Reminiscing about Anti-Drug PSAs of Our Youth
Categories: Drug Week
To us as children, the best part of the War on Drugs were the anti-drug Public Service Announcements that interrupted cartoons and episodes of the Power Rangers. We still fondly remember these commercials and, hey, maybe they actually worked!
(Dead) Celebrities and their influence on drug abuse
Categories: Drug Week
Hollywood has long been plagued with drug abuse overdose, which has been a problem since before Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley were popular. Recent celebrity abuse scandals and deaths have brought more attention to the growing epidemic as the stories spread on Twitter, via text, and through more new media sources, all of which Gen Y is actively engaged in. But how do celebrities’ actions really influence our decisions?
Beer Pong and Gen Y: A match made in heaven
Categories: Drug Week
Beer pong, the king of drinking games, is the defining aspect of Gen Y’s party life. It speaks to our generation’s love of excess and competition, even though the game is generally dominated by frat boys. Still, girls can enjoy triangular formations of red, plastic cups too.
My body is a temple
Categories: Drug Week
I can’t stand having drugs in my body, and I’m not just talking about the hard stuff. I will suffer through a headache if it means avoiding even a baby aspirin. My generation is one that follows our passions based on what feels right to us. Well, not taking drugs is what feels right to me.
Caffeine and energy drinks, the ninja drugs
Categories: Drug Week
To say Gen Y is addicted to caffeine is an outrageous understatement. That’s like saying Wile E. Coyote kind of wants to catch Roadrunner if it’s manageable and doesn’t cut into his lunch date with Yosemite Sam. No, Millennials are full-out lunatics for caffeine. Not only do we consume tons of coffee and soda, but have come into the world of energy drinks, energy shots, and, so help me God, energy pills.
Hollywood’s highs and lows: Drug use in films
Categories: Drug Week
Filmmakers have thrown themselves right into the vortex of the national drug debate, and the use of drugs that appear in movies primarily targeted at Gen Y varies so greatly it makes you spin in circles until you think you’re on an acid trip.
The Adderall Business
Categories: Drug Week
As a culture, we want to be better, faster, stronger, smarter, prettier. Adderall helps us get there. Some people truly need the drug to function. And then there are other students whose pockets become much deeper as they sell Adderalls and Ritalins for cash.
Amsterdam has museums?
Categories: Drug Week
Usually when I have to have a connecting flight, I get upset, but Amsterdam is different. I love my connections there, and I always make sure that I have at least eight hours so I can enjoy the sights (museums, the Amstel brewery and all Amsterdam has to offer). The problem is that I never see the sights.
How I became a government-trained subversive
Categories: Drug Week
If you went to elementary school in America, you had the D.A.R.E. program. Through friendly lions, fun activities, workbooks and completion certificates, D.A.R.E. taught us a lot about drugs and how to refuse them – and it worked for me.
Legalize! Why it’s time to end Nixon’s legacy
Categories: Drug Week
Once upon a time, a racially-charged, paranoia-driven warhawk of a Quaker was our President. Right now, despite our dire economy and record unemployment, we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars every year to continue a failing crusade against drugs, primarily marijuana, one that Nixon engineered. Seventy-five percent of people under age 34 favor legalization – let’s just do it already!
