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Twenty years ago [1997-04-21], one of the most memorable ads of all time was launched, when Rachael Leigh Cook and her frying pan starting smashing up eggs in her infamous "This is Your Brain on Drugs" ad.
Today, Rachael Leigh Cook, her frying pan, and eggs are back but this time in a new ad that slams the drug war and its racist enforcement.
The new video, made by Green Point Creative, opens with Cook and her frying pan. She holds up a white egg and explains that it represents one of the millions of Americans who uses drugs but never gets arrested. She then picks up a brown egg and says, "This American is several times more likely to be charged with a drug crime." [Screenshot]
The animated ad, narrated by Cook, then shows what happens to the brown egg that is arrested and funneled through the criminal justice system. The ad highlights a range of harmful collateral consequences that result from drug arrest, including the loss of student financial aid, hindered job prospects and broken up families. The add[sic] contrasts the white egg's family that was never arrested, despite also using drugs.
The ad ends with Cook looking into the camera, holding her pan and [...] a smashed egg, and saying, "The war on drugs is ruining peoples' lives. It fuels mass incarceration, it targets people of color in greater numbers than their white counter parts. It cripples communities, it costs billions, and it doesn't work. Any questions?"
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @03:12PM (7 children)
Isn't marijuana legal now in about 1/2 the States?
(Score: 2, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 23 2017, @03:18PM (2 children)
Not exactly "legal". A legal drug, like aspirin, anyone may possess, at any time, no questions asked. Several states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes. I'm not quite certain, but I don't think any state has made it legal for recreational purposes. Of course, half or more of the states are simply not even looking for possession and/or proper vs improper use.
"decriminalized" doesn't mean that it's "legal" - there will have to be a law or regulation written that specifies that it is legal, before it becomes legal. Rather like alcohol. It was prohibited, by amendment, then another amendment was written to revoke the prohibition.
(Score: 5, Informative) by fyngyrz on Sunday April 23 2017, @04:01PM (1 child)
Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Washington, DC.
Source [businessinsider.com]
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2017, @06:27PM
but I don't think any state has made it legal for recreational purposes.
Yep, ol' Runaway and his "not thinking", again. Fox News will do this to you.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Whoever on Sunday April 23 2017, @08:25PM
That depends upon if you are asking state courts or Federal courts.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @12:53PM
I guess those of us who are productive should just throw in the towel. If there are a lot of people who will be useless, it doesn't matter if they are high or not?
I don't know anymore. Kill robots are 10-20 years away, and good ones that can spot a hippie probably 11-21 years away (needs a patch to it's scent processor).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:45AM (1 child)
Marijuana is Federally illegal. According to the US Constitution, if the Federal government does not make laws governing something then it is left up to the states, but if the Federal Government has made laws about something, then those laws override the states.
It is basically the same as living in a state where the legal smoking age is 18, but your neighborhood HOA decides that the legal smoking age for people in the neighborhood is 16. States allow HOAs to set rules, but those rules do not override the state laws.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 25 2017, @06:53AM
Truly you do not understand American law. If I were you, I would just keep quiet, and hope no one reads this post.