What Has the Drug Czar’s Ad Campaign Done for You?
I must not be high enough to understand what exactly the point is of this latest ad from the drug czar’s office — the behaviors depicted in it seem typical for lots of teenagers, straight or stoned. Still, I’m happy to help them get their message out, whatever it is. Feel free to use the comments section and give me your own interpretations.
Tagged with: drug czar and drug warriors and ONDCP and propaganda and satire by the author
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What?! This is just an Ad about Normal Teenagers. The Drug Czar is lost or stuck! Welcome to 2009!The WWII way of life ended decades ago! Damn Baby Boomers! Ridiculous waste of more of our tax dollars! Funny Stuff! I think those kids Need to smoke some Pot!
All of these people sound like they were drunk …
I feel dumber for having watched that ad. The only time I’ve ever seen adolescents draw on one another is when they were drunk. My stoner wife had straight A’s in high school and went to college on an academic scholarship. I fought with my parents every day of high school and never thought about using marijuana until I went off to college. This is just more Reefer Madness nonsense. This commercial was made by drug warriors for drug warriors to make them feel good about themselves. This holier-than-thou mentality would just be annoyingly pompous if they weren’t enforcing their philosophy with guns.
I have maintained a 3.56 GPA and acquired several tuition paying scholarships, started working on getting in to law school, gotten active in campus organizations, and started exploring the outer reaches of existence. *big smile*
What has weed done for me? Apparently a lot.
How long are WE THE PEOPLE of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA gonna sit here and be fed this utter garbage?
That’s the best they can do??? Getting high makes you steal from your little sister??? Teens do that anyway!!! What does that have to do with anything? You know there’s no reason for prohibition of cannabis when the worse thing they can say about it is “It makes your mom cry”. And I just have to say, I smoked when I was a teen in HS, I only got ONE failing grade. I wasn’t the best student, but I DID graduate 3 quarters early. These people just have no excuse for the prohibition of cannabis, they seem like they’re grasping at straws this point. Next thing you know, they’ll be saying pot makes you want to eat dirty kittie litter.
This ‘AD’ has made me really angry! Fortunately, I am studying Humanities right now…And, practicing good Karma! Every one of the “”" Actors “”" in this video are ignorant to what they agreed to do…for some money! I try to back away from an issue before I comment, so I can think clearly about what just happened! I smoke “Marijuana,” but I certanly don’t do retarded things…as what was portreyed by these neo-republican pundits…in this AD!
i’m 16 years old and i can honestly say the kids doing that are not the pot heads; that’s just plain immaturity. This man has made so many ridiculous shots in the dark that i believe everything that could’ve been said about him has already been said, so why bother even mentioning anything about this ignorant man again… 6 more days left
makes me glad I don’t drink anymore
If Elliot Ness had TV during Prohibition I, he would air similar ads about people using alcohol.
There is NOTHING I hate more, than smoking a joint and making my mother cry…..? WHAT?!? Was HE fucking high when he made this?!
When I smoke, I want a couch, good company, and a guitar. COME ON!!
I have lost all faith in humanity
period
Thank god we have the internet to use and find the real facts about marijuana. Mass media is to blame for these continued useless wars. Once we get a generation of people who grew up with the internet in political office this world will seek logic and truth once again, instead of just chancing the money. The drug war reeks of corruption throughout the entire system, and the only way to end this is through unregulated access to information for any human being. The internet is our only mode of gaining truth, television will only deceive.
Ok so…This looks alot more to me like drunk teens…I have drawn on many of my friends faces when I was a teen…but never because they smoked weed. it was when they passed out DRUNK!
When Will the bullshit propaganda and misinformation end!
This must be like what you hear about govt. agencies trying to spend their entire budgets before their budget year is over. Buying up chairs and lots of other stuff they don’t really need, but since they have the paranoid belief that if they spend less than their allocated budget, it means they will receive less the next year.
All I can say is the more they slander us the bigger the crow they’ll have to eat later. Even if they put it all off until Judgement Day.
The music made me think someone was going to start dancing and singing, “do the hustle.”
I agree with much of what #12 Dustin has to say. The Internet is a multi-way communications medium. The TV is a shove-it-in-your-face, one-way medium. You are a consumer only. On the Internet you can publish too!
I have to laugh at the TV set every time I hear NBC news (and others on TV) say “see you tomorrow,” what a joke. It’s like they can feel their power slipping away and are busy try to con us. See me, ha!
Just last week or two, I heard an outrageously funny comment from some guy selling stuff on TV. I can’t recall the exact wording, but it was like “and call 1-800-xxx-xxxx. Don’t look any where else for it.” The clear implication was he was terrified of the Internet and only wanted to channel people through the TV set as though that was the only, or best, source of information. Reminds me of Homer Simpson “the TV wouldn’t lie to me!”
