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This course is designed to provide students with a theoretical and technical understanding of narcotics and dangerous substances, their impact on the lives of persons who are addicted, the criminal justice system, and society in general. Thursdays will be asynchronous/online and we will utilize the blog for discussion and the web sites www.abovetheinfluence.com and www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov to enhance our research for the program proposals.
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The two that I liked most were Sent and Human Puppet because both films had a valuable message. People tend to do embarrassing things while intoxicated or high on drugs, but after it's all over and they come down from their buzz or high they tend to regret the things that they have done. Most of all they realize that people who they thought were their friends won't indulge in too far into the things that they pressure them into doing, but they will help make a fool out of them by video taping them and sending it to everyone, or making a clown out of them. The video that I liked least was Where's The Fun At. It wasn't that it did not send a message, it was just too boring.
Hello Everyone: Well... All of these have a great message. The two most powerful for me were: (#4 Boy playing basketball). Consuming drugs can lead us to loose track of time, personal, spiritual and emotional growth. Where would our goals stand? The #5 ad - the one that the kids make fun of what they've achieved). Not only one hurts, but we may loose our family, our friends, we become irresponsible individuals and most of all careless. I understood the last ad #8 Pony, but, I don’t think it provides a strong message as it relates to drug usage. I would rather see that ad for a PETA cause. Abusing animals is WRONG!
I think the Human Puppet Ad was the most powerful because it shows that if you don't have control over yourself, others will use that to their advantage. you can't always trust the people you are with and you should always be in control of yourself. I think the least powerful ad was the Walk Yourself Ad. This is because although people do give up their responsibilities while under the influence of drugs, I don't think it has the effect that a strong ad should have in reaching its audience. Today's audience needs something that they can directly relate to in a powerful way that really grabs a hold of them.
I agree with Makiba that the ads Sent and Human Puppet both sent the strongest message of all of the ads posted. They both represent losing control over yourself while under the influence and the damaging consequences of their actions. People are not always going to be there for you, so you must always be in control of yourself.
Hello Makiba Jones, I agree. There are times that people enjoy to see others fail. They forget that they too have a loved one that can be in that same situation.
The one i found most powerful was the human puppet because people tend to do very stupid things when are on the drugs because they lose control of their bodies. The one i found least powerful was the walk yourself because I just didnt find it interesting or really sending a strong message.
For my opinion the most powerful video was "Sent". The video clearly shows that under intoxication of alcohol or high on drugs the people don't remember what happened. Realizing only the day after that someone that where at the party make a fool out of them sending pictures or videos to the entire school.
The one I found least powerful was "Walk yourself" because doesn't really send any message for my opinion.
the most powerful: "HURTS" because when the little boy saw them, the girl that was smoking didnt look like "man im busted, shed looked as if "man i let someone down" i can relate because we all have people in our life we dont want to let down.
least powerful: would have to be the cartoons, just because i found it more of an impact to see real people
I also agree with Makiba on Human Puppet being one of the most powerful ads because its true that when people are high or druds they do embarassing things. Once their buzz is gone then they usually regret what they did while high.
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i would have to say my second was the human puppet, so i agree with the people that stated that. but it has been down over and over and over again
I agree with Makiba about the video "sent" and also "Human puppet" because both represent loosing control over yourself and because the both show how the rest of the "friends" are suddenly ready to make fun of you instead of help and prevent the situation. So is better be always in control of yourself.
The most powerful ad was"Human puppet," because if I were to see my child in that condition I would be pissed.One for allowing herself to get stoned out of her mind, and two for associating with people who don't give a shit what happens to her.These days for young men and women you can't take chances like that because you don't know what preditors might me around. This type of behavior can and will lead to negative consequences. I also liked the ad "Shoulder." The least important ad's, were the cartoon's like "Not again," and "Stop looking at me," etc...
They lacked "Real!"
The Ad that I found to be the most powerful was "Hurts". I believe this to be so because it places the utmost emphasis on the fact that youths using and abusing drugs greatly impact their family and peers before them. Like in the film, such youths impact the lives of their younger siblings. These youths need to open their eyes and realize what a horrible influence they are becoming for their younger brothers and sisters. Next, the Ad that I found less meaningful was "Walk yourself". First of all, I did not find it instructive at all. It was much too silly to bare any importance. In fact, I believe the humor was overdone when they used a dog to emphasize the hazards of smoking weed.
