Partnership For A Drug Free America - As Good As Saying Yes (1989)

[BetamaxBabe]

I remember this and feeling sad towards the end. This is still an effective ad.

[phizzix]

My best friend died of a marijuana overdose.

[azrodrigues]

I bet that parent used a drug.

ALCOHOL



[TheEnviousdominous]

If you have glaucoma and you smoke weed, YOU WILL FUCKING DIE!! *opens fire with an M-4 on a guy smoking weed* RAHH!! ALL HAIL THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA!!

[BRutAL42Zero]

i said yes to weed.. it helped

[drugsarebad90]

partnership for a drug free america is well funded y big pharma, alcohol and tobacco.

[01bitch2]

Ya say no to drugs and yes to pharms the partnership is now fonded by the pharmacitical industry what idiots

[freethechronic]

well im 13 and i do drugs. wait no i do weed. not a drug. talk to you kids teach them the dangers of alcohol tabacoo meth heroin but make sure to tell the truth about pot. its harmless.

[pvpowns1]

@freethechronic I agree that weed is great and there are very little negatives associated with it, but you can't say it's not a drug, because it is, it's a wonder drug.

[WraythSkitzofrenik]

So sad...

[liw213]

Scary as Hell

[BrooklynEagle]

@liw213--It would've been more of a trip if there was a funeral procession coming in while he was talking (to the snow! He really wasn't standing directly in front of the headstone). That would have really bugged me out as a young'n back in the late-80's.

[027220]

'Never' let this happen to 'you.'

[lawlmann]

Well first off if the 13 year old died because of drugs its the fathers fault for not knowing hes kids smoking crack, Or snorting Coke, Or shooting up heroin.

But it damn sure isnt about no weed.

[BurnRiderZ99]

@lawlmann 10,000 people die a year because of marijuana

[lawlmann]

@BurnRiderZ99 show me some sources.. 

[BurnRiderZ99]

@lawlmann do the reasearch

[lawlmann]

@BurnRiderZ99 Just as a suspected.. Nothing of the sort..

You wont eve catch our highly Corrupted Government saying that..

Perhaps because they would be lying threw there teeth.

[MrSexymofo420]

@BurnRiderZ99 lmaoo no ones ever died from marijuanna and theres 0 cases of death you cant die of overdose anything weed related you fucken conservative dumbass

[BurnRiderZ99]

@MrSexymofo420 lol calm down... i was bieng sarcastic

[BurnRiderZ99]

@MrSexymofo420 You obiviously know nothing about this Drug, it is extremly harmful to the body and you can overdose within minutes

[MrSexymofo420]

@BurnRiderZ99 obviously smoke the herb its not overdosing called getting high

[lookatmeanimator]

@BurnRiderZ99 there's a difference between a high and an overdose. a high creates a haziness, or a sense of awareness, or lack of one. overdosing is what happened to pill-poppers and people that didn't know that injecting 10 grams of battery acid into your veins is a bad thing. learn up before you speak.

[TheEnviousdominous]

@lookatmeanimator Or be like John Belushi and inject heroin with a ball of crack directly into your artery. If she overdosed at 13, she must have been experimenting at 6.

[lookatmeanimator]

@TheEnviousdominous yes, because heroin + crack = weed. if you wanted to die because of weed, you would need to smoke 700 kingsize joints in 20 minutes. And not only that, but you would die of carbon monoxide poisoning, not THC poisoning. and not only is your age theory retarded, but you are too. you don't have to "experiment" with drugs do do worse ones. it's just a decision, and a stupid one at that. she deserved to die, because if she lived, she would be a burnout loser.

I'd rather be dead.

[TheEnviousdominous]

@lookatmeanimator Whew, an over-zealous sixth grader is trying to make a point. My "age theory" is based on real life experience, friends of mine who eventually started doing lsd and meth didn't start until the buzz from their weed wasn't enough anymore, which took them about six to eight years. One is a housewife who does meth so she can get the days housework done. I agree that weed is basically harmless, you only made that obvious point because you like to shit out your mouth.

[lookatmeanimator]

@TheEnviousdominous Wow, you used the age card. Did you run out of things to say, or do you think that because someone is younger, their opinion is irrelevant? Take your head out of your ass and cite your sources.

Oh, and your "Friends" (Again, I honestly doubt your claim) should have taken a tolerance break, instead of moving on.

[GoobLaLa]

LULZ

[adamdude58]

or howbout instead of telling them some bull about saying "no to drugs", as parents you be REAL with them, and tell them how not all drugs are bad, and hypocrytical laws can make it confusing for them, tell them this before they learn it the wrong way. Misguided parents do exactly that- "say no to drugs kids- drugs are bad" but thats bullshit any kid quickly learns that pot psychedellics can not only be not bad but beneficial, now the kids have been lied to, and wonder how bad is meth or crack

[silverblue73]

and that's why... The Emperor Wears No Clothes

[jdogGA15]

there nothing but poison Jonny!what a load of donkey shit.Smoke some weed,take some psychedelics,and stay away from shit like meth,pills,herion,and pcp.