I’m all for freeing up the airwaves to let us little people use them in ways we choose, for networking with each other, and being less subjugated by the megacorpses, but one wonders if this new DTV situation is going to yield TV even less bearable with a plethora of ads.
Well in a way this is kind of a good thing cause most adds they make are generalized towards Marijuana, But if this one was,
they screwed up and got there tips on how to make this from how I spent my 21st birthday I have known many succesfull and very bright pot smokers, unfortunitly,…I feel towards the artistic side, but in any case the adds that they continue to generate from Above the bull****.com as Jim said above
Nothing but half truths and gorrila dust, PROPAGANDA
They think we wont make a change
I Think
Yes we Cannabis!!!!
this is crap…… we spend millions no billions to keep weed illegal.
and there is so much use for marijuana other than smoking it. also , i believe we should come up with a system such as the Netherlands has. hell, we allow brothels in las vegas.. and San Fransisco voted on a law allowing prostitution. so, we allow whores and alcohol … but marijuana we waste money and the government wastes my tax dollars…
i don’t understand these commercials sober or high! seriously! what up with the little boy with burn marks all over his body? the kid with all the shirts? all the teenagers that do dumb stuff when high(more like alcohol poisoning)haha.
it seems like instead of people educating themselves they would rather argue with ignorance againist facts.
i hope you can make a bigger impact this year!!!2009!!
I have been a marijuana user since the age of 6 and I attended Harvard University.
weed doesn’t lead to a gutter life style, although a bad life style could lead to someone weed.
Where exactly would that kid be ditching his friends? At their house ? local park?
You’re more conscious high, then when you’re drunk, so even if you don’t know when their in the car you could understand that they would need a ride, But i think it would be safer that he ditches them rather then get into an accident with a car full of people no? Besides stoners usually plan things out and would rather mellow out in one location for the night.
So if the DEA is going to throw this propaganda out there, to say that a kid ditched his friends would make it seem like driving under the influence is better.
As for stealing, i personally have never stolen/borrowed a dollar from anyone else for marijuana. I have kept grades up to A’s and B’s and its kept me away from alcohol and smoking cigarettes.
The herb can be used for fuel, and the seed is one of the healthiest things you can eat if i heard correctly. It was also a large part of this country’s colonization, and has globally been a large influence on most cultures. Additionally Medical, and Religious use. R.I.P Bob Marley
Drugs will only lead you to depression, Blanking out with an addiction you lose your life, but with the herb you’re conscious, happy, and personally i can say it can cure depression.
Longest Rant Ever.
Our country in running a huge deficit and they chose to spend money we don’t have on that?
I’m not a drug user myself; I never started and never had a reason to start.
I know people who abuse drugs and are worse for it. I’ve known many more intelligent, responsible people who use drugs in a fairly responsible way. The problem I have is when those people consider themselves to be an example of the non-consequence of drug usage. (I wont name names, Ganja, Jason, David. etc.)
Don’t you people have shit to do? Stop pissing away your night sucking air out of a giant glass phallus and do something interesting. I’ve wasted too many of my nights sitting around watching my friend’s jokes get progressively worse and comments get progressively more inane. Fortunately most of them have since grown up but that’s the real tragedy here. If that’s the only consequence its already too much.
Get a life. The fact is marijuana prosecutions aren’t nearly as severe as they could be. That’s not a coincidence- its a matter of policy.
Pot won’t be any easier to get when/if its legalized than it is now. Legalized pot will be heavily taxed in any circumstance and probably sold at concentrations approaching placebo. Black market weed will be more expensive as profits dry up and distributional efficiency drops off and it’ll still be illegal to buy from your dealer so your still running the risk of criminal prosecution. No administration would permit the unregulated sale of pot just as they don’t permit the unregulated sale of alcohol or cigarettes. It would be stupid to do so- existing distribution chains are dangerous, criminal organizations (this is well before it reaches your neighborhood.)
So rather than sitting on pro-legalization websites responding to admittedly ineffective “war on drugs” advertisements, get a hobby.
Hey Nicole, you seem to be about as smart as this retarded ad. Why don’t you learn to not stick your gigantic nose into other people’s faces. We can already tell it’s huge, but its monumental size isn’t an excuse for bumping people with it.
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They’re giving it their best shot with these ads. You can’t tell me they don’t have a responsibility to discourage kids from using drugs, even if its not the worst thing in the world for them to be doing. I think retarded is going too far, despite not being terribly effective. And I don’t know what gave you the impression I’m retarded. I don’t think that’s true. I guess its easier to say that when you don’t respond to anything I say.
