above the influence

[venda420]

Does any one else become offended by the above the influence commercial or is it just thinking they give us pot smokers an even worse name calling us dumb, boring, and lazy. When some of the biggest "pot heads" i know work harder and go to work more then most of the straight edged ppl i know.

[Esoteric416]

I havent seen these commercials (I tried to check them out on their website but the feeds wouldn't work.) but in my experience all prohibitionist comercials are the same: Hilarious. :D
I'd like to see some comercials depicting alcohol drinkers in the same light.
Not that I have anything against the booze it's just that it would show the double standard that most people believe and support. :mad:
The official intoxicant of these united states is alcohol, cannabis is a far superior recreational drug, also most pot smokers tent to be free thinkers so it's understandable that the powers that be would want to discourage it's use.

[Tmar.aLL.DaYmar]

i saw one tonight where a girl didnt have any bones, and her friend was complaining that "since she started smoking pot, she never wants to do anything"

[Esoteric416]

i saw one tonight where a girl didnt have any bones, and her friend was complaining that "since she started smoking pot, she never wants to do anything"
WTF No bones?

[Tmar.aLL.DaYmar]

yeah, didnt you hear?
weed melts your bones.

[Esoteric416]

Yeah, but only the really good stuff. :D :stoned:

[daves19]

here in quebec they are "subtle"... they show a couple of kids in a circle door (sorry i don't know what is the exact word in english, but youknow those doors at the hotel, that rotates...) never getting out of it and a message shows : drugs alchool and slot machines will get you nowhere...man if i was one of those kids i'd just say to the guys who wants me to be in the ads: fuck you...

[Clevelandsmokin]

4 sure it is discrimination towards us pot smokers most of us r responsibel legit citizens who pay taxes

[fikusroot]

the best are the billboards that go "it doesnt have to end here (picture of a homeless guy on the street) but it can start here (picture of a preppy white kid being handed a joint)." i think they should have added "but it probably will begin here (Picture of kid cutting class) or here (picture of the kid robbing a jewel store)"

[Nullific]

I am above the influence, because the influence is sobriety and I am high.

[jbuckets]

the smartest kid in my school blazes like everyday...and mad kids in ivy league schools blaze..pot doesnt make you dumb, its jsut a coincidence that alot of dumb people become known as 'potheads', the smart ones jsut dont get caught

[lemonboy]

I'm above the influence of government propaganda.

[1234abcd]

I think those commercials are good. Anyone who smokes the ganja, really knows whats up, and they dont really care what those commercials say.

They obviously are for the kids, and I think they are good, because it makes kids think twice before getting into it, instead of promoting it like all the Beer companies do, where it makes alky look like thats what you should be doing to have fun.

[lemonboy]

They obviously are for the kids, and I think they are good, because it makes kids think twice before getting into it, instead of promoting it like all the Beer companies do, where it makes alky look like thats what you should be doing to have fun.Educating using fact and scaring using lies are two entirely different things. They have no desire to make kids "think" about anything.

[hempsmoker25]

i swear to god i went to the site to try and find a place to email them and give them a piece of my mind, i havent had a bad grade since i started smokin. of course hey dont have an email address, and i saw the one with no bones. those little anus pies suck, and they should focus on harder drugs instead of weed.

[zooted999]

Anti-drug commercials are the equivalent of bumper stickers. Nobody's opinion changes after 30 seconds whether they're sitting at home or in the middle of traffic.

[daves19]

the smartest kid in my school blazes like everyday...and mad kids in ivy league schools blaze..pot doesnt make you dumb, its jsut a coincidence that alot of dumb people become known as 'potheads', the smart ones jsut dont get caught

true fact here! coincidence is the word, you know not only fat people eats mc donald!! same thing with pot, not only dumb people smokes! or maybe i should say not everyone eating at mc d will get fat and not everyone smoking will get dumd...

[daves19]

I think those commercials are good. Anyone who smokes the ganja, really knows whats up, and they dont really care what those commercials say.

They obviously are for the kids, and I think they are good, because it makes kids think twice before getting into it, instead of promoting it like all the Beer companies do, where it makes alky look like thats what you should be doing to have fun.


Think a lil further...Some adults, that are not the most quick thinker, will hate pot because of those ads...i know some of em talking to me and referring to the fryied egg commercial as an evidence drugs aren't good!!! People who are sober and lazy won't make some search to see if what the tv tells is true...

It creates a general idea about pot, within the citizen, and those people will never vote for a decriminalization or legalization of cannabis because of those ads...And kids won't think twice when they hit the teens...Believe me iwas the first to be against everything that is off the pre-determined path, i remember what it's like to be confined within somebody elses thought, the government thought... Than without thinking twice or even thinking at all, I took my first puff and woke up from everything i already knew to be true...

Those ads are only waste of money even if you are against pot, because it changes nothing to the actual situation, it only gives a fictional sens of security...

[tribute to me]

i get sort of offended. most of the people who make these commercials have never smoked pot before. how could they possibly know that people start being lazy and dependent on others if these people smoke pot a lot. if they make the excuse "studies show" well thats probably just a bunch of bull shit. i have been smoking for like 2 and a half years and i am a really active person, i do my schoolwork (most of the time) and i haveplenty of hobbies that dont have anything to do with weed. plus they say the younger you are the better quicker chance you will be addicted, im only 15 and i have been smoking for two years, im definitely not addicted. most of my friends (a lot of them) are they same as me. i think generations are getting smarter and wiser.