Lindsey, Let's Hang Out: A Several-Year Progression of Marijuana PSA's

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement of smoking, eating, or snorting (if that's your style) marijuana. Rather, it is an interesting look on the publicly stated reasons to not smoke pot and their evolution over a short period of time.

1. Reason to not smoke weed - You are funding worldwide terrorism, and the reason you should accept this is due to the factual nature of the statement...no citations necessary. Though it may seem preposterous that your self-employed, no doubt highly successful local pot-dealer has economic ties to Al-Qaeda, just play it safe and keep innocent civilians alive.



2. Reason to not smoke weed - Alright, maybe you are not funding international terrorism, but your skewed sense of perception just might lead you to kill your best friend, or at least confess your secret romantic feelings towards his sister or other relatives. Also, your weed addiction makes you highly susceptible to randomly placed weapons. Guns don't kill people...weed does.



3. Reason to not smoke weed - Fine, lives may not be lost. However, your decision-making ability is highly impaired and you just might leave a girl at a party without transport. You might have even acted sexually inappropriate with this girl. Inevetiably, marijuana will leave you friendless and suffering a serious identity crisis.



4. Reason to not smoke weed - Let's pretend the girl got home fine and there are no hard feelings. It doesn't really matter because you're just going to waste your day on the couch with your astronomically blazed friends. Where Pete found all-day strong marijuana is beyond me, but apparently it can be done. By smoking weed, you have effectively shut yourself off from society.



5. Reason to not smoke weed - So, it's possible to maintain a normal appearance and demeanor. Still, as they say, the animals are always the first to know. You may not realize it, your parents may not realize it, and your friends may not realize it, but you are a different and presumably worse person now.



That dog should know that Lindsey can't go outside, she's smoking weed. Didn't he learn from the last commerical? Now, I should say that these ads to not inspire any deep animosity in me. I just find them hilarious. You may say, "Matt, no one takes these ads seriously baby." Not true, my friend. In addition to having a sweet ID, N. Cognito from Yahoo had this interesting tidbit to offer: "Regular use of marijuana results in a waste of the time spent using it. Use of recreational drugs prevents the user from accomplishing anything real." Fantastic point, I wonder where he could have learned such a thing? Ahh, I am starting to run out of time. I also just realized I probably shouldn't have made my blog URL my full name if I'm going to be talking about drug usage.