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Mocking the Drug War
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| Devbert |
Just had to vent my frustration over the continued stupidy of the Drug War.
New ad shows a chick smoking a joint at a party and then from a pipe. She stumbles back all wasted (looking like someone who drank about a fifth of vodka, not somebody who gets blazed). Then the guy next to her on the couch starts to molest her chest. Then the camera pans away as she mumbles "no..." and we get the fear inspiring slogan:
Marijuana...still think it's not dangerous?
Makes me wonder why they don't have the same type of commercial for booze? Oh yeah, that's right, because the government makes billions off of taxing the liqour industry, even though it causes lots of rape, drunk driving, murders, fights, and generally thousands of time as much damage as marijuana does to society.
Way to spend our tax dollars "Dubya". |
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| Az |
| quote: | Originally posted by Devbert
Just had to vent my frustration over the continued stupidy of the Drug War.
New ad shows a chick smoking a joint at a party and then from a pipe. She stumbles back all wasted (looking like someone who drank about a fifth of vodka, not somebody who gets blazed). Then the guy next to her on the couch starts to molest her chest. Then the camera pans away as she mumbles "no..." and we get the fear inspiring slogan:
Marijuana...still think it's not dangerous?
Makes me wonder why they don't have the same type of commercial for booze? Oh yeah, that's right, because the government makes billions off of taxing the liqour industry, even though it causes lots of rape, drunk driving, murders, fights, and generally thousands of time as much damage as marijuana does to society.
Way to spend our tax dollars "Dubya". |
:stongue:, thats pitiful
I suggest you watch a documentary called "pot", narrated by woody harrelson, extremely informative, gives a good insight as to why Cannabis is illegal......hmmmm don't you just love the american government :rolleyes: |
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| King of Clubs |
| quote: | Originally posted by Az
:stongue:, thats pitiful
I suggest you watch a documentary called "pot", narrated by woody harrelson, extremely informative, gives a good insight as to why Cannabis is illegal......hmmmm don't you just love the american government :rolleyes: |
Yeah I really liked that documentary... There's a site on the internet which has tons of cannabis related documentaries stored which you can see online, but I forgot the URL.... |
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| JohnSmith |
The war on drugs is absolutely pathetic. I have been a long time advocate of legalisation of merijuana. It looks like the Candian Government will at least be decriminilizing pot soon, which is a step in the right direction.
By the way, there is another excellent documentary called "Grass" i rented it at blockbuster of all places, very informative.
and for more info on pot, check out: http://www.norml.org/ |
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| Time2Burn |
| quote: | Originally posted by King of Clubs
Yeah I really liked that documentary... There's a site on the internet which has tons of cannabis related documentaries stored which you can see online, but I forgot the URL.... |
Hemp TV |
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| Spad |
| quote: | Originally posted by Devbert
Just had to vent my frustration over the continued stupidy of the Drug War.
New ad shows a chick smoking a joint at a party and then from a pipe. She stumbles back all wasted (looking like someone who drank about a fifth of vodka, not somebody who gets blazed). Then the guy next to her on the couch starts to molest her chest. Then the camera pans away as she mumbles "no..." and we get the fear inspiring slogan:
Marijuana...still think it's not dangerous?
Makes me wonder why they don't have the same type of commercial for booze? Oh yeah, that's right, because the government makes billions off of taxing the liqour industry, even though it causes lots of rape, drunk driving, murders, fights, and generally thousands of time as much damage as marijuana does to society.
Way to spend our tax dollars "Dubya". |
Bastards, there goes my pulling technique. |
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| Az |
| quote: | As a result of the ‘Lambeth Experiment’, in which police
ceased arresting people for cannabis possession, levels
of street crime have been cut by 35 per cent and
burglaries by more than 8 per cent.
The scheme has not transformed the district into a
haven of drug dealing, as critics have claimed,
however class A drug arrests increased
substantially - 159 compared with 96
for both cannabis & class A drugs,
in a similar period last year.
** Metropolitan Police report (March 2002)
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also...
| quote: | Isn’t cannabis addictive?
FACT: Its dependence potential is substantially less
than that of tobacco or alcohol.
What about health problems?
FACT: The high use of cannabis is not associated with
major health problems for the individual or society.
Does cannabis lead to hard drugs?
FACT: The risks (if any) are small and less than those
associated with the use of tobacco or alcohol.
**These FACTS are direct quotes from the ‘The Advisory
Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ report (March 2002),
commissioned by the Home Office.
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looks like the UK may fully decriminalise soon :)
source..(don't laugh) www.whspliff.net :stongue:
(it does advertise in Private Eye magazine, so it's fairly legit) |
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| Kris G |
| I agree with alot of what is being said here, its all smoke, mirrors and properganda in the UK and US, no real research has gone on to give firm evidence of what they claim, and its never compared to anything legal, ie alcohol. If they could earn off it in the way that they do with the legalised drugs, and not lose face, theyd do it. |
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| Devbert |
, somebody shoot me. I just saw the follow-up, and it was much worse. Kids getting stoned in parents basement, one accidentally shoots the other in the face with a gun with the slogan:
Marijauna: Still think it's harmless?
Holy , this is just ing retarded. Makes no sense whatsoever. |
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| SmellsExcellent |
Reefer Madness is another good anti-pot propaganda movie.. the kids get stoned and end up walking around like zombies!! haha it is so funny!
-marc |
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| astroboy |
In Australia are a bit better:
ALCOHOL - Slogan: "Where are your choices taking you"
There's one where a chick sculls heaps of spirits at a party and then screws a guy and regrets it afterwards... and it cuts to her if she had stopped at one drink and just shows her having fun at the party...
Another similar one where a dude get's smashed and starts a fight then gets beaten up and his friends leave him on the street.
WEED: Can't remember the slogan
In the add, there's some bonghead dude sitting there ripping cones, and his friends are telling him that they're gonna be late to the party... eventually they're leaving and he's like "nah it's ok guys i think i'l just stay home" and he keeps sitting there ripping the bong by himself like a fiend. I thought that was pretty realistic.
I'm all for legalising weed, but i've had a few friends turn into bongheads like the dude in the add, so it's good to inform people about how weed can you up if you let it get out of control.
ECCIES: Can't remember this one either
Just shows some chick having fun at a rave, and then depressed afterwards crying and her friend telling her "you've just got to take things easier". Then cuts to another scene where she's fighting with her friends. |
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| PatMcGroin |
yeah, i saw that ad. ing hilarous, probably cuz i was stoned when i saw it :p
morons. they can't even do the ads right. i could convience someone to not smoke, which i've done numerous numbers of times, you just gotta know what to tell them. that ad is not it. lol |
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