Magician Selling Drugs To Kids - 1970's Anti-Drug PSA

[BaTTLeFUnK1]

oh i guess meth is okay, in most cases the side effects dont last. i guess we can give meth to all the kids with A.D.D.. we'll call it adderall or something

[wygakyl]

Dig everybody!!!!! I remember this one, from when I was a youngster. Love the "NAAAHHHH"!!! at the end!

[RunningOnChronic]

I wish my drug dealer did magic tricks with the drugs he's about to sell me.

[tooshort4u31]

hahaha they didnt have any evidence about weed back then either

[derek2g]

i love it when anti drug ads make pot sound like its fine. LEGALISE IT

[MsThomas122]

lol i love how when it comes to weed the kid basically just says " they haven't found anything wrong with it"

[RedWalrusFilms]

Wow man, watching this high is sooo trippy.

[AjGuitarist]

Kid: "Stay out of my territory..."

[That0neguy01]

Lsd giving you good trips vs bad trips is the same equivalent of how often you have good dreams vs nightmares. Rarely happens. And no chromosome damage. so enjoy(:

[lemonrind]

@That0neguy01 I have nightmares all the time.

[That0neguy01]

@lemonrind

Then you probably shouldnt take Lsd

[DeathToFrankLung]

where the fuck were magicians like this when i was 6?

[eglishproject]

anything wrong with pot? nopppppe

[GIG4NTOR]

This is pretty much just introducing drugs to kids...

[taurusred]

"They're not sure yet, they just started studying about it..." ..... 40 years later.......

[packofwolves93]

"they say amphetamines can cause something like skitsophrenia*"..yea and they also say cigarettes and alcohol are safe...syke

[GIG4NTOR]

@diamondtheater88 yup

[mrzackschannel]

i love how it doesnt say weed is bad...the gov didnt wanna lie about it so they just said they didnt know

[diamondtheater88]

@mrzackschannel I dont know if this videos real? I laughed when the weed part showed. He was like "they dont know? they just found out about it..." what ever.

[samplingrate]

LSD doesn't look like that.

[cptorangutang2]

@samplingrate Yea blotter paper is the most common form of syd nowadays, but microdots used to be popular in the 70's, that's why it's in microdot (pill) form.

[discolives79ify]

Woah. It's like 50-60 percent of YouTube smokes pot.

[firemajik1]

wow how many magicians were out of work and had to resort to drug dealing for a living just because that commercial was ran. kind of self defeating don't ya think.

[hailsatanjack]

That kid is an idiot. Acid can't damage you at all.

[b33p3rz]

@hailsatanjack If you believe that overreaching statement is completely true, I feel sorry for you. Acid, just like many other drugs, can harm you, and do, infact that is how they produce a high, the only exception for that rule is Marijuana, of which it's high is a natural response basically encoded through evolution, and even then, smoking the ruffage of anything dirties your lungs. You are always damaged, don't doubt that. It's always risk v. reward.

[hailsatanjack]

@b33p3rz Acid leaves no long-term impact.

[b33p3rz]

@hailsatanjack Naught. Higher chance of psychoses related to altering the mind if it's done enough times, plus indirect danger resulting from improper use of the drug. Risk v. Reward, nothing's "safe".

[hailsatanjack]

@b33p3rz I'm not sure enlightenment counts as psychosis. And I'd chalk that up to stupid teenagers. Responsible users don't run into that problem. All drugs are harmful, LSD is just at the low end of the scale.

[CorileousBane41]

shut the fuck up kid

[InFaDeLiTy]

Kid knows whats going down

[BobBX542]

How cool would it be to huff some glue, eat some pills, take some acid, smoke some weed, then watch this dude do magic??

[gongadesh]

How many times to PSA's say "Oh, we just started studying pot and we'll let you know what we find, but for now, its baaaaad".  When are they going to actually share this research?

[MrFreeGman]

@gongadesh

Uhh the research is out and it's conclusive that pot can lead to both short term and permanent psychoses such as schizophrenia. Google a BBC article called 'Cannabis use 'raises psychosis risk' - study'

[Nimnoms]

@MrFreeGman

Except schizophrenia is not a well understood disorder which is on a continuum and often only manifests itself once someone inflicted is exposed to a stressor. Marijuana can not just 'cause' schizophrenia.

