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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick's behaviour becomes erratic and his ability to make decisions is impaired. And, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and take the first step towards quitting drugs.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick's behaviour becomes erratic and his ability to make decisions is impaired. And, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and get him to take the first step towards quitting drugs.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick neglects to finish repairing Monitor's defences, leaving the base vulnerable to attack. Also, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and take the first step towards quitting drugs.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick neglects Rick's behaviour becomes erratic and his ability to finish repairing Monitor's defences, leaving the base vulnerable to attack. Also, make decisions is impaired. And, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and take the first step towards quitting drugs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' had an episode "Lure Of The Orb" in which Poet Smurf is given an orb by a witch named Allura, when someone touches the orb it helps them think and makes them more energetic, Poet, Painter, Handy, Harmony, and Farmer get addicted to it, it makes them perform sloppily and have big bloodshot eyes, the other smurfs realize they have a problem and have Papa Smurf take it away, but they take it back when he's asleep, when Hefty finds out he breaks it so they go back to Allura for more, she makes them her slaves and tells them that they will become completely unable to function without the orb, Farmer manages to escape and brings Hefty with him to save the others and destroy the main orb, once the effects have worn off the effected smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' had an episode "Lure Of The Orb" in which Poet Smurf is given an orb by a witch named Allura, when someone touches the orb it helps them think and makes them more energetic, Poet, Painter, Handy, Harmony, and Farmer get addicted to it, it makes them perform sloppily and have big bloodshot eyes, the other smurfs realize they have a problem and have Papa Smurf take it away, but they take it back when he's asleep, when Hefty finds out he breaks it so they go back to Allura for more, she makes them her slaves and tells them that they will become completely unable to function without the orb, Farmer manages to escape and brings Hefty with him to save the others and destroy the main orb, once the effects have worn off the effected smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.influence.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick neglects to finish repairing Monitor's defences, leaving the base vulnerable to attack. Also, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and take the first step towards quitting drugs.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' episode "The Deadliest Battle", both Rick and Kshin are (separately) offered drugs. However, while Kshin has the guts to refuse, Rick (who has recently been under a lot of stress) quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick neglects to finish repairing Monitor's defences, leaving the base vulnerable to attack. Also, when Kshin tries to confront him about the drugs, Rick uncharacteristically snaps at the youngster to mind his own business. It takes Kshin's [[DisneyDeath apparent death]] at the hands of a super-charged Ming to bring Rick to his senses and take the first step towards quitting drugs.
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* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpson]] kids' favorite cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.
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* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** TheSimpson]] kids' favorite cartoon, cartoon characters, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.outing.
** "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood]]": When Bart loses in the arcade game ''Panamanian Strongman'', the Game Over screen shows George Bush Sr. stating "Winners Don't Use Drugs" before kicking the Panamanian Strongman repeatedly in the head.
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** "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood]]": When Bart loses in the arcade game ''Panamanian Strongman'', the Game Over screen shows George Bush Sr. stating "Winners Don't Use Drugs" before kicking the Panamanian Strongman repeatedly in the head.
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*** And Mackey only started taking drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy ''because'' he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally losing a marijuana plant among students [[note]]which Mr. Garrison stole[[/note]].
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*** And Mackey only started taking drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy ''because'' because he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally losing a marijuana plant among students [[note]]which Mr. Garrison stole[[/note]]. [[spoiler: In fact, when he was dragged to rehab, Mr. Mackey explains that he voluntarily stopped taking drugs after being happily married to the hippy lady]].
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** In another episode, Peter and Lois smoke pot for a talent show because they used to do so when they had a music act in their youth, and they believe that their best songs were inspired by it. While at first they appear to give an amazing performance to rounding applause, they are later shocked to learn that they lost...whereupon Chris comes in and informs them that they were "so stoned out" that they were nowhere near as good as they thought, in fact they were babbling, incoherent and disturbingly manic. He proceeds to give them a speech on the dangers of marijuana use and how the chief ingredient of marijuana is a type of acid, so prolonged use of the drug can cause brain damage. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs though.
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*** And Mackey only started taking drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy ''because'' he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally losing a marijuana plant among students [[note]]which Mr. Garrison stole[[/note]].
