So the government is still persistant in maintaining its heavy-handed campaign against drug users with this hilariously misjudged PSA warning of the dangers of drug-driving. I say misjudged partly because, if THAT'S what the police are looking for, then it's undoubtedly pretty safe to continue drug-driving, but mostly because it can't help but recall this classic TV moment:
Surely it would be much more effective simply to adopt the templates of ads warning against the dangers of alcohol abuse or smoking, which often feature extremely graphic depictions of the health risks. Instead, we get these laughable, cartoonish, ready-made internet memes (see also, the latest FRANK ad, which manages to make cannabis look like a deleted scene from A Scanner Darkly) that, rather than helping the cause, only serve to make the government the laughing stock of the very people these ads are supposed to target. Still, I suppose being a subject of ridicule for junkies is the least of Gordon's worries at the moment...
