Stupidest Damn Anti-Drug Commercial Ever

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-31 07:19pm

Just saw this on TV:

Opening shot is of a late-twenties, early-thirties women looking at a pregnancy test. She fiddles with it, lays it on the countertop. It's positive.

Her husband walks in and hugs her. Text at the bottom of the screen says "They'll have a new addition to their family soon."

Few seconds, then "Their lives will be changed forever."

So is this a commercial for childcare? Life insurance? Medical services? Baby products? No, because we then see:

"They will be the youngest grandparents in town."

Cut to a shot of a young, teenage girl crying and hugging her knees.

So what is this? Contraceptive ad? Abortion clinic? Counseling clinic? Adoption advert? Safe-sex reminder?

Hardly. Because we then the screen fades to black and it says

"Marijuana; it can seriousy impair your judgement."

WTF? It's a fucking MARIJUANA commercial? What dumbfuck thought THAT one up?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-01-31 07:22pm

Alright, the one with the loaded gun made some sense, but this is seriously false advertising. Besides, why are they singling out marijuana? I'm sure far more people got pregnant while drunk.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-31 07:23pm

WTF?!?! Only beer can have that effect. All Mary Jane does is make you feel good, get paranoid, and make you last a long time during sex, and various nice combinations thereof. Fucking Drug War is a sham...

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2003-01-31 07:23pm

I'm glad I havn't seen that becuase from what you say that commercial made no sence and is pretty fucked up.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-01-31 07:26pm

I must say I have not been impressed with the anti drug commercial blitzes of late. There has never been a very effective ad campaign that can truly reach out to kids and make it seem really wrong somehow - except MAYBE for this is your brain on drugs commercial.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-01-31 07:34pm

Rant
My take is let Darwin do his stuff.

The dumbasses doing drugs will sort themselves out of the gene pole.

Assholes committing crime while under the influence of drugs should be executed on the spot.
/Rant

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-31 07:36pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF?!?! Only beer can have that effect. All Mary Jane does is make you feel good, get paranoid, and make you last a long time during sex, and various nice combinations thereof. Fucking Drug War is a sham...

Bullshit. Marijuana will fuck most people up same as alcohol. Not to mention it's got horrible side effects, is more addictive, and more dangerous than cigarettes. The Drug War might be ineffective but not necessarily a bad idea in principle.

And I'm with Stravo, the recent ads are no worse than par for the course. They're dumb and ineffective but what the hell do you expect.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-01-31 07:45pm

The fucking ridiculous ads are "Marijuana funds terrorism"

Like i'm to believe the white guy that lives down the street from me grows his shit in the basement and spends all of his cash on vinyl records, his car, and playstation 2 games in order to kill innocent civilians? Please

Its almost hyporitical, the easiest way to keep drug money out of the hands of the black market and criminals is to LEGALIZE then NATIONALIZE the product!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-31 07:46pm

I think Frank Zappa's idea for an anti-drug campaign would be a good idea.

Commercial starts out in 1969; shows two college-age hippies, one male and one female, smoking pot and acting generally stupid, like most pot smokers do.

Flashforward to 2003. Shows the same couple, but clearly aged, talking about the 60's in front of their kids, while sounding like morons. Bewildered look on the faces of the children (also college-age).

Fade to black. Message appears:

"Marijuana will turn you into your parents."

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 08:27pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF?!?! Only beer can have that effect. All Mary Jane does is make you feel good, get paranoid, and make you last a long time during sex, and various nice combinations thereof. Fucking Drug War is a sham...
Bullshit. Marijuana will fuck most people up same as alcohol.

er... where did you get that from?

Not to mention it's got horrible side effects, is more addictive, and more dangerous than cigarettes.

The Drug War might be ineffective but not necessarily a bad idea in principle.

it the drug war isnt on marihuana it´s a good idea, yes

say, am i missing some sort of weird sarkasm in your post?

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-01-31 08:28pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Besides, why are they singling out marijuana? I'm sure far more people got pregnant while drunk.

I probably has something to do with the fact that the alcohol industry donates thousands, if not millions of dollars toward the campaign funds of key politions.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-31 08:35pm

salm wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF?!?! Only beer can have that effect. All Mary Jane does is make you feel good, get paranoid, and make you last a long time during sex, and various nice combinations thereof. Fucking Drug War is a sham...
Bullshit. Marijuana will fuck most people up same as alcohol.
er... where did you get that from?

You don't know much about drugs do you? Marijuana, or specifically THC, messes up a person as much as alocohol does,

salm wrote:
Not to mention it's got horrible side effects, is more addictive, and more dangerous than cigarettes.

The wonderful things like 5 times the carcinogens of ciggarettes, it's more addictive than alcohol.

The Drug War might be ineffective but not necessarily a bad idea in principle.

it the drug war isnt on marihuana it´s a good idea, yes[/quote]

Marijuana is hardly harmless as it's many advocates claim. And it's illlegal for a reason.

salm wrote:say, am i missing some sort of weird sarkasm in your post?

None.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-31 08:45pm

I don't think marijuana needs to be illegal, but it's not the benign, harmless drug that so many of its advocates claim it to be. Worse yet, stoner culture is destructive, encouraging sloth, idiocy, victimology (you know what I'm talking about, stoner culture thrives off the fact that marijuana is illegal), and lost productivity. Marijuana needs to be legalized in order to kill stoner culture, not to appease it.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 08:49pm

You don't know much about drugs do you? Marijuana, or specifically THC, messes up a person as much as alocohol does,

no, i dont know much about drugs, but i know some things about thc.
yes, it messes up a person but in a completely different way than alcohol. it´s not likely that you´ll end up with a kid because you went out stoned. it´s likely that that happens because you were drunk.