[MrFreeGman]

@Nimnoms

You keep telling yourself that. I'll believe the actual scientists rather than potheads in denial.

[bootyjank]

@MrFreeGman pussy

[kcwb1234]

@MrFreeGman I hate you, and everyone like you. You are a big stanky faggit who buttfucks dogs because he cant get a good bud connect so he goes around shitting on everyone who can get pot. Fuck off buttfuck

[MrFreeGman]

@kcwb1234

u mad bro?

[kcwb1234]

@MrFreeGman <3

[wwe4life4]

40 years later i think pot is still safe

[Lurvy1963]

I remember this anti-drug commercial from the early 1970s. That kid may have been a thorn on the side of that dishonest magician, but he had a good reason to ask as many questions as he did.

[TheHeLLisUpwithToast]

so...he goes and sells them at a playground for ten cents. Convincing.

[nickrod32]

so hows that research coming along?

[xjambonx]

hahaaaa little smarty-pants didn't have much to say about the green did he

[mryjn420090]

what kind of adult pulls out a handful of methamphetamine and offers them to children

[orange70383]

@mryjn420090 Your doctor for the kids ADD - ADHD, They still make Desoxyn 5mg's of pure Abbott meth.

[JTProductionzz]

just proved it doesnt kill braincells. and they think it might help cure cancer. go to MPPstaff's youtube page. they have some intresting videos there

[torchkit]

"How do ya know ya got chromosomes?"

[spotlightman1234]

@torchkit lol. I got 46.

[Serpo71]

They forgot Quualudes!!!!!

[iammagyar]

"anything wrong with a little grass, kid?" Kid: "it makes you disregard 70s public service announcements!!"

[ShiningNow]

That kid clearly didn't want any competition in his hood.

[phenylket]

Yeah I knew all bout that shit when I was an nine year old genius :0

[JakeScythe]

Obviously nothing bad they could say about weed

[Serpo71]

@JakeScythe It's bad for you, it kills brain cells..

[Rizrsniper]

@JakeScythe Pot head

[anonymous479]

@JakeScythe That’s right and nearly 40 years of research later, they still can’t! Nearly all the other shit in that ad has been abandoned or replaced by more dire poisons, while weed grows more popular each year. It’s “high time” to legalize it.

[MasterAdam100]

I do this shit every day. Kids love drugs.

[EmperorOfMars]

I had no idea what any of these drugs were before I when thought D.A.R.E.

[KingDoomfist]

For my next trick, I will make a morphine suppository disappear. I need a volunteer.

[toyin12345]

lol it funny how he said about pot "theyre no sure yet" cuz theres nothing wrong with pot! theyve been studying that shit for years and no side effects other than taking a nap after it wears off!

[Serpo71]

@toyin12345 It kills brain cells...

[Sniff34]

@Serpo71 No,It doesn't kill brain cells. I just had my doctor tell me that no matter how many studies they try to say they've conducted,there's no sign of brain cell lose,but a gain in brain cells and function.

[Serpo71]

@Sniff34 The doctor at the medical marijuana clinic?

And it's LOSS not LOSE....

[brianjman14]

"they're not sure yet. they just started studying about it."

PFFFFHH!

[Bluethemisfit]

That kid obviously only said that stuff because he just got done sniffing glue. XD

[HairyChronicJunior]

cool it kid , fuckin take the drugs if they're free . and acid is the safest drugs out there .

[yoo093]

The reason they call it dope is because drugs affect your dopamine receptors.

[pardyhardly]

That kid needs to stop hanging around with Gregg Allman.

[BestofJackSoundstack]

dope is just a lottery, some can take it and have fun their whole life,  some turn crazy and end up in psychiatric hospital

[Applemask]

"Chromosome damage"?

[Dreamline78]

They say the same thing every year when it comes to legalizing marijuana. "We need to study it more." Good to see when it actually started.

[thefatman69dude]

2 things were the fuck are the adults....2 how the fuck does this goon just walk onto elementary school playground and sell drugs....

