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High&Lane

High&Lane

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Long time listener/first time caller here, have enjoyed this site for years.
Saw this online today and thought I'd share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivU-4xv7aw&feature=related

I'm curious as to what y'all think about this/similar anti-drug material. Obviously the video takes a simplified approach to explaining "drugs" as it's aimed at gradeschool-age children, but what is your opinion of its overall themes (i.e. that drug use can lead to emotional ups and downs, impaired ability to make moral decisions, loss of control/addiction, extreme consequences)? Are these messages appropriate for this age group or does the necessary simplification create an unfair/dangerous/harmful depiction of "drug use"? Perhaps such a complex topic is better handled in a more serious context at an older age?

Also, I found it interesting that this video doesn't focus on the fact that the drugs being discussed are illegal (minus the scene of Bugs Bunny as a jump-out boy lol), but concentrates on the negative emotional/moral consequences of "drug use". In general, would your opinion of anti-drug material change if "drug use" were legalized?
 
Wow, that was pretty awesome, I like the "crack?! That's some seriouse stuff!"

It's kind of difficult to say if this video is/was appropriate for the age level. I think you have to take the time in which it was made into consideration. In 1990, the crack epidemic was still raging, and I bet at that then, the idea of a young teenager quickly reverting from marijuana to crack, was not as rediculous as it seems today.

It's kind of hard to say if they should be making videos that simplify and demonized drug use, because there are many factors at play. For instance, I don't think anyone wants children to become crack addicts. But at the same time, unfortunately some will, and they shouldn't in my opinion, be labeled and crucified as morally corrupt individuals.
 
That was too painful to try to watch, unfortunately.

...now, maybe if I were stoned...
 
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