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The most powerful ad that would really make someone under the influence think twice about drugs is “Hugging the Block”. In my opinion it sends a very strong message towards how you live your life. It describes someone who is sitting away day after day in front of their block watching their life pass them by which is very common to some of the people who are under the influence tody. It mentions how other people who are not under the influence look at “Trey” (the main actor) and see that he basically has no life! He sits there all day with his “crew” and listens to them “spit rhymes”. How is that going to get anyone anywhere in life? But in reality that’s exactly what people are going through.
The least most powerful ad was “T-SHIRTS” In my opinion I felt as if anyone who was under the influence watching this ad on television wouldn’t even pay mind to the phrases on the t –shirts: First off, you would have to carefully read what’s on the t-shirt’s and in this generation that will not catch a young adults attention. Second of all, the actor changes his shirt so quickly that you would actually have to DVR the commercial. It’s just plain simple and boring.
I agree with Tia when it comes to the cartoon ads noone really wants to see stick figure cartoons on tv people would rather see things more realistic.
The one where I felt that she felt ashamed of what she did was "SENT" because she couldn't remember what happened that saturday night and who all in the school got the picture text of her.I know that she felt embarrassed to know that she was so intoxicated, drunk or whatever it is that happened to her that even if her parents were to find out that wouldn't be the worse part it would be to face her classmates day in and day out. The one I like the least was " I FEEL BAD" because there was no message being sent becasue if the dog won't smoke with you to not feel so bad you can easily find someone who will.
I agree with Juan Rodriguez because you older siblings do have an impact on your perception of things.
The video I thought was the most powerful is "T-Shirts". This video displays liberation! At the beginning the guy wore a shirt that said "I love this joint". He begins to strip off the many shirts that symbolized oppression. After taking off several shirts, the message on the shirts began to express positive statements like, "Be Yourself" and "Free". He walks away from the camera like he's leaving his old life behind and realizes that he has more potential to be much greater.
The video that is the least effective is "Mirror". Drug users are not concerned with their appearance. The only thing they care about is getting high. By the guy in the video seeing himself in that state is not going to change his mind about considering retiring from drug use. He may think about why he shouldn't use but a person has to be completely fed up with their situation in order to change for the better.
The most powerful for me was "Achievements", great script. Adding irony, it shows the how these kids proudly express their achievements (in the wrong way) as this girl saying "I made my mother cry".
The least are the cartoons, they are not as effective as the ones with real people.
Hi everyone,
It was hard to pick the most powerful one out of all the videos, but my choice is "Hurts". The sad part about doing drugs is not only that you hurt yourself, but also your loved ones. It was very touching and it delivered the message right away. The fact that they showed a little boy looking at his mother doing pot was an example of how even little kids are affected by the behavior of their parents or closed ones.
The least powerful to me would be "T-Shirts" just because it was not the best to delivered the message of how empty your life could become by abusing drugs.
I agree with Melissa and her description of the video "Huggin the Block". It is amazing how somebody's life can dramatically changed by the use of drugs and how empty their life could become.
i liked a lot of videos but the video that i thought was most powerful was "hurt". i remember the first time i saw it and i immediatetly thought of my litle brother. im not that young like the girl but i couldnt imagine the look on my brothers face. i think i'd die of shame. the "mirror" video ive seen on tv and it sends a good message too. i did like "anne marie" for kids now. its attractive since its cartoons and now kids are learning a lot too soon so its time they start seeing these ads on tv. i really liked the "fiiting in" video. i thought that was cool. the least powerful was the "dog" video. maybe it rocked someone's boat but i didnt like it. someone please explain the fire commercial to me! tx =D
I agree with Makiba Jones. Her analysis of both "Sent" and "Human Stain" was very precise. As youths our so-called friends may become our worst enemies. Just as Makiba said, these so-called friends are the first ones to pressure their peers into trying the latest trends, however, they lack the ability to help their peers out of them when they become hazardous or even deadly.
Whats up Everyone: compare to all the ads, to me it seems like #1 "Human Puppet" is the most powerful one becuase she is on her own. she does not have any support or anyone watching over her whatsoever. Beside, Her own friends are making joke out of her. The least powerful is #2 "Shoulders". I pick that one because you do not realy get to make these absolute decisions when you drunk.
I agree with Scarlett on her views because as a parent I would not tolerate such behavior.
i agree with Makiba...your true friends should make you stop before you get to the point of where the girls in those videos got to. the taping i believe is a good idea to show the girls how ridiculous/stupid they looked, but not to send it to anyone else. hopefully, they get embarrassed enough not to drink to that extent, cause in all honest they will drink again. sorry, i know thats not the point of the videos but as adults we know they will drink again.