[wolfgang6424]

@thefatman69dude  well hes a fucking magician thats why, he sold me 14 happy pills last week at the playground FOR ONLY 10 BUCKS!!!

[wolfgang6424]

@wolfgang6424 what a deal!!!!



[thefatman69dude]

@wolfgang6424 looooooool

[Itzcoatlro]

It's Buzzkillington when he was little

[Timmoux]

That kid is a Narc

[JungleKitchenComedy]

'will you convulse yourself outta here'

[Quamlen]

Evil Magician!

[nystromanton]

That kid is such a party pooper.

[Kipohippo21]

@AnAmateurTraceur Um, there is something wrong with it. And the kid was right, the effects are unknown. So dont smoke it. Bake with it :)

[Gencoil]

What kind of idiot tries to sell drugs to a bunch of kids? You think they have the money for that shit? :P

[666asiamalaysia999]

LOL I've never seen this before. Definitely the inspiration for the Pusher, selling raisins in Clone High.

I like the bit about pot. Kid should have been like, "Bitch, come back when you get some real buds!"

Anyways, what kid can afford drugs?

[AnAmateurTraceur]

There is NOTHING wrong with weed. Man has smoked it for millions of years, and it has caused a grand total of 0 deaths.

[ThePaulpFiction]

I don't want to come off as an asshole, but I hope the know it all kid is dead now.

[dans123456]

why do you think they call it ecstacy?

[nickrod32]

ok 40 years on so whats so bad about grass again? oh thats right nothing

[willdav713]

@nickrod32 They haven't found out yet but it had been illegal since the Harrison Act of the 1920s. The others they have a point there. But smoking marijuana in high doses may cause long cancer, if it's eaten your ok, though. Smoking cabbage may cause cancer too.

[TheBigdaddy108]

no drugs!!!!!

[Anim9L]

what kind of bullshit mexican weed was that? i thought he was a magician?

[MrJosephCC]

Haha the funniest part is when he ask about weed. "what's wrong with pot" "they're not sure yet they just started studying about it." 

[verbaledge]

bitch that weed don't hurt. been studying it for decades, scram kid

[ArtERie11293]

I wish they had magicians like that at my elemantry school.

[Mikuruification]

I wish this nigga would come around

[The096757]

they media would never use a black voice in a commerical like this now. those kids were too young to actually be using drugs. with all the cases of autism and bipolar you have to wonder if these illegal drugs which could have any toxic substances in them caused what we see now.

[mirandaasays]

that kids a buzz kill....

[ajaben]

and the still haven't finished studying about it....hmmm

[monkeybutler20]

I WILL TAKE THE POT THANK YOU

[MultiSinoda]

@monkeybutler20 yep and pass dat shit!!! : D

[Lydaw]

I bet that blond kid grew up and became mr. macky from South Park...

[snappy452]

@Lydaw or thought he was after a 3 day bender once :D

[johnpold1993]

here they have to say they havnt got anything on pot yet because people already dont believe the bs they made up in reefer madness about pot making you go insane and kill people hahah

[poglavnice]

nowadays its pharmaceutical companies peddling dope to parents instead of magicians peddling dope to kids...

[yngvaibucketrucci]

@poglavnice yeah man what the hell is this shit, not counting glue because only retards sniff glue, the only 2 that are actually harmful kids are forced to take every day because their lazy retarded parents prefer to believe they have some made up disease than to think that they just sucked at raising them

[prorsoft]

LSD does not cause chromosome damage, this is a myth. Bad trips can be avoided with proper education and preparation. Marijuana is very healthy to smoke with no adverse health effects.

[ingibingi2000]

i wish my drug dealer were a magician

[Killuminatyi]

- How about pot? - They're not sure yet, they're still desperately looking for any negative effects they can find (or invent).

[FavoriteBot]

Love how they have nothing on pot

[teletubetodd]

Wow! I remember this from when I was a kid in 1969. I admired the precociousness of the kid who gave all the warnings about the health risks of those drugs. Thanks for bringing this back!

[yngvaibucketrucci]

@teletubetodd lolol are you serious? you really should try getting high

[Izdigger5]

There's a reason we do drugs. Because they WORK.

