<p>I am doing a project for school and before I set my topic in stone I was wondering what you guys think of the Anti-drug commercials aimed at teens and young adults? I know this question is so random, but I figured that since this is the UCLA board, people who post here must be quite smart ~ I value what you guys have to say!</p>
<p>Thanks for your input!</p>
<p>Ah kissing up...I like it. =D</p>
<p>Let's see...anti-drug messages. Well I think it's hard to take the theme seriously when just about any show directed at teens and young adults condones drug use -- marijuana. So there are mixed messages.</p>
<p>I am sure you are referring to "harder" drugs. And I am sure there are many people who liken marijuana to alcohol, cigarettes and even chocolate. But I think this minimizes the detrimental effects of marijuana -- especially considering it is a gateway drug.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough I did a presentation on why marijuana should be legalized. I feel quite the opposite, but I wanted to argue it from the other side. I nearly convinced myself. ;)</p>
<p>almost convinced yourself eh? that worries me lol - legalization of marijuana would have no beneficial effects on society.... well, Hershey's sales would probably skyrocket and they would become bigger than Microsoft, but other than that ;)</p>
<p>To JeNeSaisQuoi, what is the prompt you were given for the project. Of course the effects of anti-drug commercials and such is a good topic, but it depends on the focus of the class and purpose of the project itself.
Personally, I think those anti-drug commercials are more for parents who see them than the teens they are supposedly aimed at. They aren't really good commercials for appealing to teens. Then again, I do like that one anti-smoking campaign by <a href="http://www.thetruth.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.thetruth.com</a></p>
<p>Icarus: </p>
<p>Wow. That commercial was good. </p>
<p>The project is for a video production class - we just started this semester - and we're playing with the idea of our first project being a 30 second anti-drug commercial, which we would eventually submit in a local competition; but we might just scrap that, and the competition, and do something random/stupid if we can't think of anything good... there are only six people in the class, so we pretty much do whatever we please...</p>
<p>ah thats a very cool idea.</p>