[lowaces]

what a load of fucking crap

they omit the fact the CIA deals cocaine and heroin and whole fucking system is corrupt and lead us to assume the kid was a good person -- for all we know he was a serial rapist

[sweetlilchickie1985]

They aren't specifically saying this PSA is about weed, so why is everyone assuming it is about weed? For all we know, the 13 year old could have been doing some other kind of drug.

[sweetlilchickie1985]

They aren't specifically saying this PSA is about weed, so why is everyone assuming it is about weed? For all we know, the 13 year old could have been doing some other kind of drug.

[jagheterjonteh]

@tanksta0wns hahaha u took the words right out of my mouth!

[FranzKarlWeber]

LOOOOL so fucking cheap.

[RandomHero486]

Damn, I bet that hit home to a lot of people...

[gmanhell94]

They should be focusing on Meth, Heroin, and cocaine more than marijuana

[sodakandy]

SAD

[pittman517]

finally,people posting serious things about drugs instead of the normal b-s "pdfa is funded by alcohol,tobacco companies, marijuana's not bad blah blah blah" i have several friends die from drug use. overdoses. suicide, homicide. don't try to tell me drugs aren't bad!

[gmanhell94]

@pittman517 marijuana doesn't kill anybody, and don't tel lit it does. Your friends have used drugs more dangerous than marijuana.

[bonghitsandbigtits]

haha what a whack commerical. there will never be such a thing as a drug free america so the money spent on these commercials could go to a better cause

[TiZoXinnnnnnnnn]

say no to drugs.guess ya dont have to say no to marijuana cus its a plant and its harmless.never killed anyone ever so whats all this bs about it being a bad drug?

[JourdansKandyLand]

thts so sad....

[TheInstantClassic1]

My god...this commercial literally sent chills down my body. So fucked up.

[rpgzilla]

...creepy.....

[mordredt02]

If you don't teach your kids to say no to drugs, the TV will. As usual, in the most blunt way possible.

Yeah, Saturday morning cartoons were cool back then, but you never knew when the PDFA was gonna sneak up on you with their creepier commercials.

[quarrel02]

If you dont talk to your kids about drugs this WILL happen!

[wolfking222]

@quarrel02 Amen to that!

[gangurobitch]

There, there, crying man. You can always have another one.

[SallyAcorn09]

That doesn't help. His son's dead. He'll have to live with that for the rest of his life.

[gangurobitch]

I know... I was just being a bitch. See? It's right there in my name.

[SallyAcorn09]

Oh. My bad, then. I was just being stupid.

[SallyAcorn09]

Oh, and I hate to be a bitch, but I hate it when people thumb down my comments when I SPEAK THE TRUTH!

[mrbigshot1979]

yes lets talk to a kid that died from drugs about drugs

you do know youre talking to a dead body

[whoo689]

I could just as easily turn this ad into anti-drug war one about Jennifer Hoffman. She was arrested because she had weed or something (I forget which drug exactly). The cops told her in order to get a lighter sentence, she could do an undercover drug deal. Naturally she said yes but had no idea how dangerous it would be. Now she's dead because the drug dealer(s) shot her.

Or how about the people dead from anti-drug SWAT team raids? What does the ONDCP and DEA think about that?

[whoo689]

I'm so sick of this "teach your kids about drugs at an early age" crap. Or "Tell them not to do drugs." This ASSUMES that every fucking kid on the planet has the same propensity to use drugs. But we all know that's NOT true! There are some kids who will do it, and some who will never do it. Just like w/ cigarettes and alcohol.

And btw, why don't we ever see the ONDCP going after underage drinking? Cigarettes? Programs like DARE turn kids into suspects. It's humiliating.

[whoo689]

If you don't teach your kids to think for themselves, it's as good as letting the government assholes win. Stand up for individual rights and freedom. Don't push fearmongering on your kids.

[whoo689]

It just SEEMED to affect all of society because of all the scary news reports and gov't fearmongering about "the threat of drugs." We now know, though, that drugs are NOT everywhere, esp. if you live in a more rural or suburban area. And you're not gonna encounter a drug dealer wherever you go. Hell, I've been living suburban for all 21 years of my life, and I went to public schools and go to a public university and I've never knowingly encountered a drug dealer.

[whoo689]

what the fuck do you mean "on society"? Uh, no. Only about 20 or 30 million people total even use all the drugs in the US regularly. This nation had well over 250 million people in the 1980s. 20 million out of 250 million is not "all of society."

[easportsbig899]

To quote the Nostalgia critic: What a twist! He just M .Night Shamylaned my ass!

[longliveoakenfold87]

I know this seems inappropriate but....

WHAT A TWIST!

[Tornado1994]

Great ending! This can happen to you if you don't teach you kids about drugs at kindergarten.

[krakendude2]

i have been m.night shamylaned.

however sad that was, the nostalgia critics response was perfect. "oh my god, he's dead, drugs took his life! oh my god,". same with the snake psa.

[Andregrindle]

That was very sad.Funny thing is if this poor guy's kid died at 13 he must have been on heroin or crack or ecstacy or something-I cannot think of drugs faster acting and more deadly.But *sigh* fact is this is probably another exaggerated PSA about how marjuana will kill you etc. But at least this one is more cutting and doesn't have the unintentional humor other PSA's of the era have.

[MKOxide]

That commercial had such a twist ending.