The wonderful things like 5 times the carcinogens of ciggarettes, it's more addictive than alcohol.

it´s hardly addictive. alcohol is and cigarettes are.

Marijuana is hardly harmless as it's many advocates claim. And it's illlegal for a reason.

i´ve never heard of a marihuana addict. i´ve never heard of a person who died due to the direct usage of thc. i´ve heard of loads of people who died due to the direct usage of alcohol.

the reason why it´s illegal is the alcohol industry and old prejudices.

i´m not even saying that it can not be a dangerous drug. it can cause certain people to get depressive, sure.
but i cant see a reason to outlaw it if alcohol is legal which causes a lot more deaths and financial problems for the health insurances´.

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phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-01-31 08:55pm

salm wrote: no, i dont know much about drugs, but i know some things about thc.
yes, it messes up a person but in a completely different way than alcohol. it´s not likely that you´ll end up with a kid because you went out stoned. it´s likely that that happens because you were drunk.

It affects your neurotransmitters, randomly turning ones off and on. The long-term on the brain are deleterious and not conductive to your brain's health. Furthermore, the effects of smoking a joint aren't exactly healthy for your lungs either.

it´s hardly addictive. alcohol is and cigarettes are.

There's psychological, not physical addiction with marijuana.

i´ve never heard of a marihuana addict.

I have.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 08:56pm

Durran Korr wrote:I don't think marijuana needs to be illegal, but it's not the benign, harmless drug that so many of its advocates claim it to be. Worse yet, stoner culture is destructive, encouraging sloth, idiocy, victimology (you know what I'm talking about, stoner culture thrives off the fact that marijuana is illegal), and lost productivity. Marijuana needs to be legalized in order to kill stoner culture, not to appease it.

and it needs to be legalized to save the money for all the law files against cannabis smokers and in the us to make space in prisons for real criminals.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-01-31 08:57pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:The fucking ridiculous ads are "Marijuana funds terrorism"

IIRC, the marijuana ads were targetting street violence rather than straight-out terrorism, weren't they?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-31 09:00pm

phongn wrote:
Darth Fanboy wrote:The fucking ridiculous ads are "Marijuana funds terrorism"
IIRC, the marijuana ads were targetting street violence rather than straight-out terrorism, weren't they?

Nope, straight out terrorism.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 09:01pm

It affects your neurotransmitters, randomly turning ones off and on. The long-term on the brain are deleterious and not conductive to your brain's health. Furthermore, the effects of smoking a joint aren't exactly healthy for your lungs either.

doesnt change anything about the fact that it´s unlikely that you go out stoned just to come home as a daddy.
it does affect your brain health but after quitting it gets repaired.
forget the lungs, you always have the option do make nice cup of tea or bake a cake.

it´s hardly addictive. alcohol is and cigarettes are.

There's psychological, not physical addiction with marijuana.
[/quote]
meh, just like there´s psychological addiction to snowboarding
and psychological addicction is a major difference do physical addiction which is caused by cigarettes and alcohol.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 09:02pm

Durran Korr wrote:
phongn wrote:
Darth Fanboy wrote:The fucking ridiculous ads are "Marijuana funds terrorism"
IIRC, the marijuana ads were targetting street violence rather than straight-out terrorism, weren't they?
Nope, straight out terrorism.

and they´re right. i guess it does fund terrorism to certain degree. that problem could be solved with legalizing it.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-01-31 09:07pm

I also like the ad that shows some kid getting busted for smoking pot, and then tries to pass the fact that you can get busted for pot off as one of the harmful effects of marijuana. Well, no SHIT getting arrested is harmful, but you assholes are the ones making the arrest, not the marijuana. It's harmful in that respect because YOU made it that way.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-31 09:07pm

salm wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:
phongn wrote: IIRC, the marijuana ads were targetting street violence rather than straight-out terrorism, weren't they?
Nope, straight out terrorism.
and they´re right. i guess it does fund terrorism to certain degree. that problem could be solved with legalizing it.

'
You guys all helped fund terrorism by paying your taxes. Our tax money went to the government, and they helped Osama bin Laden against the Soviets during the Afghan invasion. Therefore, we all helped terrorists!

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 09:12pm

Durran Korr wrote:I also like the ad that shows some kid getting busted for smoking pot, and then tries to pass the fact that you can get busted for pot off as one of the harmful effects of marijuana. Well, no SHIT getting arrested is harmful, but you assholes are the ones making the arrest, not the marijuana. It's harmful in that respect because YOU made it that way.

mmh, circular logic in government adds.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-31 09:22pm

If it is destructive only to the person using it, and in that regard no moreso than alchohal, I see no reason to illegalize it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-01-31 10:14pm

salm wrote:
It affects your neurotransmitters, randomly turning ones off and on. The long-term on the brain are deleterious and not conductive to your brain's health. Furthermore, the effects of smoking a joint aren't exactly healthy for your lungs either.
doesnt change anything about the fact that it´s unlikely that you go out stoned just to come home as a daddy.
it does affect your brain health but after quitting it gets repaired.
forget the lungs, you always have the option do make nice cup of tea or bake a cake.

AFAIK, that damage is permanent, not temporary.

it´s hardly addictive. alcohol is and cigarettes are.
There's psychological, not physical addiction with marijuana.
meh, just like there´s psychological addiction to snowboarding
and psychological addicction is a major difference do physical addiction which is caused by cigarettes and alcohol.

I'm not comparing it to an addiction like snowboarding. You can get addicited, if not chemically.