# Has anyone here ever actually been influenced by an anti-drug ad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-actually-been-influenced-by-an-anti-drug-ad/178313>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 29, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-actually-been-influenced-by-an-anti-drug-ad/178313 "2003-05-29T17:21:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-actually-been-influenced-by-an-anti-drug-ad/178313/61 "2003-05-31T04:46:55Z")

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They’ve convinced me that the government has no interest in giving me accurate information.

As a result, I need to be doubly paranoid: that drugs might be worse then we’re told, and that drugs might be better than we’re told.

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**Author:** ![BeatenMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@BeatenMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeatenMan)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-actually-been-influenced-by-an-anti-drug-ad/178313/62 "2003-06-01T00:08:31Z")

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## Has anyone here ever actually been influenced by an anti-drug ad?

The government does it to show they care about the voter. And that you need them for something.

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