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* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''WebOriginal/EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
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* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''WebOriginal/EverythingIsTerrible'', ''Website/EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
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** Done more blatantly when Ratchet uses Synthetic Energon to similar (but more focused on) effect.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' had an episode "Lure Of The Orb" in which Poet Smurf is given an orb by a witch named Allura, when someone touches the orb it helps them think and makes them more energetic, Poet, Painter, Handy, Harmony, and Farmer get addicted to it, it makes them perform sloppily and have big bloodshot eyes, the other smurfs realize they have a problem and have Papa Smurf take it away, but they take it back when he's asleep, when Hefty finds out he breaks it so they go back to Allura for more, she makes them her slaves and tells them that they will become completely unable to function without the orb, Farmer manages to escape and brings Hefty with him to save the others and destroy the main orb, once the effects have worn off the effected smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' had an episode "Lure Of The Orb" in which Poet Smurf is given an orb by a witch named Allura, when someone touches the orb it helps them think and makes them more energetic, Poet, Painter, Handy, Harmony, and Farmer get addicted to it, it makes them perform sloppily and have big bloodshot eyes, the other smurfs realize they have a problem and have Papa Smurf take it away, but they take it back when he's asleep, when Hefty finds out he breaks it so they go back to Allura for more, she makes them her slaves and tells them that they will become completely unable to function without the orb, Farmer manages to escape and brings Hefty with him to save the others and destroy the main orb, once the effects have worn off the effected smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' kids' favorite cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpson]] kids' favorite cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.
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*** What's more, Mr. Mackey actually ''benefits'' from taking drugs. He sleeps with a hot hippy girl, marries her and honeymoons in India. He also loosens his tie, which causes his head to deflate and he looks much younger. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop So kids, taking drugs will make you much happier than teetotalism ever could]].
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* "Alone Again" from ''{{Jem}}'' fits this trope. Laura, the newest Starlight Girl, is so depressed over her parents's deaths that she's easy prey for a drug daler. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.
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* "Alone Again" from ''{{Jem}}'' fits this trope. Laura, the newest Starlight Girl, is so depressed over her parents's deaths that she's easy prey for a drug daler.dealer. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.
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** "My Future Self 'n Me" deconstructs this, showing the lengths that parents will go to to ScareEmStraight, to the point of cutting off an actor's hand. It eventually reconstructs it with Randy giving Stan a perfectly sensible message against drug use. WordOfGod claims that this episode was inspired by a poster claiming that smoking marijuana ''supported terrorism''.
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** "My Future Self 'n Me" deconstructs this, showing the lengths that parents will go to to ScareEmStraight, to the point of cutting off an actor's hand. It eventually reconstructs it with Randy giving Stan a perfectly sensible message against drug use. WordOfGod claims that this episode was inspired by a poster claiming that smoking marijuana ''supported terrorism''.''supports terrorism''. (For the record, the majority of the marijuana smoked in the United States is domestically grown.)
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* An episode of ''Literature/TheLittles'' appropriately entitled "Prescription for Disaster" played this straight in a surprisingly realistic manner for a Saturday morning cartoon.
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* Probably the only unattractive thing about [[EvilIsSexy Dr. Girlfriend]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is her masculine, gravely voice. After a few seasons (and a [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain smoking.
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* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', and comes clean of his own accord.]]
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* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', ''Luthor''), and comes clean of his own accord.]]
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* Probably the only unattractive thing about [[EvilIsSexy Dr. Girlfriend]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is her masculine, gravely voice. After a few seasons (and a [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain smoking.
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* Probably the only unattractive thing about [[EvilIsSexy Dr. Girlfriend]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is her masculine, gravely voice. After a few seasons (and a [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain smoking.smoking.
* Done subtly in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', where Megatron frequently uses [[ArtifactOfDoom Dark Energon]] as a performance enhancing drug. Aside from the more esoteric and supernatural side effects that come from it being the blood of [[{{Satan}} Unicron]], there are familiar negative side effects, such as heightened aggression, loss of rationality, and psychological dependence. Granted, these realistic performance-enhancers are mostly subtle due to being overshadowed by the demonic possession vulnerability, the raising zombies, and the [[spoiler: barring the user's soul from the afterlife]].
