April 14, 2003
Drug ads
The new anti-drug commercials that have been making the rounds recently are so incredibly stupid. Who believes that these will work? Lying to people won't work.
Marijuana does not cause you to shoot your friend in the head, your dad leaving a loaded gun in his unlocked desk does. Marijuana doesn't make you want to have sex. It doesn't get you pregnant. Marijuana does not cause you to get raped. Yes a joint is as bad for your lungs as a pack of cigs, but are you smoking 5 joints a day? Very few are, and the majority of "users" don't smoke everyday. "One third of reckless drivers tested for drug use test positive for marijuana" doesn't mean anything. They are only testing people who they think are on drugs. If anything it shows how bad police are at guessing if someone is on drugs. They are not as offensive as the ads accusing marijuana users of supporting terrorism, but they are still sad. I wish this country would move to a responsible drug policy. Legalize marijuana, which does less harm than alcohol, and decriminalize the rest. Just as prohibition caused huge increases in violent crime, so does today's drug policies.
*DISCLAIMER*
Yes I smoke marijuana, maybe a couple of times a year.
While I am pretty anti-any drug, I can't stand these commercials. Lying to kids will not get you anywhere.
Posted by: Etan at April 14, 2003 08:31 AM
These ads suck. It's especially amusing when the "anti drug" commercials are sandwiched between commercials for "celebrex" and other mind altering depression drugs.
Posted by: Daria at April 14, 2003 08:36 AM
i like the one that comments on how smoking a joint is as bad as smoking 4 cigarettes.(the kid is rolling up a fatty secretly in his room) the message is funny, but even a stoned middle schooler recognizes the trade off.
pot gets you high! damnit.
Posted by: lil' jeffy at April 16, 2003 03:44 PM
I smoke marijuana a couple of times a year but I do not think at myself that I am addicted.
I am strongly convinced that legal marijuana use will cut down the use of the really dangeros drugs.
Posted by: Marijuana Seeds at September 20, 2003 10:05 AM
"Marijuana inflames the erotic impulses
and leads to revolting sex crimes"
Daily Mirror (1924)
Posted by: Marijuana alternatives at September 20, 2003 10:07 AM
You can buy marijuana in coffee shops in the Netherlands and a higher percentage of people smoke it here, so this propaganda by our government obviously doesn't work.
Posted by: Benefits of Marijuana at January 7, 2004 07:19 PM
These commercials highly piss me off... i smoke pot.. im not gunna lie.. but most people I know who do it.. they do it responsibly... I babysit all the time.. never once stoned... yeah I understand ome poepl just don't have the brains to do stuff like this... but it's not the plants fault it's the persons for using it...
Posted by: teen who knows what its like at January 18, 2004 05:02 PM
I agree that the commercials are bad how they try to discourage people instead of the real reasons of addiction!
Posted by: rick at August 19, 2004 07:23 PM
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While I am pretty anti-any drug, I can't stand these commercials. Lying to kids will not get you anywhere.
Posted by: Etan at April 14, 2003 08:31 AM
These ads suck. It's especially amusing when the "anti drug" commercials are sandwiched between commercials for "celebrex" and other mind altering depression drugs.
Posted by: Daria at April 14, 2003 08:36 AM
i like the one that comments on how smoking a joint is as bad as smoking 4 cigarettes.(the kid is rolling up a fatty secretly in his room) the message is funny, but even a stoned middle schooler recognizes the trade off.
pot gets you high! damnit.
Posted by: lil' jeffy at April 16, 2003 03:44 PM
I smoke marijuana a couple of times a year but I do not think at myself that I am addicted.
I am strongly convinced that legal marijuana use will cut down the use of the really dangeros drugs.
Posted by: Marijuana Seeds at September 20, 2003 10:05 AM
"Marijuana inflames the erotic impulses
and leads to revolting sex crimes"
Daily Mirror (1924)
Posted by: Marijuana alternatives at September 20, 2003 10:07 AM
You can buy marijuana in coffee shops in the Netherlands and a higher percentage of people smoke it here, so this propaganda by our government obviously doesn't work.
Posted by: Benefits of Marijuana at January 7, 2004 07:19 PM
These commercials highly piss me off... i smoke pot.. im not gunna lie.. but most people I know who do it.. they do it responsibly... I babysit all the time.. never once stoned... yeah I understand ome poepl just don't have the brains to do stuff like this... but it's not the plants fault it's the persons for using it...
Posted by: teen who knows what its like at January 18, 2004 05:02 PM
I agree that the commercials are bad how they try to discourage people instead of the real reasons of addiction!
Posted by: rick at August 19, 2004 07:23 PM