I smoked weed and nobody died. I didn't get into a car accident, I didn't O.D. on heroin the next day, nothing happened.
We sat on Pete's couch for 11 hours. Now what's going to happen on Pete's couch? Nothing.
You have a better shot of dying out there in the real world, driving hard to the rim, ice skating with a girl. No, you wanna keep yourself alive, go over to Pete's and sit on his couch til you're 86. Safest thing in the world.
Me? I'll take my chances out there. Call me reckless. (source)
That's the transcript from an above the influence tv commercial that I saw tonight. I don't consider above the influence to be part of "big media" and I have enjoyed the spin they've taken with all their ads. They take a pretty realistic view on how smoking pot affects your decisions and actions and haven't distored reality to make drugs seem worse than they are. But I wasn't expecting this. This is the first anti-drug commercial I've ever seen that basically says smoking pot is harmless. Wait, let's check that again. Safest thing in the world.
Yeah, those were the words.
For a long time the only drug campaigns I supported were those of NORML, Harry Browne, and other pro-legalization campaigns. However, I feel like the above the influence campaign falls in line with my views on drugs as well. It would be interesting to know what percentage of people that support the legalization of marijuana really support the legalization of responsible use of marijuana. I would expect this to be the majority, just ask Mayor Bloomberg.