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* Done subtly in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', where Megatron frequently uses [[ArtifactOfDoom Dark Energon]] as a performance enhancing drug. Aside from the more esoteric and supernatural side effects that come from it being the blood of [[{{Satan}} Unicron]], there are familiar negative side effects, such as heightened aggression, loss of rationality, and psychological dependence. Granted, these realistic performance-enhancers are mostly subtle due to being overshadowed by the demonic possession vulnerability, the raising zombies, and the [[spoiler: barring the user's soul from the afterlife]].
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* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
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* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''EverythingIsTerrible'', ''WebOriginal/EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is the Trope Namer. The episode "Ike's Wee Wee" from season two is this trope all over. Literally.
** Parodied in the episode ''Ike's Wee-Wee'', as quoted above.
** Parodied in the episode ''Ike's Wee-Wee'', as quoted above.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is the Trope Namer. The episode "Ike's Wee Wee" from season two is this trope all over. Literally.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is the Trope Namer. The episode "Ike's Wee Wee" from season two is this trope all over. Literally.
** Of course, the message couldn't have been made clearer any time Tex-Hex's stooge Scuzz showed his face. Likely the most unpleasant villain on the show, he was a guy who smoked large, smelly cigars, and was always coughing badly because of them. Even the other villains were repulsed by him and his habit. (Of course, a kid's show like this is more than likely going to portray smoking as bad when they portray it at all.)
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* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', and comes clean of his own accord.]]
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* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', and comes clean of his own accord.]]]]
* Probably the only unattractive thing about [[EvilIsSexy Dr. Girlfriend]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is her masculine, gravely voice. After a few seasons (and a [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain smoking.
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* Depicted in a fairly believable fashion in a SuperHero and ScienceFiction context in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' without being {{Anvilicious}}. In the "The Winning Edge," a leading school sports team is using a super steroid based on the supervillain Bane's venom chemical in skin induction applications called "slappers." It makes the kids stronger, but at a price of excessive aggression and profound weakness in withdrawal as their dependency grows. Furthermore, when Batman goes to question the aged Bane about it, he finds him in a senior's home a complete vegetable totally dependent on Venom to stay alive; the natural result of using it for decades.
** Sad RealitySubtext here: Robert "Jeep" Swenson, the actor who played Bane in ''Batman & Robin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''{{Rambo}}'' actually did an episode titled "Just Say No."
** Sad RealitySubtext here: Robert "Jeep" Swenson, the actor who played Bane in ''Batman & Robin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.
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* Depicted in a fairly believable fashion in a SuperHero and ScienceFiction context in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' without being {{Anvilicious}}. In the "The Winning Edge," a leading school sports team is using a super steroid based on the supervillain Bane's venom chemical in skin induction applications called "slappers." It makes the kids stronger, but at a price of excessive aggression and profound weakness in withdrawal as their dependency grows. Furthermore, when Batman goes to question the aged Bane about it, he finds him in a senior's home a complete vegetable totally dependent on Venom to stay alive; the natural result of using it for decades.
** Saddecades. (Sad RealitySubtext here: Robert "Jeep" Swenson, the actor who played Bane in ''Batman & Robin'', ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.
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** The above episode [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] this as a chicken/egg BrokenAesop: Mr. Mackey's original intent is to prove that drugs make you a poor, depressed, homeless loser, yet, as he soon discovers, people turn to drugs because they ''are'' poor, depressed, homeless losers to begin with, and are driven to drugs to cope with said fact. [[spoiler: When he tries to explain this to his rehabilitation counselor, she simply [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashes]] him into once again believing that DrugsAreBad, because, well, [[BecauseISaidSo they just are, m'kay]].]]
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** The above episode [[{{Lampshading}} [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this as a chicken/egg BrokenAesop: Mr. Mackey's original intent is to prove that drugs make you a poor, depressed, homeless loser, yet, as he soon discovers, people turn to drugs because they ''are'' poor, depressed, homeless losers to begin with, and are driven to drugs to cope with said fact. [[spoiler: When he tries to explain this to his rehabilitation counselor, she simply [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashes]] him into once again believing that DrugsAreBad, because, well, [[BecauseISaidSo they just are, m'kay]].]]