[Kveli100]

*everyone leaves* One Kid Left: "I'll take 10"

[TheTurkinator123]

lol i like how they say "their not sure about marijuana because they just started studying it" when really they've been studying it for years and haven't found any really negative effects

[salinagrrrl69]

All those pills mentioned all together is AKA 'Trail Mix' - a favorite party snack for today's HiP-hOp 'NOW' generation.

[DudleyScardsdale]

I love that the guy talks like a 'Welcome Back Kotter' character. Why wouldn't you trust him?

[DudleyScardsdale]

I love that the guy talks like a 'Welcome Back Kotter' character. Why wouldn't you trust him?

[dadamnTHING]

cool it kid lmfaoooooo hahahahahahah n how this kid know so much about drugs

[TheChillguy1992]

0:38 lol.

[ubtng]

Chromosome damage my ass. Someone needs to shove that kid in a suitcase or something.

[MilesFive]

If that were me, I would have pegged that blond kid as a narc after his first question

[iNvictaStudios]

Shit, I was sniffing glue, and sniffing expo markers all my life!

[chandy007]

amphetamines cause schizophrenia? That explains a lot! (been prescribed adderal for a few years now)

[mrsgstd]

@chandy007 In most cases it does not last

[startrekalien]

That commercial was dope.

[ZombieDog69]

if someone offered me those, i do them, except for the glue, that seems kinda stupid, cuz u would kinda look retarded walking around sniffing glue

[streetcornerjames]

He's just like the pharmaceutical industry. (And it's cousin fast food)

[mrsgstd]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

[ShittyMcshitstain]

@mrsgstd Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit taking Amphetamines

[zombieslayer122]

@ShittyMcshitstain ahh airplane is great

[MyLittleMind]

This is the most factual drug ad I've seen, and I'm a psychologist. Why don't they still have ones like this?!

[radiofreak56]

chromosome damage? people actually believed that??? lol

[MyLittleMind]

@radiofreak56

It's kinda true, doing hallucinogens makes your children many times more likely to have issues. Especially things like schizophrenia.

[radiofreak56]

@MyLittleMind its not "kinda true" its not even a little true, fact i fact and this is not scientific fact, its made up nonesense. A 2008 medical review concluded, "The available data suggest that pure LSD does not cause chromosomal abnormalities, spontaneous abortions, or congenital malformations." go to wikipedia or any upto date scientific study. i don't mean to sound harsh but this kind of misinformation upsets me, marijuana doesnt kill brain cells either.

[ricardohernandezosun]

the kids next to him must me like, stfu already!

[JustBetter10]

are you kidding me? chromosome damage? please tell me this was a joke lol

[Mattraction513]

I always wondered how a magician made so much money

[ShittyMcshitstain]

I bet our nice friend the magician is trippin' balls or at least he will be because he touched the Acid with his bare hands.

[earwax12321]

@ShittyMcshitstain Well they were capsules not  blodder paper so I don't see why he would be effected by them unless he held them in sweaty hands for 5-10 minutes.

[ShittyMcshitstain]

I'm surprised the kid didn't say, " LSD? That stuff stays in your spinal column."



[hajjmalikshabazz]

Why is the drug dealer black? who is the "they" in why do you think "they" call it Dope? Think about who this ad is marketed towards and hoe it achieves its goal. Who comes to represent drug culture and who represents wholesome culture in this portrayal? I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, this entire ad portrays drugs as a black phenomenon. Messages like these are coded and teach kids things besides to be drug-free.

[mrsgstd]

@hajjmalikshabazz I remember this commercial from when they used to show it during the afternoon cartoons. I never thought the dealer was black and he really doesn't look it. Maybe, but I didn't take it that way. I'm glad I got see this again.

[Tethyrin]

"Chromosome damage"? What a load of horse shit.

[jtessexpress]

"They just started researching it"- lie, they've been researching it even before it was outlawed in the 1930's

[zaczattack]

They just started studying about it? So the 5000 years of use before that means is just disregarded by our government?

