump administration's plans to gut funding to the Office of National Drug Control Policy by 96% leaked on Friday.The move, while criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as an unwise move amidst the ongoing opioid crisis, isn't the first time the ONDCP has found itself in hot water.
The ONDCP, which was created in 1988, launched a controversial anti-drug campaign with a $1.2 billion dollar media budget between 1998 and 2004.
It was filled with blunders, including a secret TV script-writing project, a criminal trial for overbilling the government that ended in prison time for the ad executives who worked on its campaign, and continual questions about whether the ads actually dissuaded youngsters from doing drugs.
Here are some of the problems that arose during the campaign.
Laura Stampler contributed to a previous version of this article.