Americans being bombarded by anti-marijuana commercials

[activedenial]

This is blatant propaganda for gearing americans for the extradition of Mark Emery. There are so many commercials that it might just change public perception of the good herb. Why don't they spend some fucking money on the real problems of the world like meth/crack ops and prescription drug abuse which could kill people. Kids are looking for other ways to get high, now they are turning to dust cans?? WTF!??

[benagain]

because RX drugs pull in more money for big business than weed does. Same for alchohol and shit.

[Its a Plant]

The latest series of anti-drug ads are getting pathetic. There is one with a kid that has his fist in his mouth, and this lady is next to him translating what he's saying. "Yesterday my friends told me I should try marijuana, then today they told me to stick my whole hand in my mouth. I'm an idiot."

I think the newest slogan is "Above the Influence." Yah, that's great. And they are also really pushing the idea that pot makes you totally worthless and lazy, which we all know is oh so untrue. God damn Mongolians. lol.

[WakingDream]

Those commercials piss me off so much. Blatant lying, and terrible lying too. They are meant to hook the uninformed or impressionable. I just laugh at the stupid kid who tried to outrun the dog.

What about the one with the coinphrase "When you let others make decisions for you you lose your individuality" HYPOCRYTES!!!!

[zephyrinne]

LOL... My favorite is the one with the two girls. The girl who has been smoking weed, she's completely limp, no bones, just looks like a mass of skin with a head and clothes on it lazily sitting on the couch. And the other girl sits around and talks... and is asked, "What do you all do for fun?" (or something along those lines).. and the girl is like, "This is pretty much it." Meaning, they just sit around all day and are lazy/lifeless.

Bullshit. I smoke EVERYDAY and still manage to make a 3.4 GPA in college. I hate commercials like that. As long as you're RESPONSIBLE about smoking, there should never be any problems. Gov't propaganda sucks hairy nuts. :thumbsup:

[orangeman]

This is blatant propaganda for gearing americans for the extradition of Mark Emery. There are so many commercials that it might just change public perception of the good herb. Why don't they spend some fucking money on the real problems of the world like meth/crack ops and prescription drug abuse which could kill people. Kids are looking for other ways to get high, now they are turning to dust cans?? WTF!??

Yeah it doesnt make sense, they claim that marijuana is a social disrupter and for some reason theres a war against weed more than any other drug (publicly atleast) and it's the less harmful of all the narcotics out there :confused: doesnt make any sense....

[Up In Smoke 420]

Hey guys dont worry, I dont know if youve noticed but they send them out in a pattern, new wave of like 3/4 til there over played then a couple months of nothing then more gay stuff. At least that's how it is for me. I agree though I never see them saying dont do coke/meth/crack or w/e which is plain retarded.

[tadaa]

because RX drugs pull in more money for big business than weed does. Same for alchohol and shit.

Bingo

[VoidLivesOn]

Yeah I was ganna point out...is it just me or is there alot MORE fucking anti-marijuana comercials coming on? I mean even comedy central has these fucking commercials.

EDIT: Yes they are not regular commercials, they are "fucking" commercials.

[Frivolous248]

Hey guys, smoking marijuana is bad, it makes your arms stretch out to next week!

Also, anyone notice they don't seem to know shit about weed, but rather talk about PEER PRESSURE. Yeah well those fuckers need to stop peer-pressuring me into not smoking, you know what? I'm above YOUR fucking influence, yeah, I don't fucking listen to stupid commercials, rather, I make my own goddamn desicions based on my OWN knowledge.

[chisme]

has anyone noticed the goverment bullshit about weed beeing on the increase? you wanna know why?


because more people are smoking it then ever before in every country.

in no country or state or region has the cannabis crimes gone down they have allways risen by like 2% or 4% so over the years its about a 10%increase in every country.........more epople r tokeing up everywhere and more people are open about it these days....so theve increased the amount of cermerciels and such as their way of ''dealing witht he situation''' lol they think they can brainwash people by simple tv.

[VoidLivesOn]

Times are clearly changing, some things good, some things bad.

[Zentetsuken]

Times are clearly changing, some things good, some things bad.

