Talk To Frank.. Anti Cannabis Advert

[Mr Pink]

I don't know if talktofrank.com is around in the US of A but its one of the major drug help lines and information centres in the UK about drugs...

They recently released an Anti-Cannabis advert on TV and also a longer version on thier website, I know it is exaggerated a lot but it still makes me uneasy about what I'm doing to my mental health, it just plays on my mind.

http://www.brainwarehouse.tv/braintv.html

Watch the advert and judge for yourself, I'm probably just reading too much into it.

[Skink]

LOLz,,,My brain is fried,i'll take the Einstein...

[LIP]

I don't know if talktofrank.com is around in the US of A but its one of the major drug help lines and information centres in the UK about drugs...

They recently released an Anti-Cannabis advert on TV and also a longer version on thier website, I know it is exaggerated a lot but it still makes me uneasy about what I'm doing to my mental health, it just plays on my mind.

http://www.brainwarehouse.tv/braintv.html

Watch the advert and judge for yourself, I'm probably just reading too much into it.

You dont seem stupid. Yet you let THIS, of ALL anti dope flims fuck you around? You gotta me kidding me, seriously.

For a start, cannabis does not kill brain cells, it doesnt make you stupid. It doesnt make you puke, as that advert plays on. WHy do people undergoing chemo smoke weed? To give them their hungar back, it an anti neasea drug. It's not even a drug.

CAnnabis doesnt cause any mental health problems, and that was proved in an experiement that was trying to prove that it DOES. Canabis can show a mental health problem, but cant cause it.

And cannabis users are significantly less likely to ever become depressed, even though cannabis is classed as a depressant.

It's a joke, it's bias, and it's made for the morons who belive it, and for god sake, dont let yourself become one of them.

Nothing on that advert is true, dont belive it.

[Cloud997]

I didn't even click on the link. As far as I'm concerned, only one person can tell you to smoke or not, I don't have any negative side effects from smoking and my day just overall works better if I've smoked. I will go a day here and there without toking and I realize that I'd rather smoke than not. I'm the same person, just a little more leveled out after blazing. I get all my work done and any issues I have, do not concern smoking, I'm still intellegent and I still put all of my effort into my job when I'm there. Sorry, but nobody lives much longer than a century anyways, I'll contininue smoking and not worry about what people may say, they don't know me, but I do.

[Acouwaila]

the fuck was that shit...

yeah it made me think a bit...but they were dealing with 50 year eighth a day smoker burn outs...UNless your are extremely fucking high when you call the brain store...then ur not gonna forgot who the fuck ur talking to

[AlwaysBlazed]

Cannabis doesn't make you puke.. in fact in the opposite...

god, morons, do some research

"With stronger strains of cannabis than ever before"

wtf? ok please cannabis hasn't gotten stronger, again, if we had gov't research people wouldn't be so blind.

Cannabis isn't for everyone, but telling people lies (or unverified facts, even if you think its for the best) isn't the way to handle it.

[Mr Pink]

I do admitt it's very very exagerated. I believe that the 'With stronger strains of cannabis' comment is in reference to skunk, and if so it's true to a certain extent.

Anyway, I just thought I would share it with you guys and most of your replies have put my mind at easy... still it's pretty funny, I think the main actor (shop owner.. old guy, weird smile) is very very scary, if I met him in real life I would quit cold turkey never mind get a new brain :p

[LIP]

I'd probably put him out of his misery and kill him.

And really, the stronger strains thing is true, because we have better ways of growing it these days, but thats a good thing, because it's means less smoking, and thats the heath side to cannabis, even though it's been proven there is no direct link between heavy cannabis use and lung cancer.

[phoenix]

Hah, that commercial was pretty funny, really long.

And why do they keep playing on the fact that weed is stronger? Like lip says, that means we'll smoke less of it, and do less damage to our lungs. Obviously we don't want that.

But you're going to die if you smoked anyway, so what's it matter if there's less damage to your lungs, right?

[AlwaysBlazed]

http://www.talktofrank.com/azofdrugs/C/Cannabis.aspx

Let's do some revising...


Cannabis - The most widely used illegal drug in Britain. It's a naturally occurring drug made from parts of the cannabis plant. It's a mild hallucinogen and often gives sedative like effects that make some people feel chilled out and others feel sick. It's not very expensive and widely available.


Cannabis - The most widely used illegal drug in the world. It's a natural plant that has been grown for centuries. It can cause a sedative like feeling for certain types of cannabis, and an energetic, goofy feeling from other types. It's rediculously overpriced, and should be legalized.



ID: Bhang, black, blast, blow, blunts. Bob Hope, bush, dope, draw, ganja, grass, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, marijuana, pot, puff, Northern Lights, resin, sensi, sinsemilla, shit, skunk, smoke, soap, spliff, wacky backy, weed, zero. Some names are based on where it comes from... Afghan, homegrown, Moroccan etc


I don't even know where half those names come from. I like the ones that make them clearly ignorant. Bhang Northern Lights, resin, sensi, sinsemilla, shit(wtf?), skunk (nobody called actual weed skunk or NL), spliff, wacky backy, zero... Afghan, moroccan?!! I guess they are weed terms but nobody calls weed that. They refer soap to schwagg so I guess it's legit.


