Comments on: Lily Allen, drugs and the Daily Mail http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2039 Freelance writer Gary Marshall on technology, music, Macs and more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2039/comment-page-1#comment-12880 Gary Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:44:48 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2039#comment-12880 Joanna from Rubber Republic (marketing agency) has been in touch, and recommends the latest FRANK anti-drug videos: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2268033/frank_tv_ad/ If you haven't seen Pablo the drug dog, it's a superb ad. Joanna from Rubber Republic (marketing agency) has been in touch, and recommends the latest FRANK anti-drug videos:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2268033/frank_tv_ad/

If you haven’t seen Pablo the drug dog, it’s a superb ad.

]]> By: Gary http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2039/comment-page-1#comment-12862 Gary Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:56:22 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2039#comment-12862 Ben, I don't think she's particularly wrong - that's part of the problem with the tabloids' demonisation of drugs, because people who do take 'em or knock around with people who take 'em know that not everybody ends up dead or selling their arse on the streets. Many years ago I did some work with the drug charity Release, and their experience was that hysteria led to a "if they lie about that, they lie about everything" attitude among people who really needed information. McGazz - from the article: "Yellow journalism won over medical science." Wouldn't happen today! Ben, I don’t think she’s particularly wrong – that’s part of the problem with the tabloids’ demonisation of drugs, because people who do take ‘em or knock around with people who take ‘em know that not everybody ends up dead or selling their arse on the streets. Many years ago I did some work with the drug charity Release, and their experience was that hysteria led to a “if they lie about that, they lie about everything” attitude among people who really needed information.

McGazz – from the article: “Yellow journalism won over medical science.” Wouldn’t happen today!

]]> By: McGazz http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2039/comment-page-1#comment-12861 McGazz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2039#comment-12861 On the subject of drugs - this is fascinating: http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html On the subject of drugs – this is fascinating: http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html

]]> By: Ben http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/archives/2039/comment-page-1#comment-12860 Ben Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:55:06 +0000 http://www.bigmouthstrikesagain.com/?p=2039#comment-12860 (grumble) I don't know if I'm more annoyed at Lily Allen's comment or the fact she get any media coverage. (grumble) I don’t know if I’m more annoyed at Lily Allen’s comment or the fact she get any media coverage.

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