That's ...deep ...so insightfull ... beautiful ....It's like ...the world is a little more clear now ... when you sum it all up like that ... it's like ... seeing your problems ...from a birds eye view .... sometimes ...I feel like there's so much beauty in the world ...I feel like I can't take it ...like my heart's going to cave in.

:thumbsup: I'm blazed. :confused:

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I've never seen a Anti-Meth commercial before.

Funny, eh?

I THINK NOT!

and when someone says something along the lines of "beautiful..clarity..insightful.." all in one sentence, YOU KNOW THEIR BAKED.

[Smashingdols]

Frivolous248 - Also, anyone notice they don't seem to know shit about weed, but rather talk about PEER PRESSURE. Yeah well those fuckers need to stop peer-pressuring me into not smoking, you know what? I'm above YOUR fucking influence, yeah, I don't fucking listen to stupid commercials, rather, I make my own goddamn desicions based on my OWN knowledge.

fuck yeah man so true. that eats me the most about these commercials

[RevDutch]

the best one that I've seen (makes me laugh even thinking about it) is where a car full of guys with cannabis smoke filling the car are in a drive through at a fast food place. they say some stupid crap to the person working there and then pull away quickly while running hitting a young girl on a bike. :confused:

how often does shit like that even happen?

cannabis. my anti-drug.

[WakingDream]

Yeah, that guy was a shitty driver, not the pot's fault.

[halo]

the best one that I've seen (makes me laugh even thinking about it) is where a car full of guys with cannabis smoke filling the car are in a drive through at a fast food place. they say some stupid crap to the person working there and then pull away quickly while running hitting a young girl on a bike. :confused:

how often does shit like that even happen?

cannabis. my anti-drug.

LOL and why didnt that little girl look to see if a car was pulling out of the drive thru?

[notrightquite]

I've never seen a Anti-Meth commercial before.

Funny, eh?

I THINK NOT!

and when someone says something along the lines of "beautiful..clarity..insightful.." all in one sentence, YOU KNOW THEIR BAKED.

I have seen one. It was sad, and there was a little girl subject to her mother's habit.

[soxsuk6432]

I have seen one. It was sad, and there was a little girl subject to her mother's habit.
There is a series of them going around that was pretty scry atleast it scared the fuck out of me. One of them is somebody is on the phone planning to do meth that night then she goes to step into the shower and sees blood going down the drain when she sees the blood she looks down to see herself in a few years with blood all over and looking like a tweaker and mumbles dont do it. Even though it is exaggerated it scared the fuck out of me.

[mrdevious]

There is a series of them going around that was pretty scry atleast it scared the fuck out of me. One of them is somebody is on the phone planning to do meth that night then she goes to step into the shower and sees blood going down the drain when she sees the blood she looks down to see herself in a few years with blood all over and looking like a tweaker and mumbles dont do it. Even though it is exaggerated it scared the fuck out of me.

I saw that one today too, was disturbing, but I won't complain since meth needs to get the fuck off my planet.

But I think people need to stop attacking weed or any other drugs, and face the real danger facing youth today..... little girls riding trycicles! We need to round up the bike-fiends and make sure trycicles never get into the hands of our children.

[soxsuk6432]

Yeah meth is the only drug that I really think can't be used responsibly. It just seems like a nasty drug to me.
Heres a link to there site http://www.montanameth.org/ads_television.aspx

[Oneironaut]

Well, what are we all waiting for? Let's make some pro-marijuana propaganda! We can't just get stoned and sit on our asses if we want the War on Drugs to end. We have to get stoned and fight the establishment.

[Frivolous248]

Wtf is with all the fucked up scarred faces in those videos? Does meth really do that?

Back to weed- Someone should make a pro-marijuana commercial! I wonder if anyone would air it?

[pabloescobar209]

The latest series of anti-drug ads are getting pathetic. There is one with a kid that has his fist in his mouth, and this lady is next to him translating what he's saying. "Yesterday my friends told me I should try marijuana, then today they told me to stick my whole hand in my mouth. I'm an idiot."

I think the newest slogan is "Above the Influence." Yah, that's great. And they are also really pushing the idea that pot makes you totally worthless and lazy, which we all know is oh so untrue. God damn Mongolians. lol. Yeah I just don't see how smoking pot has any connection with putting your fist in your mouth, but maybe im just a pothead with my fist in my mouth.

