obviously alcohol as serious effects if abused. that is not the discussion.
these are anti-drug commercials, not anti-alcohol. if people want to tell kids the effects of alcohol, they'll make their own commercials. i don't understand why you are combining the 2. they are not saying that alcohol is harmless and drugs are bad. they are saying that drugs impair judgement.
i will continue to teach my kids that drugs are bad. they are 9. they don't understand the difference between cocaine and pot. drugs are bad, period.
while DARE is a slightly fluffy program, at least it is trying to get a message across! kids need to know that drugs are bad!!! you're telling me that you clearly remember the messages from DARE later in life and thought it was propaganda?
that tells me that DARE did it's JOB and YOU were able to sort through facts as you got older and more informed. so your statement tells the VALIDITY of a program such as DARE.
these messages never said that pot is addictive. it says they impair judgement.
no kids are "going to get jaded with the anti-drug movement". if people want to do drugs, they will. but at least they will be INFORMED of it's POSSIBLE effects.
and no, to whoever said kids can see through this "propaganda" thing that keeps getting thrown around. kids don't know. they need to be taught so when they grow up they can make their own INFORMED decisions.
if you guys want to do drugs, go for it. but let the kids have a CHANCE. they deserve that much.