And I don’t get the nose/face bumping thing. I guess its like a looking down my nose at you, thinking I’m better than you sort of thing? Or maybe sticking my nose in other people’s business?
In either case its pretty much a waste of time and I’d be happier if you all did something more productive.
Frankly I think it raises a masculinity question. I come from a pretty traditional family but it seems incongruent with the whole passionate, thoughtful, productive provider notion.
Well, if you make your mother cry AND steal money from your sister you clearly deserve to be repeatedly raped over while rotting away in a federal prison. Its the only way you’ll learn.
Hey, everybody, I don’t want to get in the way of a good honest debate, but please keep it focused on the issue and not personal attacks.
Nicole, it sounds like you agree with many of the visitors here that the federal government’s war on drugs — and in particular on marijuana users, which is our focus at MPP — is a failure. The difference of opinion appears to be the extent to which that causes a drain to our society and whether it’s worth addressing.
I think if you study this issue more, you’ll find that our current policies cause a great deal of harm, both to individual users and their families as well as to society in general.
What often gets lost in this debate is that most people on both sides of this issue want pretty much the same thing: Policies that ensure public safety, limit violence, and effectively reduce use rates, particularly among teens and children.
Our current policies do none of these, and are demonstrably counter-effective as well as wasteful. Most reformers — those who enjoy marijuana as well as those who do not — believe this is the reason it’s worth advocating for policy change.
Back to the subject of this post, this ad is the latest of many over the past decade that have been proven ineffective by the Government Accountability Office, and the drug czar attempted to suppress that data: http://www.mpp.org/legislation/drug-czar/mpp-alleges-white-house.html
I don’t think you have to be a marijuana user to be disturbed to the point of action over such dishonesty and disregard for public resources.
No drug can be considered completely safe, and marijuana is no exception. The potential dangers to children are particularly disturbing. However, we’ve seen time and time again that lying to children and exaggerating the dangers of marijuana often has the opposite of the desired effect: Kids discover for themselves that marijuana isn’t as dangerous as they were told, say, in D.A.R.E. classes, and they assume they were lied to regarding other, more dangerous drugs as well.
Meanwhile, while we’ve seen teen marijuana use rates climb steadily over the past 15 years, we’ve seen teen cigarette use drop to the point where kids use both drugs about equally.
The difference? We regulate cigarette sales, prohibit sales to minors, and punish vendors who disregard these regulations. Meanwhile, we focus our public education efforts on the real, tangible dangers of tobacco use.
You may hold marijuana users in low regard, and that’s your choice. But it’s not the issue at hand. The real issue is establishing effective marijuana policies that are based on science and measured by their effectiveness.
I’m glad you’re interested in this issue and hope that you continue to study the mountain of available information on all sides of this debate.
that works. and in general I only hold marijuana users in low guard when they’re stoned. its just annoying as hell
regard*
Oh my God…I Loved this commercial so much…..
I have it saved on my PVR and watch it repeatedly and bob my head and dance around to the fantastic music whileI watch….do-do-do-do-dododo
***I have gone to every single class STONED since grade 10, (got a “MOST IMPROVED STUDENT AWARD” when I graduated out of 250 students.) And I am now in 2nd year University with a 3.6 average (still gettting high before class) and also heading into Law school!!!
The commercial is complete lies…..I think you would have to go on a Meth binge for a couple years to be that screwed up to leave someone 27 messages….and like people have said
these are the EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL….And considering most teens go out and get drunk every Friday/Saturday the ads should be anti-drinking.
I don’t drink, I think it’s awful, and the stupidest things I have ever done have been while I was drunk & not high on Weed or anything else..
But honestly, the commercial is great for people who know it’s not true, the most entertaining thing I have seen in months…I hope kids don’t fall for this sh*t..
I love their smiles at the end of the commercial showing how proud of themselves they are…
This is so ridiculous. Just shows you they still are wasting tax payors money. These adds are JOKES. Anyone who enjoys them or takes them to heart are not informed people. The people need to get on their computers and research this. Find out for yourself what is true and what is not true.
LOL what were they thinking? This is” normal teens today.com” LOL (no not real websiteas far as I know). I did terrible in school till my last two years high school. I went from D-F student to the honor roll Last two years. Coincidently I started smoking marijuana at that time. Now i dont condone kids go start smoking marijuann for that reason,but it obviously did me some good.Good video Mr.Czar.
Dan Bernath-
Well said!
Ok, is this not invoking head shaking everywhere? I’m a mom, have teens around and the ones who DONT smoke dope do this stuff. Who are these adults polling to get info about pot smoking the chess club kids?
I did just about all these in HS, and I was drug free until after I graduated.
So glad this is what our tax dollars are being used for. They can’t even use that revenue to effectively bullshit anymore.
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