GOVERNMENT: Putting the cart before the horse for 232 years
Teenagers who use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for serious mental health problems, including worsening depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide, according to a new White House report…
The report said more teens use marijuana than all other illegal drugs combined.
The goal is to “correct the blind spot we’ve had in our society that’s caused more young people to suffer,” Director of National Drug Control Policy John Walters said.
“The short message is: Marijuana’s not safe.”
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Above the Influence
Above the Influence is an advertising campaign in the United States by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign that advocates against recreational drug use, focusing explicitly on cannabis use by American teenagers. The program’s primary medium is television advertisements, but it also makes use of others such as online web banners.
These advertisements usually depict the social or emotional consequences of drug use, contrary to the analogous Truth campaign against tobacco. Above the Influence relies heavily on fictional stories and animated segments to relay its message to its audience, whereas the Truth’s campaign is based on the performance and filming of attention-grabbing stunts to bring attention to health statistics. Also, Above the Influence does not present any facts or statistics.
