Bags against drugs

Even those of you who persist in hanging on to the futile concept of prohibition as a legitimate drugs policy might be baffled by (Talk To) Frank's latest series of adverts regarding the Brain Warehouse and lust for simpler days. Fortune be your friend in that case - one kind Poorhouse reader sighted the plastic bags pictured left being handed out for your groceries by Rite Way Food Markets in no other than the British Virgin Islands.

Hilarious blanket pointlessness aside, at least the message is clear. The Poorhouse is sure that hordes of young people are desperately circulating the high streets of Britain in search for that brain thing they saw on TV that makes binge cannabis even more fun.

The misguided bag-creators at least thought the message through sensibly, avoiding the key mistake perpetuated by the infamous "Don't do drugs!" pencil issued to many UK school kids during drugs "education" lessons in years past. Whilst that message may seem clear at first sight, the genius pencil creators had written the message in such a way that standard pencil sharpening changed the message to "do drugs!" and eventually to the less than subliminal advertising-esque exclamation "drugs!". Sales of pencil-sharpeners have never been so high.

Just to prove people don't learn from their mistakes, take a look at the pencil from Prevention Partners. Not only would you need to be on serious drugs to actually be able to read that crazy looped font, but as time goes on it seems you will be the proud owner of pencils that say "Let Friends Do Drugs", "Friends Do Drugs" and indeed the rather commanding phrase "Do Drugs".

Any Brain Warehouse addicts may enjoy the following spoof clip courtesy of the ubiquitous youtube. Alert: soundtrack contains NSFW words.


Gratitude x 10 to Laura for location and retrieval of the inspirational bags.


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