[graph]

If I had the money I think the commercial I would make would open up on a guy smoking cigarettes, a guy drinking alcohol, a guy injecting some sort of opiate via hypodermic needle, and then I guy smoking weed. This is when I come out and say, "Go ahead, ask your doctor which one of these is the least harmful" and then the NORML logo comes up.

I'm not sure how I want to end it though. Either "Marijuana, the REAL truth" or "Cannabis, my anti-drug"

By the way, I did see that commercial where they say "when you start letting others control your life, you lose yourself" or something like that. All I could help but think to myself was

That's why I smoke weed!

[onwardthroughthefog]

The only REAL drug war going on is between the "legal" pharmaceutical companies and the proponents of the "illegal" version of drugs that people use to self-medicate. Do you really think it's a coincidence that these anti-pot commercials have begun almost immediately after places like Denver and a growing number of states have voted to decriminalize it for medicinal purposes?

This is specifically designed to get the VOTERS, not the SMOKERS motivated. If they can influence grandparents, parents, and other older people who DON'T smoke, those people actually VOTE!!!!!!!!! If people who want the legislation changed would take the time to participate in voting, things might change. Those commercials aren't aimed at teenagers or even adults who already smoke. They are aimed at the voters!

The drug cartel that scares me MOST is the one that produces all the legal prescriptions that we are medicating our society with. And they are certainly behind the commercials downplaying the role medicinal marijuana can have in improving the lives of people who suffer from serious diseases. The only loser if marijuana is deemed to be a legal medicine is the drug company who can no longer have a monopoly on the drugs they prescribe.

I wish more of us would help get things changed by voting out of office jerks who do not reflect your views and put into office people who actually have a mind that isn't controlled by drug companies, oil companies, etc.

Onward!

[halo]

The only REAL drug war going on is between the "legal" pharmaceutical companies and the proponents of the "illegal" version of drugs that people use to self-medicate. Do you really think it's a coincidence that these anti-pot commercials have begun almost immediately after places like Denver and a growing number of states have voted to decriminalize it for medicinal purposes?

This is specifically designed to get the VOTERS, not the SMOKERS motivated. If they can influence grandparents, parents, and other older people who DON'T smoke, those people actually VOTE!!!!!!!!! If people who want the legislation changed would take the time to participate in voting, things might change. Those commercials aren't aimed at teenagers or even adults who already smoke. They are aimed at the voters!

The drug cartel that scares me MOST is the one that produces all the legal prescriptions that we are medicating our society with. And they are certainly behind the commercials downplaying the role medicinal marijuana can have in improving the lives of people who suffer from serious diseases. The only loser if marijuana is deemed to be a legal medicine is the drug company who can no longer have a monopoly on the drugs they prescribe.

I wish more of us would help get things changed by voting out of office jerks who do not reflect your views and put into office people who actually have a mind that isn't controlled by drug companies, oil companies, etc.

Onward!

I have have had a distrust of the pharmaceutical companies for a while now.

But i never thought of those commercials liek that before. And it makes perfect sense. Thank you for informing me of that

[zephyrinne]

Graph... that would actually be a good basis for a commercial. Good idea! I mean, out of 4 choices you have there, of course marijuana is the safest. And there is NO denying that fact. It's just the pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know that. They will keep forcing prescription drugs down our throats until this whole world needs some form of medication. Dude, I would try to hook up with a pro-pot advocate group such as NORML or someone who has the money to do a commercial like that. Even something as small as that can be broadcasted to thousands who share our same views about pot! :)

Well said, onward..

[Oneironaut]

Wtf is with all the fucked up scarred faces in those videos? Does meth really do that?

Back to weed- Someone should make a pro-marijuana commercial! I wonder if anyone would air it?
No. The mainstream capitalist media don't have the balls. They're not about truth. They're about profits. And they're going to lose a lot of profits if people can accuse them of trying to infect our helpless children's minds with pro-drug propaganda.

Plus, there's no way the government would stand for it. You can't even advertise cigarettes on TV, and there are strict restrictions on alcohol commercials (whoa, one just came on when I typed that! weird...), like they always have to tell you about the dangers of drinking and driving. I don't think they're about to allow a pro-marijuana advertisement on there, or anything that encourages an illegal behavior.