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* ''GIJoe'' had an episode where the Joes team up with Freakin'' COBRA to take down a drug lord after one of the COBRA agent's sister gets hospitalized due to the drug lord's new product, "Spark". Cobra Commander only gets involved when the agent persuades him that, since drugs are big business, the drug lord is sure to have piles of cash on hand to steal. In a rare scene from a show heavy on the BloodlessCarnage, the drug lord gets dropped into a vat of pure Spark and dies from a [[NightmareFuel horrific overdose]]. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
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* ''GIJoe'' had an episode where the Joes team up with Freakin'' COBRA to take down a drug lord after one of the COBRA agent's sister gets hospitalized due to the drug lord's new product, "Spark". Cobra Commander only gets involved when the agent persuades him that, since drugs are big business, the drug lord is sure to have piles of cash on hand to steal. In a rare scene from a show heavy on the BloodlessCarnage, the drug lord gets dropped into a vat of pure Spark and dies from a [[NightmareFuel horrific overdose]].overdose. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
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* The [[VeggieTales Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]] song "A Message From The Lord" contains the line "Don't do drugs, stay in school!".
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* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', and comes clean of his own accord.]]
* Used in WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, where Superboy, a [[spoiler: half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "Super Shields" which grant him full Kryptonian powers for an hour, at the cost of making him extremely violent, mindless and angry. They're also addictive, though whether that's the actual shield's fault or the power they give is ambiguous. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Superboy realises how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor'', and comes clean of his own accord.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Parodied in the episode ''Ike's Wee-Wee'', as quoted above.
-->"Drugs are bad because if you do drugs you're a hippie and hippies suck."
** The above episode [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] this as a chicken/egg BrokenAesop: Mr. Mackey's original intent is to prove that drugs make you a poor, depressed, homeless loser, yet, as he soon discovers, people turn to drugs because they ''are'' poor, depressed, homeless losers to begin with, and are driven to drugs to cope with said fact. [[spoiler: When he tries to explain this to his rehabilitation counselor, she simply [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashes]] him into once again believing that DrugsAreBad, because, well, [[BecauseISaidSo they just are, m'kay]].]]
** South Park has repeatedly mocked the way people exaggerate and even lie about the horrors of pot to try and keep kids from smoking it. Since marijuana isn't considered such a big deal nowadays, their main point about smoking marijuana is that when you're high you're not doing anything worthwhile - which is also a pretty good point.
** "My Future Self 'n Me" deconstructs this, showing the lengths that parents will go to to ScareEmStraight, to the point of cutting off an actor's hand. It eventually reconstructs it with Randy giving Stan a perfectly sensible message against drug use. WordOfGod claims that this episode was inspired by a poster claiming that smoking marijuana ''supported terrorism''.
* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', including a memorable one in which Linka became addicted to drugs slipped into a pastry, and her cousin died due to an overdose.
* ''CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', an animated special featuring cartoon characters from several different shows. It's the same thing with ''[[TheFlintstones The Flintstone]] [[SpinoffBabies Kids]]'' "Just Say No"
* Depicted in a fairly believable fashion in a SuperHero and ScienceFiction context in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' without being {{Anvilicious}}. In the "The Winning Edge," a leading school sports team is using a super steroid based on the supervillain Bane's venom chemical in skin induction applications called "slappers." It makes the kids stronger, but at a price of excessive aggression and profound weakness in withdrawal as their dependency grows. Furthermore, when Batman goes to question the aged Bane about it, he finds him in a senior's home a complete vegetable totally dependent on Venom to stay alive; the natural result of using it for decades.
** Sad RealitySubtext here: Robert "Jeep" Swenson, the actor who played Bane in ''Batman & Robin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''{{Rambo}}'' actually did an episode titled "Just Say No."
* ''GIJoe'' had an episode where the Joes team up with Freakin'' COBRA to take down a drug lord after one of the COBRA agent's sister gets hospitalized due to the drug lord's new product, "Spark". Cobra Commander only gets involved when the agent persuades him that, since drugs are big business, the drug lord is sure to have piles of cash on hand to steal. In a rare scene from a show heavy on the BloodlessCarnage, the drug lord gets dropped into a vat of pure Spark and dies from a [[NightmareFuel horrific overdose]]. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
** Following the ''GIJoe'' example above, ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}''' BigBad, "Big Boss", uses his power to keep drugs out of Empire City. He helps the good guys stop a drug lord when his own nephew, TheDragon (the dumb Berserko), gets affected.
