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posted by takyon on Sunday December 27 2015, @09:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the try-reverse-psychology-next-time,-dudes dept.

Adweek reports:

There's a long and not-very-proud tradition of anti-drug advertising that gets ridiculed for missing the mark with young audiences. Australia's New South Wales government just added a classic new entry to that hall of shame with #StonerSloth, a campaign designed to shame teens who get high--but who are finding the ads hilariously delightful instead.

In three short videos, marijuana has turned teens into giant sloths--and the metaphor is made literal, as the kids are actually depicted as giant hairy beasts with long, curved claws. Socially, they're utterly useless. All they can do is moan, since they're so high. And they can't take tests at school, make small talk at parties, or--most comically, if unintentionally so--even pass the salt at dinner.

[...] The campaign is so cartoony and weird that teens, rather than learning any lessons from it, are embracing it as one big joke. There are already parody videos, endless Twitter jokes--and even a "Pass the salt" sloth T-shirt for sale.

takyon: Denver Post: After two years, debate remains over marijuana legalization's impacts
The best kept banking secret in the marijuana industry (Oregon)


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday December 28 2015, @11:32AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday December 28 2015, @11:32AM (#281649)

    I live in Washington State, where we legalized recreational weed. It is regulated by the liquor control board and basically the same rules as alcohol.
    They tried to tax it at a ridiculous rate of 25% without voter approval. Well, we voted it the fuck out and now they collect regular sales tax on it. They're awash in money, but they budgeted thinking they were going to get 25% tax. Greedy bastards didn't get their way. Hence the budget shortfalls and Teachers strikes here. But they are now addicted to the money. And it provides a LOT of jobs, and the pot stores pay more than average. The state just approved another 500+ licences for new stores. Yep, they are addicted now. The tide has turned, and there's no going back.

    Prices now compete with and frequently beat street prices, so the black market has pretty much vanished, after all for the same price I have the choice of:

    A. Dealer, one kind, untested
    B. Local weed store, 20+ kinds including wax, shatter, oils, edibles all tested for potency and labled.

    Plus, it's cool as hell to go to a clean, legal store or dab bar since it vindicates getting arrested in the 1970's at NORML rallies.

    We are eliminating the medical here, there are only a handful of doctors that will issue you a license, and it costs $200 and renews for something like $125. It made sense once, but now that it's legal for everyone the medical has become superfluous.

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