# Anheuser-Busch propaganda posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anheuser-busch-propaganda-posters/149085 "2003-01-16T22:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lastattemptatausername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@lastattemptatausername](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lastattemptatausername)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anheuser-busch-propaganda-posters/149085/1 "2003-01-16T22:39:16Z")
I’ve heard references in my marketing courses to a series of anti-marijuana posters printed during the reefer madness era that were actually sponsered by the Anheuser-Busch brewing corporation. Is there any truth to the rumor? and if so how much did the beer maker contribute to cause? Are reprints of the posters available anywhere? a nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anheuser-busch-propaganda-posters/149085/2 "2003-01-17T00:11:08Z")
I don’t know about their involvement in the 1930’s propaganda compaigns, but more recently they’ve been quite interested in “negative campaigning” against marijuana and other drugs. They’ve always been a major contributor to “The Partnership For A Drug Free America.” [Beer: A Good Part of the Good Life](http://www.lectlaw.com/files/drg11.htm)\* is an often-referred-to campaign that is attributed to Anheuser-Busch, but I’ve never seen it referenced outside of an advocacy context, so I can’t vouch for its provenance. (In fact, I doubt its veracity-- it doesn’t make _any_ sense from a marketing point of view to invite comparison between beer and crack.)