I think the one that shows the best understanding and message to teenagers would have to be the human puppet it just shows how when you are on drugs that people will make fun of you and make you do things that you dont even know your doing or people will do things to you that you have no idea that it is going on. I think that the message of fitting in was boring and really i dont think it would grab attention to a teenager.
I would have to disagree with Melissa Rosa. You missed the message behind the "T-Shirts" video. Read my response and see if you change your mind.
i would have to agree with Marte that the pony example really didnt show much to drug like the others did.
Comment by Jessenia Chavarria
The videos that had the most influence to me was Hurts and Sent. Hurts got to me because I have younger siblings and a son. It is most commonly for younger brothers/sisters to lookup to their older brother/sister, and every decision that you make wheather is good or bad (smoking or drinking) will impact in a good or bad way to your younger siblings. The other video Sent is really powerful since it is something that it is happening very often among teenagers. The use of technology had made this such an easy access; phone now have camera, video, texting and internet. I think this video if shown to teenagers/adults often will get them to think twice before smoking or drinking. The video that I liked the least was Achievements. I know that is supposed to be funny but to me is giving new ideas to teens and is telling them that is ok to do some of those things because they are all laughing throughout the video. If I was eight years, and see this video I would think that it is cool.
I agree with Juan Rodriguez...the video Hurts states how drugs can affect our family. Since, our young siblings/kids look up to us and if they see us smoking/drinking then they think this is okay to do.
Hey class; Hurts is the one I find to be most powerful due to the fact that the older sibling is suppose to be setting an example & is caught by her younger bro as she's about to do drugs. It captures the teenager crowd and younger crowd by having both age groups in the commercial. The one I feel was a waste of footage aka least powerful was Pony because it just shows kids doing dumb shit & not really addressing the idea of drug usage.
The one that stood out the most to me was AD #2. The reason why this AD stood out to me because it seems to be more realistic. Many of our youth today are influenced by their peers, but it is up to the individual to decide from right or wrong.
The AD that stood out the least to me was AD #3 because I just didnt find it intresting. All I observed was a young boy jumping into cart board, but the message to the video was true....everything is not worth fitting into.
I reviewed all of the videos.They made good points but the one I like the least was the "cocoon".it was interesting but I wasn't feeling it that much. I really enjoyed the "Shoulders" because it showed the pros and cons of making a decisoin. But the message it self at the end was right, you have the right to decide and it should come from yourself.
I agree with all who like the ad hurt because the message is strong..the 2 age groups can identify with what is being shown.
I agree with Francesca about the the message "Sent". It was a good one because it will help teenagers to be aware of their surroundings and think twice about doing things they know is not right. It will also help avoid the pictiure messages from spreading embrassing things of them from being sent to their peers and possibly thier parents.
I would have to agree with Juan Rodgriuez. When a person decides to use drugs whether it is a young person or adult,you as an individual are not only hurting yourself, but you are also hurting those that love and care for you.
After watching all of the films, I found that human puppet is the most powerful of them for the vibrant message sent throughout the images of a young girl losing self control. He is treated as toy, an object, or a real puppet.Her face with the different colors have shown that she does care about self image as a young female. This is what those strong substances do when someone is under their influence.
The least powerful of the films is "try football". The message is a little ambiguous and will take time to penetrate the common sense of those who are aware of drug or do not know alot about these products. It is much more comical than it sends a message that could
have saved some one from abusing drug.
I like the ad called hurts, it shows that people around you are negitivly affected if you decide to do drugs. I liked the ad called t-shirt the least, I thought the message was weak and did'nt show the long term affects of doing drugs.
Sorry Prof, and to all of you guys, I have made a mistake in my previous comment and the correct sentence is " she does not care about her self image" instaed of she does care.
I disagree with those who liked the human puppet. I thought that ad was silly and did'nt make a strong statment.
I agree with all the ones who chose "Hurt", it was my second powerful video. I was not convinced with the "T-shirt" or "Mirror" videos, really hard to understand or get the message.
I like Shoshana Pollack reasoning when saying that if you do not get control over yourself even people you trust may take advantage from you, especially when under unfluence of drug. Under influence can make someone do things he or she would not have done if it was not the drug effect. why let others take advantge from you, including intimate act that may jeopadize the rest of your life?
if some people want to do their stupid things they do not have to use drugs because almost evryb one knows what drugs and alcohol can do in the nervous system. Don't say " I was under the influence" It might be not an acceptable excuse when things turn really bad.