Grass is usually more expensive than resin (hash).

I'd take hash over grass anyday man.


Others get the giggles until the muscles in their face hurt.

Isn't that good?


Even hardcore smokers can get anxious, panicky and suspicious.

THATS BECAUSE YOU ASSHOLES MADE IT ILLEGAL :mad: Damn.


It affects your coordination, which is why drug driving is just as illegal as drink driving.

Drunk Driving > Driving High, not =. Most high people are also able to think, they don't drive home if they know they can't.

"Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses LESS of a hazard than alcohol. When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with RELATIVELY as many accidents as alcohol. In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users. However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana WERE ALSO INTOXICATED ON ALCOHOL. For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods. For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased. This would suggest that, far from causing "carnage", legal marijuana might actually save lives."

(source: http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_info14.shtml)



Some people think that because cannabis is a plant it is harmless, but that's not true.

Fuck off.


Cannabis, like tobacco, has chemical 'nasties' which can cause lung disease and cancer with long term or heavy use. Cannabis can make asthma worse.

A true study taken right out of their ass. I'd post a real study but theres just so much information i'd have to make 2 posts.


It's estimated that about 10% of users are hooked on cannabis.

It's also estimated that about 10% of americans (idk about other countries really) have "addictive personalities" which may cause then to be hooked. Cannabis is no more addictive than sugar or chocolate :D


If you smoke it with tobacco you can get hooked on the tobacco.

What the hell, if you put tobacco in your joints that means... YOU'RE A TOBACCO SMOKER! Does this have anything to do with herb?!


Frequent use of cannabis can cut a man's sperm count and suppress ovulation in women. If you are pregnant, smoking cannabis may harm the baby.

I will admit you probally shouldn't smoke if you are pregnant, but...
"A neww study by Dr. Robert Block at the University of
Iowa disputes the commonly held notion that marijuana alters
the level of testosterone and other sex hormones.
The study contradicted a widely publicized 1974 study
by Dr. R.C. Kolodony, which reported decreased testosterone
levels in men who smoked marijuana chronically.
The U. of Iowa study found that chronic marijuana use
had no effect on testosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle
stimulating hormone, prolactin and cortisol in men or women.
Noting that six other studies had failed to show
lowered testosterone levels in men, Dr. Block concluded: "It
appears that marijuana, even heavy use of the kind that's
typical in the United States, doesn't alter testosterone levels."
However, he cautioned that heavy use might have other
adverse effects, including "possible effects on reproductive
function and mild, selective cognitive impairments associated "
with heavy, chronic use."(source: http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_myth16.shtml)


Most people will know of a 'dope head' who has dropped out of the real world.

No... I've heard of junkies who are on meth and heroin. Do you ever find "dope heads" hangin on the streets? Are there any hobos that say they got there because of dope? Thanks for more lies :thumbsup:


Using cannabis to relieve pain
Possessing cannabis is an offence whatever you're using it for.

There are some out there who need it to relieve pain (includin my buddy Lip here). Sending someone to jail because they finally found a way to deal with their pain without anal leakage (or any other gay side effects from pharmecudicals).

Sorry about that, just had to set everyone straight :rasta:

[Mr Pink]

lol.. nice post :D

I'm with you on that one.. half of the info on their website is straight up bullshit, when I got caught smoking Mary, I showed my parents the FAQ on this website and they totally thought it was biased to the point where everyone should be doing it...

But they never say that about all the one sided shit on anti drug websites, it really pisses me off that people don't have a more open mind to cannabis.

[AlwaysBlazed]

lol.. nice post :D

I'm with you on that one.. half of the info on their website is straight up bullshit, when I got caught smoking Mary, I showed my parents the FAQ on this website and they totally thought it was biased to the point where everyone should be doing it...

But they never say that about all the one sided shit on anti drug websites, it really pisses me off that people don't have a more open mind to cannabis.

Yeah my mom says it's all gake :thumbsup:

[AlwaysBlazed]

Yeah my mom says it's all gake :thumbsup:

fake:thumbsup:

[thebeancounter41]

THe only fact I heard that is semi true is that hi-grade weed CAN cause puking.Just like taking a giant hit of crack can do to you.Just usually takes several hits of good herb to do that rather than a single toke.But I can attest to it's effect.1 hit too many of the widow or k-2 I smoke and most of my friends are running for the bathroom trying not to puke on the floor.

[smok3y]

LOL..I found the advert pretty funny the 1st few times I saw on tv.. The black dude at the end of the advart gets the munchies, gets me every time lol....

[LIP]

"TALK TO FRANK" is a joke. Cheers always blazed, that was nice of you to remember me.