[weedijuanasmoking]

thats not pot. that looks like a spider

[MondoBeno]

1. How many tweakers in those days were prescribed amphetemines by their doctors?

2. How many kids are taught to drink alcohol by male relatives who think it's "manly"?

3. How many kids are turned onto pot by relatives?

4. How many kids are doped up with a whole cocktail of drugs by parents so they can keep the kids quiet?

[shamfyre]

@MondoBeno Shut up you goddamn hippie.

[Dukenukem812]

L...S...D

[spacepimpkevin]

dope is for dopimine

the brain chemical that marijuana produces ONLY in the happy gland of your brain.

the more you know...

[PeasGraveny]

"Looky here.Amphetam-eye-ns".Haha.Als­o the idea of the playground dealer was (certainly back then) a bullshit invention to create maximun hysteria and anti-drug feeling.

[renegade420455]

And what in the fuck is that noise the kids are making as they flee?

[renegade420455]

The LSD chromosome damage thing was later proven to be bullshit, and is that guy holding actual grass next to that joint? Yes, weed definitely looks just like that.

[TheMexChipmunk]

back when acid was in pill form

[TheMexChipmunk]

@toastmajor hell yea

[Anotora]

Congress added marijuana to Schedule I while they were researching it.

The researchers later recommended removing it from the Controlled Substances Act. The tobacco and alcoholic beverage lobbyists disagreed.

[ZZLe4Ni]

Shit where is that dude right now.

[LipSinkProductions]

THAT WAS BADASS AS FUCK!

[MindBIown]

I'm just saying if some kid did that to the drug dealers in my neighborhood, he wouldve been light up lol

[dtpheif]

i love how when he says anything about pot? i dont know they just started studying. and they still 40 years later, got nothing. and isn't interesting how those other drugs have been out a much shorter time and (everything the kid said was true at the time) and there were tons of harmfull effects known. hmmm

[illman300]

if i was a dealer id be like get the fuck outta here kid, you fuckin up my business...

[MrBradshawbenjamin]

Chromosome damage. Caffeine gives you more.

[spreadtherandomvibe]

lsd and weed are harmless

[Deathfromabove5]

Who sells drugs to 5 year olds?

[dtpheif]

@Deathfromabove5 not medical dispencaries thats for sure.

[SuperCartiel]

The following is a revision of an earlier comment:

LSD: Syd Barrett.

Heroin: Janis Joplin.

Barbs: Jimi Hendrix.

Booze: John Bonham.

Marijuana: Bob Marley.

"Drugs may turn you on.

But what happens when drugs turn on you?"

[zachmasterzach]

@SuperCartiel also false. Bob Marley died of melanoma, which he had a genetic predisposition to. The cancer was first found in his toe, but Bob refused to have his toe amputated due to his Rastafarian beliefs. Pot did not play a factor in his death; many scientists speculate that marijuana helped prolong his life once the cancer started to spread.

As to your other point, STL=most dangerous city in USA. And you were on a bus. No smoker I know would ever attack anyone (and I know plenty)

[SuperCartiel]

@zachmasterzach The official autopsy said that Marley died of brain cancer, not melanoma.

[SuperCartiel]

Respond to this video...yes, they were trash. trash who were high on marijuana. 

[SuperCartiel]

Respond to this video...And you know something? I didn't know those bastards either. All I know was they, for some reason, picked me for a target. And nobody helped. The bus driver could've called the cops on his radio. He didn't. No one lifted a damn finger. I got off the bus stinking of reefer and tembling; scared for my adolescent life. So don't tell me that weed is harmless.

[zachmasterzach]

@SuperCartiel well i will say it sounds like you have good reasons for your own personal beliefs.

[zachmasterzach]

@zachmasterzach even though i disagree.

[SuperCartiel]

@zachmasterzach This is not belief-based. This was my life. Not an opinion, not my religion, not my belief.

My life. Period.

I don't care what you think. Drugs kill. ALL STREET DRUGS KILL. Sooner or later, the snake will bite.

[zachmasterzach]

@SuperCartiel of course your life isn't belief based. That's not what I said.

But marijuana does not kill. There are zero documented deaths where marijuana played a direct role. Zero overdoses. This is a fact. Whether or not pot has ever played an 'indirect' role in death is all conjecture, but the fact is that it has never played a direct role. Same cannot be said about alcohol, hard drugs, or legal pharmaceuticals.