*** Specifically, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'' includes a new villain called Addictum who deals in a skin-absorbed drug called Crystal Twist. Big Boss and his gang help the cops capture him because EvenEvilHasStandards.
* "Alone Again" from ''{{Jem}}'' fits this trope. Laura, the newest Starlight Girl, is so depressed over her parents's deaths that she's easy prey for a drug daler. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' kids' favorite cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', there is a slight subversion. In the episode, "Never Too Late", it's true that only the downsides to drug addiction are shown, but the episode focuses on the dealer himself and treats him with just as much sympathy and realism as every other villain they produce.
* Completely and utterly ripped into by ''SitDownShutUp''. The teachers decide that they need a scapegoat problem to lecture about for Parents' Day, and decide to have an anti-drug conference sponsored by a prescription drug company. One of the teachers is declared the "drug czar" (for confiscating non-company drugs, ''including'' prescription drugs) and forced to quit drinking coffee, the negative effects of not taking prescription drugs are emphasized (including the principle going into a coma from various vital organs shutting down), and [[CloudCuckoolander one of the teachers]] mishears "Math Lab" (he had previously been taking anti-ear-blockage medication) and instead builds a ''meth'' lab. Everyone seemingly gets sick from the meth being accidentally left among the dippng sauces, which is [[CompletelyMissingThePoint censored]] for being "kind of gross", and it turns out that nobody had taken drugs at all and they got sick from the food. For TheStinger, after it being said that they never did have a chance to show that drugs are bad, shows the baby who had several times been referenced as a "permanent consequence" of using drugs sitting in the duffel bag full of meth bags... [[{{Subverted}} and]] [[DrugsAreBad its tooth falls out]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' the episode "Opie's Choice" dealt with a squirrel named Opie who was addicted to pep pills they caused him to stay awake at all times, have big baggy bloodshot eyes, and in order to get them he sells everything he owns, in that same episode Max the main character is captured by the drug dealers and force an entire bottle of the pills down his throat slipping him into a coma and almost dying as a result.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'s'' anti-drug episode "The Price", the kid actually does overdose and ''die.'' Shocking for a cartoon of that era, it's one of the best episodes of the series.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' Doyle takes "brainblasters" from a dealer to make him smarter and pass his classes, he soon becomes addicted to them and as a side effect he has big baggy eyes and zones out at the most inappropriate times, eventually he spends all his money and resorts to stealing from his friends to get more, eventually they get him to admit he has a problem after he goes to a planet that criminals hang out and returns their stuff, and he finds out that if he continued to use the stuff he could end up in prison.
* One episode of ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' had one of the suspects revealed to have a history with drugs. Every time the D-word was mentioned, the main characters (especially Scooby) expressed near-Pavlovian revulsion. Turns out the suspect in question was still involved in smuggling drugs, despite having given an {{Anvilicious}} claim that he'd quit that stuff.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Thin White Line", Brian gets hooked on cocaine. While we don't see his withdrawal, we do see the terrible effects coke has on him - wild mood swings, paranoia, etc. Dogs, don't do drugs.
** Subverted, in that Brian smokes weed and it isn't really shown as a bad thing. As do Peter, Lois, and the Evil Monkey. Even Meg has good connections.
** And Peter/Carter sell Meg a bag. Then clock her and steal it back.
** Inverted in the episode "420", where the characters sing a musical number extolling marijuana.
*** At which point a law is passed to legalize it, and ''everyone is completely stoned all the time'' with a few exceptions. Apparently in the world of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', there's no room for "responsible moderation."
**** In ''Family Guy''???
* Played straight in another episode where Brian overdoses on magic mushrooms and has a bad trip, complete with NightmareFuel hallucinations, chills, etc.
* Gleefully parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', where Fry and Leela use Zoidberg's "Miracle Cream" to give themselves superpowers, including super-strength and speed (but not [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman the ability to control sea creatures]]). The powers are temporary, however, causing them to keep returning to the (apparently unique) tube of Miracle Cream. Shenanigans ensue when they run out. At the end of the episode, we are reminded in song that '[[BrokenAesop Winners don't use drugs!]]'
