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Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" rally in Los Angeles, in 1987 "Just Say No" was an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s as a part of the U.S.-led war on drugs, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no.
DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools, by Max Felker-Kantor, The University of North Carolina Press, 288 pages, $27.95 The post DARE Didn't Make Kids 'Say No' to Drugs.
The PSA was produced by McDonald's to increase sales during the contemporary "Just Say No" anti-drug ad campaign, supported by the United States federal government and several other companies under the influence of Reaganite ideals. The PSA itself consists of Jordan warning about the dangers of drug abuse in a direct address to younger audiences.
Sweden is an excellent example. Drug use is just a third of the European average while spending on drug control is three times the EU average. For three decades, [nb 1] Sweden has had consistent and coherent drug-control policies, regardless of which party is in power. There is a strong emphasis on prevention, drug laws have been progressively ...
Feb. 25—Last in a series. Koko's anxiety extended far beyond her antipathy against aerial aliens and her TV predator panic. She pestered for attention, nudging and pawing her people to distraction.
The same percentage cited drug use as a way to "stop worrying about a problem or forget bad memories." And 40% said they used to cope with depression or anxiety.
War on drugs A U.S. government PSA from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration with a photo image of two marijuana cigarettes and a "Just Say No" slogan Date June 17, 1971 – present (53 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Global Status Ongoing, widely viewed as a policy failure Belligerents United States US law enforcement US Armed Forces Allies of the United ...
Several authors have put forth arguments concerning the legality of the war on drugs. In his essay The Drug War and the Constitution , [ 1 ] libertarian philosopher Paul Hager makes the case that the War on Drugs in the United States is an illegal form of prohibition, which violates the principles of a limited government embodied in the United ...