We're going to have to distribute our pro-weed propaganda by different means. Leaflets, flyers, the Internet, books, music, there's all sorts of avenues you could pursue. But not television or radio or anything controlled by the capitalist powers or the FCC (a.k.a Fucking Corporate Censorship, or the First-amendment Crushing Commission...)

[stonedtom]

i heard that some kids choke themselves to get high my guess they wouldent be that desperate to get high if they could just chill and smoke some chronic i think thats pretty fucked that our government disencourges a relativly safe way to get high to and that the alternative is people choking themselves now which sounds more harmful smoking a natural herb or cutting of your air to the point where you almost die

[Oneironaut]

The only REAL drug war going on is between the "legal" pharmaceutical companies and the proponents of the "illegal" version of drugs that people use to self-medicate. Do you really think it's a coincidence that these anti-pot commercials have begun almost immediately after places like Denver and a growing number of states have voted to decriminalize it for medicinal purposes?

This is specifically designed to get the VOTERS, not the SMOKERS motivated. If they can influence grandparents, parents, and other older people who DON'T smoke, those people actually VOTE!!!!!!!!! If people who want the legislation changed would take the time to participate in voting, things might change. Those commercials aren't aimed at teenagers or even adults who already smoke. They are aimed at the voters!

The drug cartel that scares me MOST is the one that produces all the legal prescriptions that we are medicating our society with. And they are certainly behind the commercials downplaying the role medicinal marijuana can have in improving the lives of people who suffer from serious diseases. The only loser if marijuana is deemed to be a legal medicine is the drug company who can no longer have a monopoly on the drugs they prescribe.

I wish more of us would help get things changed by voting out of office jerks who do not reflect your views and put into office people who actually have a mind that isn't controlled by drug companies, oil companies, etc.

Onward!

“If voting changed anything, it would be illegal.” —Emma Goldman

Voting doesn't do shit. What does it accomplish to silently mark on a ballot that you think marijuana should be legal? The people cannot defeat the corporations in the political arena. The corporations have lots of money to fund lobbyists and think tanks and to contribute to politicians, which is why politicians invariably act in the interests of the corporations and not the voters. Plus, any politician is perfectly free to contradict any promise they made on the campaign trail. Remember Jimmy Carter said he was going to decriminalize marijuana? Well, it's still not decriminalized. Voting didn't do it.

Did voting stop the English monarchy? Did voting stop slavery? Did voting stop Prohibition? Did voting stop segregation? No, in all these cases the government had a vested interest in maintaining the status quo and wasn't going to give it up unless it absolutely had to. The system didn't change because people voted for change. It changed because the majority of people wanted change and took to the streets for change. Learn from history. We have to bring legalization about ourselves. The political bureaucracy is not going to do it for us.

[Kryzco]

man those commercials were made for stoners

it gives me sometime to laugh at

and they piss me off but a person with common sense would realize these commercials are utter bullshit because weed doesn't destroy your morality and you can still make a decision

I've never got hit by a car, flattened into nothingness, or got chased by a dog

because I'm not stupid enough to ride my bike past a car thats about to drive out and go near a guard dog

and all that shit about their friends made them do it, fuck that it wasn't the weed, those idiots need new friends, simple fuckin concept!

[KoRnStaR]

Yeah meth is the only drug that I really think can't be used responsibly. It just seems like a nasty drug to me.
Heres a link to there site http://www.montanameth.org/ads_television.aspx

F'n scary ass commercials..

[Jennifer K]

Wtf is with all the fucked up scarred faces in those videos? Does meth really do that?