** Also [[FridgeBrilliance hilariously subverted]] by Fry in his typical CloudCuckoolander fashion in "Ghost in the Machines":
-->"Heroes don't do drugs! Except for Drug Man, I guess."
* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
* The [[VeggieTales Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]] song "A Message From The Lord" contains the line "Don't do drugs, stay in school!".
** Parodied in the episode ''Ike's Wee-Wee'', as quoted above.
-->"Drugs are bad because if you do drugs you're a hippie and hippies suck."
** The above episode [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] this as a chicken/egg BrokenAesop: Mr. Mackey's original intent is to prove that drugs make you a poor, depressed, homeless loser, yet, as he soon discovers, people turn to drugs because they ''are'' poor, depressed, homeless losers to begin with, and are driven to drugs to cope with said fact. [[spoiler: When he tries to explain this to his rehabilitation counselor, she simply [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashes]] him into once again believing that DrugsAreBad, because, well, [[BecauseISaidSo they just are, m'kay]].]]
** South Park has repeatedly mocked the way people exaggerate and even lie about the horrors of pot to try and keep kids from smoking it. Since marijuana isn't considered such a big deal nowadays, their main point about smoking marijuana is that when you're high you're not doing anything worthwhile - which is also a pretty good point.
** "My Future Self 'n Me" deconstructs this, showing the lengths that parents will go to to ScareEmStraight, to the point of cutting off an actor's hand. It eventually reconstructs it with Randy giving Stan a perfectly sensible message against drug use. WordOfGod claims that this episode was inspired by a poster claiming that smoking marijuana ''supported terrorism''.
* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', including a memorable one in which Linka became addicted to drugs slipped into a pastry, and her cousin died due to an overdose.
* ''CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', an animated special featuring cartoon characters from several different shows. It's the same thing with ''[[TheFlintstones The Flintstone]] [[SpinoffBabies Kids]]'' "Just Say No"
* Depicted in a fairly believable fashion in a SuperHero and ScienceFiction context in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' without being {{Anvilicious}}. In the "The Winning Edge," a leading school sports team is using a super steroid based on the supervillain Bane's venom chemical in skin induction applications called "slappers." It makes the kids stronger, but at a price of excessive aggression and profound weakness in withdrawal as their dependency grows. Furthermore, when Batman goes to question the aged Bane about it, he finds him in a senior's home a complete vegetable totally dependent on Venom to stay alive; the natural result of using it for decades.
** Sad RealitySubtext here: Robert "Jeep" Swenson, the actor who played Bane in ''Batman & Robin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.
* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''{{Rambo}}'' actually did an episode titled "Just Say No."
* ''GIJoe'' had an episode where the Joes team up with Freakin'' COBRA to take down a drug lord after one of the COBRA agent's sister gets hospitalized due to the drug lord's new product, "Spark". Cobra Commander only gets involved when the agent persuades him that, since drugs are big business, the drug lord is sure to have piles of cash on hand to steal. In a rare scene from a show heavy on the BloodlessCarnage, the drug lord gets dropped into a vat of pure Spark and dies from a [[NightmareFuel horrific overdose]]. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
** Following the ''GIJoe'' example above, ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}''' BigBad, "Big Boss", uses his power to keep drugs out of Empire City. He helps the good guys stop a drug lord when his own nephew, TheDragon (the dumb Berserko), gets affected.
*** Specifically, an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'' includes a new villain called Addictum who deals in a skin-absorbed drug called Crystal Twist. Big Boss and his gang help the cops capture him because EvenEvilHasStandards.
* "Alone Again" from ''{{Jem}}'' fits this trope. Laura, the newest Starlight Girl, is so depressed over her parents's deaths that she's easy prey for a drug daler. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' kids' favorite cartoon, Itchy and Scratchy, spend a whole episode doing little more than standing on the screen and tepidly fighting. They end the episode with the non-sequitur "Kids, say no to drugs!" Bart and Lisa decide it was a pretty lifeless outing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', there is a slight subversion. In the episode, "Never Too Late", it's true that only the downsides to drug addiction are shown, but the episode focuses on the dealer himself and treats him with just as much sympathy and realism as every other villain they produce.
