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Fist in Mouth (Teenage boy sits in nurse's office at school with his fist stuck in his mouth. The nurse stands next to him, trying to explain what the boy is saying) Teen: (mumble, mumble) Nurse: Yesterday my friends told me to smoke some pot, and I did. Then today they said I should try and fit my fist into my mouth. It fits, but I can't get it out. (Nurse looks up at camera, speaking to viewer. She translates to the viewer what the boy is saying while he continues to mumble.) Teen: (short mumble) Nurse: I am an idiot. I'm under the influence of others and that ain't me. Nurse: That's what he said. (School bell rings, screen fades to black showing the Above the Influence logo) Narrator: Live Above the Influence; Above them, above weed. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) ... (more) (less) Tags: marajuana war on drugs 420 above the influence fist in mouth |
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(part 3) New Survey Shows Teen Drug Use Goes Down The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration unveils the new National Survey on Drug Use and Health at a press conference on Thursday, September 7. The annual survey, formerly called the "Household Survey" is the largest of its kind, and is the government's primary vehicle for determining how many persons are abusing illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco. The release of the 2005 survey is the highlight of the annual National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month press conference that ushers in a month long observance lauding the gains made by those in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, as well as treatment providers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced that current illicit drug use among youth ages 12-17 continues to decline. The rate has been moving downward from 11.6 percent using drugs in the past month in 2002 to 11.2 percent in 2003, 10.6 percent in 2004 and 9.9 percent in 2005. Tags: war on drugs ONDCP drug weed cocaine marijuana meth addiction government prescription smoking drinking John Walters |
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(part 2) New Survey Shows Teen Drug Use Goes Down The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration unveils the new National Survey on Drug Use and Health at a press conference on Thursday, September 7. The annual survey, formerly called the "Household Survey" is the largest of its kind, and is the government's primary vehicle for determining how many persons are abusing illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco. The release of the 2005 survey is the highlight of the annual National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month press conference that ushers in a month long observance lauding the gains made by those in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, as well as treatment providers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced that current illicit drug use among youth ages 12-17 continues to decline. The rate has been moving downward from 11.6 percent using drugs in the past month in 2002 to 11.2 percent in 2003, 10.6 percent in 2004 and 9.9 percent in 2005. Tags: war on drugs ONDCP drug weed cocaine marijuana meth addiction government prescription smoking drinking John Walters |
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(part 1) New Survey Shows Teen Drug Use Goes Down The Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration unveils the new National Survey on Drug Use and Health at a press conference on Thursday, September 7. The annual survey, formerly called the "Household Survey" is the largest of its kind, and is the government's primary vehicle for determining how many persons are abusing illegal drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco. The release of the 2005 survey is the highlight of the annual National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month press conference that ushers in a month long observance lauding the gains made by those in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, as well as treatment providers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration today announced that current illicit drug use among youth ages 12-17 continues to decline. The rate has been moving downward from 11.6 percent using drugs in the past month in 2002 to 11.2 percent in 2003, 10.6 percent in 2004 and 9.9 percent in 2005. Tags: war on drugs ONDCP drug weed cocaine marijuana meth addiction government prescription smoking drinking John Walters |
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Tic Tic Tic Tic Ad Transcript (Screen opens with a big, scruffy looking dog, sitting in a junkyard. Dog suddenly hears a noise and raises head, startled) Narrator: Yesterday, my friends told me to smoke some weed and I did. (Teenage boy is running with dark fierce dog chasing after him, it's getting closer) Narrator: Then today, they said I should try to out run Tic Tic, the lumber yard dog. And, I don't think I can. I'm an idiot. I'm doing stupid stuff and that ain't me! (Cut to boys face, sweating and mad at himself. Guy makes it to chain-link fence just before dog can pounce on him) Narrator: Live Above the Influence. Above them, above weed. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Office of National Drug Control Policy ( ONDCP ) Tags: war on drugs peer-pressure marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence tic |
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Smushed Smushed Ad Transcript (Teenage girl is standing in the middle of her room, "smushed." Her body has been smushed down. She's really short. Off camera interviewer speaks to her) Interviewer: So, you used to be taller. What happened? Girl: What happened? Pressure... the pressure to be so cool and so popular and to never say the wrong thing to anyone, so I'm cool with everyone. The pressure to drink and get high. Pressure happened. Narrator: So now what? Girl: I don't know, but this isn't working. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer-pressure friends marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence tic |
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Pete's Couch Pete's Couch Ad Transcript (Scene opens with a guy sitting on the couch talking directly to the camera) 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. (Shot widens to show the guy with two friends sitting on the couch) We sat on Pete's couch for 11 hours. Now what's going to happen on Pete's couch? Nothing. (Shot now shows the guys on the couch in the middle of the woods with some mountain bikers riding by. Then to a basketball court. Then an ice rink.) 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. (Shot now shows the guys on the couch outside a movie theater. The guy talking gets up from the couch and walks into the theater) Me? I'll take my chances out there. Call me reckless. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer pressure marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence pete's couch |
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Flat Flat Ad Transcript (A teenage girl sits on a couch in a living room. She looks at interviewer while he asks a question) Interviewer: So Sarah, what's going on here? Interviewer: Sarah? Sarah? (When narrator stops, camera cuts to a deflated individual sitting on the couch. Individual is literally deflated, like a balloon and flat) Friend: She won't answer you. Er... she can't. Interviewer: Why not? (Camera cuts back and forth between Sarah and the friend) Friend: This is the way it's been since she started smoking pot. She's all lazy and boring and... You know we used to have so much fun together. Interviewer: And now? (Screen opens to a wide angle of both of the friends) Friend: This is what we do. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer-pressure marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence flat |
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Conversation Conversation Ad Transcript (The ad spot is one side of a phone conversation the morning after a party.) Tim!!... (laughing) Hey... (silence) How'd she get home? (silence) Man, I was so high, I... (silence) Are we cool? (silence) Tim, you know me. That's not me... (The friend on the other end of the phone hangs up and the guy is left sitting there.) (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer pressure marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence conversation smoking drinking |
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Whatever Whatever Ad Transcript (The ad spot is of a guy driving with his friends in the car.) Some of my friends smoke weed and I don't. It's whatever. I drive the car so they won't have to get behind the wheel. I pick where we eat so they won't have to worry about choosin' a place. I'll tell them when we're heading out to the party so they don't have worry about being on top of the time or anything like that. And at the party, I'm the one talking to the all the ladies, and my boys just sit there...'til it's time to go and I'm like "hey, get back in the car, man!" But basically, they don't have to worry about living life -- I'll live it for 'em. Until I go to college, then ya'll somebody else's problem. Until then it's whatever. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer pressure marijuana weed 420 ONDCP above the influence tic smoking drinking |
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Transformation Transformations Ad Transcript (Teenage boy standing alone in his bedroom, facing camera, with a spotlight above him. Piano music begins to play. He stands as other teens enter the room. They undress and redress him while he stands, expressionless and unmoving, under the spotlight. People continue to change him into different types of clothes. The boy looks around, put his hands out to stop them. All the people who have entered the room stare at him. As he walks out of the room the people disappear) When you give up the ability to decide for yourself... You give up what makes you, you. (AbovetheInfluence.com logo appears) Tags: war on drugs peer-pressure friends marijuana weed bud 420 ONDCP above the influence smoking drinking |