Thanks Pollack
The best AD to me was the (Shoulders AD) this ad showed a teenage making the decision to not to use drugs for his self not because the voices was telling him not to .
I didn't care for the AD called (Achievement) that ad talks about the kids doing cazy things and beging pround of it. It would have been better if it would have showed the consequences of their actions.
Again,agree with Pollack that the two least powerful of the Ads for me are " try football and walk yourself" the message in these two Ads are not really convincing and clear enough to motivate some An Ad has to be a clear and an understandable message for different types of public.
I also agree with Pollack about that ad we should always have control over our bodys so that we know were we are and who we are with. If we take drugs or drink alcohol we lose that control.
Hi everyone, I just got home but I think I made it just in time. Most of the ads was pretty interesting, but the one that I feel is the most powerful is the human puppet because its amazing how many weird things can go on around you when your druged out and you wake up the next morning and feel like everythong is ok,
The two that I liked most was Human Puppet because the films had delivery a power message. People tend to do embarrassing things while under the influence or high off drugs, but after it's all over. They come down to realize that their buzz or high they tend to regret the things that they have done. Most of all they realize that people who they thought were their true friends won't do the things that they were pressure to but they will help make a fool out of them by video taping them and sending it to everyone, or making a joke s of them. The video that I liked least was where The Fun At because the video did not interest me at all.
I agree with Makiba because the human puppet did have a valueble message to send to the veiwers, Thats why its not good to to drugs you never knows whos around you.
i agree with christine mcqueen it very funny what people do when their drunk and high
I think that from all the ads on Above the Influence the best one is “Puppet” and “Sent” because although they are extremely simple they are the most realistic. I think the ad “Puppet” does a great job in depicting how stupid you can get after having way too many drinks. It also really reminded me of the documentary we saw the other day on Gordie because although you may think the people you call friends may be around to help you it doesn’t always turn out that way . In the ad the girl who is used as a puppet gets drawn on and ridiculed while someone sits on the other side and films it. This ad in combination with “Sent” shows exactly what can happen after a night of just too much “fun”. The ad “Sent” displays how with all the twittering, facebooking and myspace that goes on now a days a picture and/or video can very easily land in the hands of the wrong person and just make a full circle. I think these two ads make a great point at making people realize that whenever they are under the influence of any type of substance they can act extremely ridiculous and avoiding such situations would be best as anything captured at the moment is fair game and will most likely haunt you in the future on sites such as those mentioned. As for the ad or in better words ads that I disliked the most that would have to be the cartoon ads. They just weren’t very informative and didn’t seem very relatable, they would just show cartoons doing drugs and just something very silly following it up. I think that rather than creating an impact it mocked the whole idea of using drugs and just downsized the force that doing drugs can have on an individual.
I have to agree with India, I don’t feel the ad “Cocoon” made much of an impact. Because although it did show how you can become so self absorbed and wrapped up in smoking weed that you just shut out the world it lacks to show any other impacts the weed can have on the individual. I just think they could have added in other factors to make it seem more realistic.
i feel that all of the ads very powerful. I don't think it is a issue of most or least effective. The difference among ads is that i think that the animated drawings will appeal to a much younger audience then the movie ads would. They all are great and has the potential to be very effective at deterring adolescents for trying marijuana.
The Ad im surely going to post about is the one named "Shoulders". The reason why I chose this ad is simply because that's what reality is really like. For example, when you go to a party or night club you ask yourself should I drink or not? You can pretty much compare it to a devil and an angel. The devil is telling you "drink drink, in order to have a blast and a good time; you have to drink", and the angel is telling you "you came driving, and you have to drive back; you life can get ruined in a heart beat by crashing into someone or causing an accident, and last but not least getting caught drinking and driving and get accused or convicted of a DUI. I can definitely relate to this post without a doubt, because I pretty much go through this every weekend!
The ad that stood out to me the most was definitely the "Fitting In" ad. For the most part teenagers do not experiment with drugs just for the drug, they try out the drug so that they can fit in with the "cool" kids at their school. If the teenager is not surrounded by the drug use then he/she is less likely to try it out for them selves. In high school it is survival of the fittest, and those who fit in with the "in" crowds are considered survivors. More often than not innocent teens fall in to the peer pressure because of the fear of not being accepted by their peers.
great discussion guys. My favorite is the dog (looks like my dog) and least favorite is "not again" stick figures. Almost found it unbearable!
