Propaganda Pete's Couch anti weed ad.

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In the past two decades, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America have made countless TV ads about the evils of illicit drugs. There was the one where that tweaker chick on meth plucked out her whole eyebrow. There was the one where Rachael Leigh Cook smashed up her kitchen. And, of course, there was the granddaddy of them all: the fried egg. ("This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?") I've hated every single one of these ads with a raging, righteous fury. Until now.

This new spot, titled "Pete's Couch," doesn't offend me. It acknowledges that smoking weed on your buddy's sofa is the "safest thing in the world." (Which is true. I actually had a friend named Pete in high school, and we did get high on his couch. No turmoil ensued.) The ad's main contention is that it's important to get off that couch and out into the world, where you can do things like ice skate with other teens. (Also true. It is indeed good to engage with the outside world, instead of just sitting in your rec room. Though I'd note that it's possible to smoke pot in your rec room one day and then go ice skating the next. Or even just smoke pot and immediately go ice skating—which, come to think of it, sounds like a blast. Who's in?)

It seems the drug warriors have finally admitted that weed is harmless. But then they advocate going mountain biking and other activities of that nature which are far more dangerous ways to have fun. Is the entire anti drug council high? Why do they hate weed so much and yet they admit it is porbably one of the safest ways to have a good time, but you still shouldnt smoke it and go break your neck skateboarding and mountain biking. This is religious dogma it it's worst, schitzophrenic reverse psychology ads that make me want to smoke a doobie even more. God I hate this country....

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