Back to weed- Someone should make a pro-marijuana commercial! I wonder if anyone would air it?
Yes meth really does that! If I could I would post you all before and after pictures of my best friend from high school. It breaks my heart and makes me sick. Ruined her life and her beautiful looks. This is one drug to stay away from.:( :stoned:

[infidel818]

The only thing i dont have a problem with on the commercials is that they are mostly directed towards teens. I dont know about other states, but in cali....there are probably more adults who smoke than teens. We also have prescriptions for cannabis. I agree with the commercials in that sense because I do not think 14 year olds should smoke weed. I think it takes somewhat of a mature and responsible mind to be able to handle it. But i really do hate those motherfuckn commercials because of how rediculous they make it. I really think you guys should make a commercial.
my commercial would start like graph's but it would show the after effects....the person smoking ciggs would be like smoking out of a hole in her throat, the drinkin dude would be starting a fight with the guy doing meth, and the guy on cannabis would be eating a cheeseburger. LOL

edit: i just saw one of the commercials while i was typing this. lol

[Oneironaut]

The possibilities for pro-weed commercials are endless.

A black guy in a jail cell: "President Bush smoked marijuana. President Clinton smoked marijuana. I smoked marijuana. Why am I the only one in jail?"

It couldn't hurt to throw some statistics in...

"You're told that one joint is equal to four cigarettes worth of carcinogens.Tobacco smoking causes an estimated 5 million deaths every year. In the history of mankind, there has not been one death that has been conclusively linked to marijuana smoking. Harmless? Pretty much."

EDIT: That reminds me. You can find some pro-weed parodies of the "Harmless?" commercials on this guy's web site: http://www.whatthefawk.com/index.php?a=flash

[Its a Plant]

haha speaking of "harmless?" that south park episode where the kid's parents trick them into believing that their future selves come back from time to warn them about drugs. Then Stan and Butters go to the company behind it and all those funnnnyyyy ass posters on the wall. Harmless?

South Park comments on so much, I'm sure it wouldn't be out of their element to make an episode souly dedicated to weed. And they could get away with it, too. It's cable. You can say "shit" now.

[VoidLivesOn]

That's ...deep ...so insightfull ... beautiful ....It's like ...the world is a little more clear now ... when you sum it all up like that ... it's like ... seeing your problems ...from a birds eye view .... sometimes ...I feel like there's so much beauty in the world ...I feel like I can't take it ...like my heart's going to cave in.

:thumbsup: I'm blazed. :confused:

Was that sarcasm? If so...why? I mean its not like what I said was incredibly stupid...its sorta true.

[tootsie roll]

The latest series of anti-drug ads are getting pathetic. There is one with a kid that has his fist in his mouth, and this lady is next to him translating what he's saying. "Yesterday my friends told me I should try marijuana, then today they told me to stick my whole hand in my mouth. I'm an idiot."

I think the newest slogan is "Above the Influence." Yah, that's great. And they are also really pushing the idea that pot makes you totally worthless and lazy, which we all know is oh so untrue. God damn Mongolians. lol.


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Mar-22-2006, 13:16
WakingDream
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Those commercials piss me off so much. Blatant lying, and terrible lying too. They are meant to hook the uninformed or impressionable. I just laugh at the stupid kid who tried to outrun the dog.

What about the one with the coinphrase "When you let others make decisions for you you lose your individuality" HYPOCRYTES!!!!

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Both of those commercials crack me up and tick me off.

First off, a stoner isn't gonna go play out run the doggy. and secondly, it's usually a drunk kid that tries to fist his mouth. lol

lmbo

[Oneironaut]

They can't even come up with a single good argument against weed. They just say "if you do weed it will take over your mind and command you to do something unrealistically stupid" and "if you do weed you will turn into a weird blob-like creature". Any ten-year-old can tell that's bullshit.

[Euphoric]

These commercials have been shown to only promote teen drug use.

The people siding with it are already brainwashed into believing what the institutions are feeding them. Preaching to the converted.

NORML Executive Director Keith Stroup said that despite Walters' promises, the White House ad campaign continues to have the opposite effect on teens than the one lawmakers intended. "This is a colossal waste of taxpayer's dollars," Stroup said, noting that the ad campaign costs an estimated $195 million per year. "The more often teens see these ads, the less likely they are to say no to marijuana and other drugs. Clearly, teens are dismissing these ads and their message as nothing more than government propaganda."

He added, "NORML believes there is nothing to be gained by exaggerating marijuana's harmfulness. On the contrary, by overstating marijuana's potential harm, our policy-makers undermine their credibility, and their ability to effectively educate the public of the legitimate harms associated with more dangerous drugs."
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5556