Comments on: Face Facts Short Film Comp

By: Ubbs

Ubbs — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:02:18 +0000

spot on, it should be about education not scare tactics.

another way to look at it is the financial drain it can have on someone.

maybe picture someone partying on the weekend and monday goes to grab some money and finds $0.00 in their account?

money is more important to kids these days, we think we’re all immortal anyway haha

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:53:47 +0000

Ecstasy Fries your Brain

By: Eezo

Eezo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:36:45 +0000

Yeah I agree, the problem is that governments are concerned with policy making that is appealing to voters in the short term, no one is willing to make unpopular choices where the benefits may only be seen 10 or 15 years down the track. I guess the obvious comparison would be the Netherlands and marijuana, but I unfortunately don’t know enough about the legislation, public reactions etc to say either “hey this worked really well” or “it was a good idea, but it didn’t work”

By: Perthquake

Perthquake — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:45 +0000

Agreed! I think it’d be better if they just made it legal and the government took control of it. Just like what happened with alcohol! Before alcohol production had regulations, and making it yourself was the cheaper option, people were causing themselves lots of damage. Governments realised that people were going to continue doing it, and having dry areas wasn’t going to work. They took control, standardised the industry and it was safer for everyone. Maybe it’s the same for drugs?

By: Eezo

Eezo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:53:14 +0000

The statement “MDMA itself isn’t going to harm you in it’s pure form” reminded me of a thought I had the other day. I was considering how the massive drug bust that occurred last year that supposedly “made the streets safer,” actually resulted in a huge number of really unsafe pills flooding the market.

By: Perthquake

Perthquake — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:28:40 +0000

Thanks for picking that up Alex, careless on my part!

Yeah agreed, the money is coming from the government I presume, well they’re sponsoring it. I think you’re right about people never stopping, it’s just something some people like to do, just like drink alcohol.

I wonder if the winner will use the $10k to buy drugs. I think that would be irony wouldn’t it?!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:13:23 +0000

There’s a typo in this sentence: “If you take ecstasy you’re going to feel good, and MDMA itself is going to harm you in it’s pure form.”

I think you meant “isn’t going to harm you”

With these sort of campaigns you have to asked where the money is coming from. The people who are paying don’t believe in harm minimization they only believe in a black and white world. So it’s drugs are evil and that people who take them are evil.

Personally I think drug use can cause issues with lots of people but I don’t think people will ever stop taking drugs. I think it takes people with a very juvenile mindset to expect people to stop.

I will take their $10k though.