# Stupidest anti-drug commercial yet.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-anti-drug-commercial-yet/149475 "2003-01-18T15:34:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-anti-drug-commercial-yet/149475/81 "2003-05-17T03:28:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RandMcnally \*  
> \*\*For some reason, this thread reminded me of a Comedy Central Presents episode with, I think, Nick something. This is what I remember him saying:  
> "Yeah, I don’t do drugs any more. Why are you laughing? I stopped smoking pot. My friends are like ‘You stopped? Dude, that sucks.’  
> “Yeah, it sucks remebering where I put things. The first week I was all 'Where did I put my keys, oh yeah, they’re in my pockets. How did I know that? I have superpowers. I am a god.” \*\*

Nick DiPaulo

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**Author:** ![Cavalier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Cavalier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cavalier)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-anti-drug-commercial-yet/149475/82 "2003-05-17T05:59:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zebra \*  
> \*\*When I read the description of the ad in the OP I thought the son had SEX with his mother.
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> Now that would be disturbing. \*\*

Now **that** would be an effective anti-drug commercial.

Don’t wana fuck your mother? Don’t smoke pot!

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**Author:** ![Cavalier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Cavalier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cavalier)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-anti-drug-commercial-yet/149475/83 "2003-05-17T06:08:28Z")

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Drug money funds terror? Weren’t the taleban against opium production? Did George Bush and compatriots really send them money for the war on drugs, or was that just an urban legend?

We don’t get these adverts this side of the atlantic. Actually, I saw an anti-drugs advert last night (from the UK Department of Work and Pensions, I believe), it was sandwiched between an advert for the NHS and one for the Coast Guard.

The anti-drug as told us drugs lead to being date raped, being imprisoned for date rape (I think, it was very hard to follow), falling from high buildings and walking unsteadily. Very surreal. It ended with a faked CD cover of a staggering girl and the words “Don’t Get Wasted”. All the scenes were out of sequence, it was very confusing.

The Coast Guard ad was worse. The message seemed to be “Don’t throw yourself off a cliff or we’ll have to waste our valuable time saving you”, but I could be wrong. The organ music and puppets scared the living shit out of me.

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