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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.
The program concludes with a version of Michael Jackson's hit song "Beat It", with the lyrics specially rewritten to convey an anti-drug theme. This special also features comments from then-First Lady Nancy Reagan, Honorary Chair of the "Just Say No Foundation", who offers a message of support to children who have chosen to live a drug-free life.
Speaking directly to children, he warns that drug abuse will deny long-term hopes and wishes to the youthful. [6] Throughout the advertisement, Jordan is presented as a role model for youths and pleads to them the following: [5] So don't blow it, don't do drugs. If you're doing it, stop it. Get some help. McDonald's wants you to give yourself a ...
Starting in 1983, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program sent police officers into classrooms to teach fifth- and sixth-graders about the dangers of drugs and the need, as Nancy Reagan ...
Not that long ago, kids were told to “just say no” to drugs and shown ads telling them their brains would be fried like an egg if they used drugs. But research now shows that those attempts to ...
The song was featured in the films Back to the Future Part II, Zoolander and Undercover Brother. [61] When re-released, as part of the Visionary campaign in 2006, "Beat It" charted at No. 15 in the UK. [61] The song was featured in The Flintstone Kids while it was performed by La Toya Jackson but as a parody with “Beat it say no” to drugs. [69]
"We worry about kids using cannabis, alcohol and nicotine because we know long term, it's going to take a toll on their mental health and their physical health," said Dr. Sharon Levy, chief of the ...
ABC George H. W. and Barbara Bush anti-drug message promo 7 Network Bob and Hazel Hawke anti-drug message promo. The special was screened in Australia on 9 November 1990. Like the U.S. broadcast, it aired at 4.30pm simultaneously on Australia's major commercial networks (Seven Network, Nine Network, and Network Ten).