I agree with Henry 100% about the "Shoulders" video. You are always going to have those voices inside your head telling you what is right and what is wrong. Depending on how you react to those voices is how things will turn out. Another reason I agree with Henry is because it goes hand in hand with my original post about "fitting in". The opportunity arises and the "Devil" is basically telling you to fit in and the "Angel" side is telling you to step away.
The one I liked the most and believe will have a bigger impact on kids is the one where the little brother is observing everthing the sister is doing "Hurts". I believe that younger sibling always look up to the older siblings. The film that I found the least powerful was "Achievement" becuase there is too much going on, there is just negative things being said, with no direct message on drugs.
I agree with Makiba Jones sometimes people don't understand that you loose control over your actions when you are under the influence of drugs. Sometimes people you think are your friends are not really your friend.
I have to agree with Rubenson because people do tend to take advantage/embarrass you when your completely wasted/drunk. Perfect example of this is signing on to youtube.com and typing in drunk people on the search bar; and you can literally see real life examples of what so called friends do to people that are highly intoxicated.
the add that really was the most powerful was Hurts because you have this little kid who at the start see himself changing skin colors. also with burn hole on his skin which at the end of the video see his parents doing drugs. which is a message that most kid grow up to become drug users when they grow up. its all in the example you set to your kids. in that ad there sending a negative example to their child. then they grow following in their parents foot steps. the ad that was least powerful was sent because in real life when every one is in a party getting drunk nobody tends to remember everything that happens. and that ad really goes overbord not everyone take a picture of someone and send it to everyone especially people you dont know.
i also have to agree with henry on that subject. people tent to do funny thing to other people when their are drunk. i know, i done funny stuff to people including my friends when they are really drunk. but they dont realize that they are made a fool untill they come off of hang over, then they realize that they are made a joke of even by their own friends.
The comment that I thought had the most meaning to me was #5, which is the one the kids make fun of what they did. When a person is under the influence, they don't realize how much that hurts other people. It's not even about them anymore. You hurt all the people that love you that don't want to see you like that. You tend to lose concentration in school and you get lower grades because you can't think straight. You do so many things that you wouldn't normally do when you're not under the influence and this ads shows a lot of these things.
I agree with Edward about the Fitting In ad. Peer pressure is a very powerful thing. A teenager will do anything just to be a part of that specific crowd they desperately want to fit into. To then realize that after all the drugs and parties with that group, nobody stays in contact with each other after high school. And you then realize they weren't really your friends
I liked the "dog" sometimes we do stuff that are not appropiate like marijuana or other substances and our parents dont even have the time to see what the dog sees in this video, for many reasons because we are always alone or maybe because our parents are always in a hurry. whatever the case may be its good to always have a friend that tells you when are we taking the right path or not. the least powerful for me is "not again" because drugs is about having individuals around that are wlling to help you conquer this situation as long as the addict wants, and this ad resembles a figure in which your partner is going to lived you if you dont quit, it shouldnt have been like that, maybe change to were the girlfriend help him out along with the alien... that's my opinion. i agree with makiba i think that the video "sent" was aslo very powerful because drugs could make you do things that you wouldnt do been in your 5 senses.
My favorite ad was DOG. Is was clever, witty, and sends a direct statement to many viewers through a mascot that the whole world loves.
My least favorite was the NOT AGAIN. It was a waste of time to view, an alien taking someone's girl? Come on, where is the innovation here? If the ads will in that format with crappy content, change the channel and close the website.
I think all of these send out a great message. The most powerful one I would say is the "shoulders" ad because there are different voices pressuring the kid to smoke or not to smoke, but in the end of the day the voice that really matters is his own when he says NO to the drug!! I would say the least powerful ads would be the cartoons because I believe the message it sends out is not as strong as the ads with the real people in them.
I agree with Henry that the Shoulders ad was powerful because of the voices pressuring him and the voices telling him do not do it. In the end its his voice that matters choice!
Although is a legal substance, I have to agree with Yesenia Acuna's statement on the “Puppet” ad. It does depict how incoherent one can become after ingesting large quantities of alcohol. Yesenia also pointed out the similiarity to the Gordie Bailey case video we viewed in class, which I have to say was a great informant to many of the classmates about binge drinking.
once again guys great comments - great discussion. I liked the comparisons some of you drew to the Gordie documentary and the ad and also how much effort you all have put into this blog. Good job!
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