* Completely and utterly ripped into by ''SitDownShutUp''. The teachers decide that they need a scapegoat problem to lecture about for Parents' Day, and decide to have an anti-drug conference sponsored by a prescription drug company. One of the teachers is declared the "drug czar" (for confiscating non-company drugs, ''including'' prescription drugs) and forced to quit drinking coffee, the negative effects of not taking prescription drugs are emphasized (including the principle going into a coma from various vital organs shutting down), and [[CloudCuckoolander one of the teachers]] mishears "Math Lab" (he had previously been taking anti-ear-blockage medication) and instead builds a ''meth'' lab. Everyone seemingly gets sick from the meth being accidentally left among the dippng sauces, which is [[CompletelyMissingThePoint censored]] for being "kind of gross", and it turns out that nobody had taken drugs at all and they got sick from the food. For TheStinger, after it being said that they never did have a chance to show that drugs are bad, shows the baby who had several times been referenced as a "permanent consequence" of using drugs sitting in the duffel bag full of meth bags... [[{{Subverted}} and]] [[DrugsAreBad its tooth falls out]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters'' the episode "Opie's Choice" dealt with a squirrel named Opie who was addicted to pep pills they caused him to stay awake at all times, have big baggy bloodshot eyes, and in order to get them he sells everything he owns, in that same episode Max the main character is captured by the drug dealers and force an entire bottle of the pills down his throat slipping him into a coma and almost dying as a result.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'s'' anti-drug episode "The Price", the kid actually does overdose and ''die.'' Shocking for a cartoon of that era, it's one of the best episodes of the series.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' Doyle takes "brainblasters" from a dealer to make him smarter and pass his classes, he soon becomes addicted to them and as a side effect he has big baggy eyes and zones out at the most inappropriate times, eventually he spends all his money and resorts to stealing from his friends to get more, eventually they get him to admit he has a problem after he goes to a planet that criminals hang out and returns their stuff, and he finds out that if he continued to use the stuff he could end up in prison.
* One episode of ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' had one of the suspects revealed to have a history with drugs. Every time the D-word was mentioned, the main characters (especially Scooby) expressed near-Pavlovian revulsion. Turns out the suspect in question was still involved in smuggling drugs, despite having given an {{Anvilicious}} claim that he'd quit that stuff.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Thin White Line", Brian gets hooked on cocaine. While we don't see his withdrawal, we do see the terrible effects coke has on him - wild mood swings, paranoia, etc. Dogs, don't do drugs.
** Subverted, in that Brian smokes weed and it isn't really shown as a bad thing. As do Peter, Lois, and the Evil Monkey. Even Meg has good connections.
** And Peter/Carter sell Meg a bag. Then clock her and steal it back.
** Inverted in the episode "420", where the characters sing a musical number extolling marijuana.
*** At which point a law is passed to legalize it, and ''everyone is completely stoned all the time'' with a few exceptions. Apparently in the world of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', there's no room for "responsible moderation."
**** In ''Family Guy''???
* Played straight in another episode where Brian overdoses on magic mushrooms and has a bad trip, complete with NightmareFuel hallucinations, chills, etc.
* Gleefully parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', where Fry and Leela use Zoidberg's "Miracle Cream" to give themselves superpowers, including super-strength and speed (but not [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman the ability to control sea creatures]]). The powers are temporary, however, causing them to keep returning to the (apparently unique) tube of Miracle Cream. Shenanigans ensue when they run out. At the end of the episode, we are reminded in song that '[[BrokenAesop Winners don't use drugs!]]'
** Also [[FridgeBrilliance hilariously subverted]] by Fry in his typical CloudCuckoolander fashion in "Ghost in the Machines":
-->"Heroes don't do drugs! Except for Drug Man, I guess."
* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers]]'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''EverythingIsTerrible'', [[SpaceWhaleAesop the reason Earth will not be able to join the Galactic Federation in the future]] is because you smoked a joint at that outdoor {{Radiohead}} concert.
* The [[VeggieTales Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]] song "A Message From The Lord" contains the line "Don't do drugs, stay in school!".