FRANK is probably a paedo anyway... you ring him.. he meets you and then "does stuff"

Seriously though, almost every "fact" on their isnt fact, it's not even opinion, it's bullshit that they thought of in a board room, and i think i may start a campainge to stop them putting these lies on TV. They need to stop fucking around with stuff that no one should listen to and concentrate on drugs that are actually BAD. I've never seen a proper advert for cocaine, heroin, crack, none of that shit.

They should sort out their priorities, and if they must continue with this joke of a program thing, at least make it worth while. And give FACTS, not bullshit, cos now no one will belive a single thing they say.

[Whos Carl]

Any Anti-drug person would if any of there family could benefit from it for medical reasons.

If I saw some anti drug people I would fucking nut them.

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Propaganda has its factual bases, otherwise it wouldn't work on people.

That being said... it is propaganda because it uses those factual bases to promote radical and unfounded ideas, rather than to inform.

And yes.. I mean bases plural, not basis singular.
Thank you. Stepping off of grammatical soapbox now.

[Tom Swierzbinski]

I don't know if talktofrank.com is around in the US of A but its one of the major drug help lines and information centres in the UK about drugs...

They recently released an Anti-Cannabis advert on TV and also a longer version on thier website, I know it is exaggerated a lot but it still makes me uneasy about what I'm doing to my mental health, it just plays on my mind.

http://www.brainwarehouse.tv/braintv.html

Watch the advert and judge for yourself, I'm probably just reading too much into it.

Pinky, what did you do with Brain today?

[Grape Ape]

You dont seem stupid. Yet you let THIS, of ALL anti dope flims fuck you around? You gotta me kidding me, seriously.

For a start, cannabis does not kill brain cells, it doesnt make you stupid. It doesnt make you puke, as that advert plays on. WHy do people undergoing chemo smoke weed? To give them their hungar back, it an anti neasea drug. It's not even a drug.

CAnnabis doesnt cause any mental health problems, and that was proved in an experiement that was trying to prove that it DOES. Canabis can show a mental health problem, but cant cause it.

And cannabis users are significantly less likely to ever become depressed, even though cannabis is classed as a depressant.

It's a joke, it's bias, and it's made for the morons who belive it, and for god sake, dont let yourself become one of them.

Nothing on that advert is true, dont belive it.

I didn't even have to type it, LIP did it for me. :D

[Delta9 UK]

Lip is right - we need to mount a counter-FRANK operation to blow the lid on this big pan-o-bullshit they keep spooning to kids.

Twats!

Try ringing them if you want a laugh :)

[Reefer Rogue]

Read the wikipedia on cannabis drug. Good read.

I just learned Rastas sometimes refer to ganja as lamb's bread :0

[johnnyAKABob]

ah good old frank lol

[LIP]

Im going to ring them, what i'll try and do [Dont get your hopes up, i dont know how the fuck ima do this] but what i wanna do is ring them, and record it on my mates phone, and stick it on the computer. Then i'll upload it somewhere and you can all hear it. Hopefully. Dont get your hopes up though, im pretty useless and stuff like this :(

THe thing that makes this ALL SO bad, is the fact they are LYING, to children who dont know any better. THat's what i want to put an end to. The lies.

[Mean Green Charlene]

Gooooooo Lip. I hope it works :D...but my hopes aren't up :cool:

[Reefer Rogue]

Im going to ring them, what i'll try and do [Dont get your hopes up, i dont know how the fuck ima do this] but what i wanna do is ring them, and record it on my mates phone, and stick it on the computer. Then i'll upload it somewhere and you can all hear it. Hopefully. Dont get your hopes up though, im pretty useless and stuff like this :(

THe thing that makes this ALL SO bad, is the fact they are LYING, to children who dont know any better. THat's what i want to put an end to. The lies.

Lol, that's great.

[GollyWog420]

Muppets.
It kills me to see how easy people are misled by shit that we know is blatantly made up
pricks

[Lethal G]

Pinky, what did you do with Brain today?

Nothing. I was just off trying to take over the world (again) and left Pinky behind, and my latest plans involved a bottle of hair gel and rabid housecats...didn't work too well.

[Hardcore Newbie]

Im going to ring them, what i'll try and do [Dont get your hopes up, i dont know how the fuck ima do this] but what i wanna do is ring them, and record it on my mates phone, and stick it on the computer. Then i'll upload it somewhere and you can all hear it. Hopefully. Dont get your hopes up though, im pretty useless and stuff like this :(

THe thing that makes this ALL SO bad, is the fact they are LYING, to children who dont know any better. THat's what i want to put an end to. The lies.
use www.skype.com, you should be able to record a conversation that you're having with most windows machines.

Just set whatever recording program you're using to WAVE, and make sure the "mic in" isn't muted, that way when you record, you'll be recording both the incoming and outgoing signals.

You are from britain tho, so I'm not sure of the prices of the calls, I know canada and US ahve them free for a while, but it should be somewhat cheap to use regardless.