Parents: Beware of Heavy Metal and Vanishing Visine
October 15th, 2008 by PerryWho says we can’t learn a lot from the 80s?
This classic anti-drug footage from the Reagan era shows that the war on drugs was (at least) a little more honest in their approach, although no less entertaining in retrospect.
My favorite part, when she started smoking pot, the music changed. It went from pop-rock to heavy metal. And I could never find any Visine bottles; of course nobody knew where they went.
Another Ridiculous Anti-Drug PSA
October 3rd, 2008 by PerryAnother Oscar worthy joint by AboveTheInfluence, this video is 1 of the 8 major commercials in rotation by the most amusingly pointless anti-drug group out there.
Obviously whoever created this brilliant little short understands the importance of arming America’s youth with good, honest information about the evils of drug abuse. I know every time I’ve gotten high, I think to myself, “This feels just like a kick to the nuts by an angry horse.” This one is right up there with the stoners who run over the little girl leaving the drive-thru.
If the government would just admit marijuana is not that harmful to adults, it wouldn’t entice so many kids to try other drugs when they found out the bullshit behind these scare campaigns. It’s really that simple. Unfortunately, the government would rather waste tax dollars on moronic metaphors and over-stretched cliches.
