Will the Say No to Drugs campaign be popular again ?

Question

I remember that the campaign was popular during the 1980s. I seen it on cartoons, comic books, candy boxes, and television sitcoms.

Answer 1

Bamma remember this well. Bamma say this was a Nancy Reagan idea. Bamma say this was her baby. Bamma believe the saying was, "just say no". Bamma say Nancy one of the most gracious first ladies the USA ever had.
Bamma say there's room for a new idea. Bamma a prime example of someone who fried brain on drugs. Bamma say Bamma should be poster child for campaign. Bamma say here the slogan. "Don't be a Bamma". Bamma say catchy phrase. Bamma say he call Bush to get the balls rolling. Bamma make tv apperance on Late Night. Bamma become famous burn out. Bamma give out autographs. Bamma sell books. Bamma get washed up Britney Spears for girlfriend. Bamma a star now. Bamma say so.
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"Don't be a Bamma"

Answer 2

I was a teenager in the 1980's, and I have to tell you, we all thought the whole thing was a joke. We all knew it was little more than a 'feel good' marketing campaign started by the Regans, that had no basis in reality. In fact, the whole 'war on drugs' thing in the 80's was a joke, it did little to really change the availability or usage of drugs.

The problem with these sorts of programs, such as with abstinence programs, is that they sound good, but when you actually look at the success rates, they do very little to change behavior. The reason is that they focus on slogans and absolutes, and not on reality. The truth is that after school programs and anti-poverty programs do more to stop drug use than any slogan every did. The 'say no to drugs' slogan needs to remain in the forgotten past.

Answer 3

No, my uncle replaced right into a hippie contained in the 60's and persevered to it on into the 80's. He reported they'd continually chortle at it, and take extra of what ever they were doing on the time. It nevertheless doesn't artwork, all that anti-marijuana stuff they taught in college purely made me favor to attempt it more and more. because i love rebelling and do compared to human beings telling me what and whatnot to position in my own body.So I did tried it and that i got here upon that those supplies you've been a set of propaganda lies. The above the impact supplies you on immediately are hilarious! The speaking canine one replaced into this manner of lie! Me and m associates continually chortle after we see one. ok that's the element politicians favor to be certain out. youthful ones LOVE rebelling adversarial to the gadget. so see you later as drugs (somewhat marijuana) continues to be unlawful, more and more youthful ones favor to do it, because we like the feeling of sneaking around the regulation. If it were criminal, a lot less youthful ones would do it, because what's so cool about no longer breaking the regulation good? (it truly is what is going by are minds,i'm no longer attempting to make a assertion)

Answer 4

Doubt it. There has to be a new way to approach drug prevention. many of the prevention programs in place actually make kids WANT to experiment with drugs. Students for a Sensible Drug policy has a website that talks about the ineffectiveness of the current "War on Drugs" and the campaign they are using. They have a lot of cool ideas (ssdp.org

Answer 5

William Bennett, the engineer of that whole mindless campaign, once admitted to me that there wasn't a shred of evidence to support it, and that every major study of the subject had said that it was the wrong approach.

You don't have to take my word for that. You can read the major studies yourself at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/studies.htm

Historically speaking, the biggest single cause of drug epidemics among US children is mindless anti-drug campaigns like that one. You can read about that at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/cu/cumenu.htm

See the chapters titled "How to Launch a Nationwide Drug Menace", "How Speed Was Popularized" and "How LSD Was Popularized"

The main problem with these programs is that the people who created them have never read the most basic research on the subject and don't have a clue what they are doing. If you doubt that, trot any of them out here and I will prove it in a few minutes.

Answer 6

The Say No to Drugs campaign is still used in my city, Wichtia, KS, in elementary and middle schools. It is used throughout the state of KS in fact. Others states, I am not sure of.

Answer 7

No. It didn't work in the 80s, so it isn't likely to work in the future either.

The government thinks that these PSAs curb desire. What would really get rid of the drug problem would either be to severely punish drug offenders or get rid of the supply. Neither of which have really ever been pursued.

Answer 8

Probably- did you know that it actually ENCOURAGED more teenagers to try drugs? Its hilarious!

I sure hope it doesn't, though... the new anti-drug commercials and programs are soooooo much funnier than the propaganda of the 80's.

Answer 9

The slogan has evolved to the truth. thetruth.com is the major fight againist drugs organization, they do several commericals about cigarette companies, mauajuana, and several other things too.

Answer 10

It didn't work.....you won't be hearing it again.