History DrugsAreBad / WesternAnimation

* Probably the only unattractive thing about [[EvilIsSexy Dr. Girlfriend]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is her [[VocalDissonance masculine, gravely voice]]. After a few seasons (and [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain smoking.
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', where Superboy, a [[spoiler:half-]]clone of Superman with weaker powers, is offered "[[FantasticDrug Super Shields]]" which grant him full Kryptonian powers [[HourOfPower for an hour]], at the cost of [[PsychoSerum 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 realizes how dangerous the addiction is to him (especially since it makes him dependent on ''Luthor''), and comes clean of his own accord.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** {{Parodied|Trope}} in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E4IkesWeeWee Ike's Wee-Wee]]", as quoted on the Main Page:

** The above episode {{lampshade|Hanging}}s 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. Mackey only started taking drinking and drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy because he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally lose a marijuana plant among students. [[note]]Which Mr. Garrison stole.[[/note]] 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. And he eventually voluntarily stopped taking drugs once he felt better. [[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 that people [[MarijuanaIsLSD 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.
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E16MyFutureSelfNMe My Future Self 'n Me]]" {{deconstruct|edTrope}}s this, showing the lengths that parents will go to ScareEmStraight, to the point of cutting off an actor's hand. [[DeconReconSwitch 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 ''supports terrorism''. (For the record, the majority of the marijuana smoked in the United States is domestically grown.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'''

* 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 (in universe) been under a lot of stress, quickly succumbs to temptation. As a result of taking the drugs, Rick's behavior 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.

* "Alone Again" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' fits this trope. Laura, the newest Starlight Girl, is so depressed over her parents' deaths that she's easy prey for a drug dealer. Within a minute of taking a pill she has intense hallucination and tries to jump out of a window thinking she can fly. She becomes addicted within a few weeks but quits after learning Bobby is a FalseFriend who repeats the same thing to every girl he wants to buy drugs. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'''s anti-drug episode "[[Recap/BravestarrS1E26ThePrice 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.
** The episode goes even further by having his death by overdose come as a result of the batch his drugs came from being tainted, which was a second part to the warning that is TruthInTelevision about illegal drugs.

* 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.

** The above episode {{lampshade|Hanging}}s 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. Mackey only started taking drinking and drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy because he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally lose a marijuana plant among students. [[note]]Which Mr. Garrison stole.[[/note]] 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. And he eventually voluntarily stopped taking drugs once he felt better.[[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]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Parodied in the episode ''Ike's Wee-Wee'', as quoted on the Main Page:
---> '''Cartman:''' "Drugs are bad because if you do drugs you're a hippie and hippies suck."
** The above episode [[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. Mackey only started taking drinking and drugs [[SelfFulfillingProphecy because he was fired from his job and everyone started stigmatizing him]] even though the only thing he did was accidentally lose a marijuana plant among students [[note]]which Mr. Garrison stole[[/note]]. 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. And he eventually voluntarily stopped taking drugs once he felt better.[[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 ''supports terrorism''. (For the record, the majority of the marijuana smoked in the United States is domestically grown.)

* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', an animated special featuring cartoon characters from several different shows. It's the same thing with ''[[WesternAnimation/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: [[Creator/RobertSwenson Robert "Jeep" Swenson]], the actor who played Bane in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', died at 40 as a result of severe steroid abuse.)
* ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' actually did an episode titled "Just Say No."
* "Mojo Jonesin'", An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', uses tainted Chemical X as an allegory for drug use, but otherwise plays this trope straight. Mojo Jojo, a clear metaphor for a drug dealer, gives a diverse group of kids the aforementioned tainted Chemical X, which gives them superpowers, on the condition that they fight and defeat the Powerpuff Girls. Blossom even tells the kids that when dealing with people like Mojo, to "just say no-no". Doubles as a TooSmartForStrangers Aesop, as the kids use what happened as an example of why not to deal with strangers.
* You know how bad drugs are back then when EvenEvilHasStandards in what they do. Heroes and villains form an EnemyMine to deal with this:
** ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' 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 horrific overdose. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
** The ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Case of the Lowest Crime" deals with this trope. A new villain called Addictum who deals in a skin-absorbed drug called Crystal Twist tries to form an alliance with Big Boss. Big Boss refuses, saying that, despite making money in the worst ways possible, he would never stoop so low as to deal in drugs, seeing as drugs kill. He even warns his henchmen to never ever take drugs, to which they reply that they might be stupid, but not that stupid. When Big Boss' nephew Beserko is hospitalized by accidentally overdosing (he fell into a crate of the stuff), Big Boss and his gang help the cops capture him.
* "Alone Again" from ''WesternAnimation/{{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 dealer. Within a minute of taking a pill she has intense hallucination and tries to jump out of a window thinking she can fly. She becomes addicted within a few weeks but quits after learning Bobby is a FalseFriend who repeats the same thing to every girl he wants to buy drugs. Pity about the {{Anvilicious}} Aesop, since the first five minutes describing Laura's self-hate and loneliness are an ''intense'' TearJerker.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The kids' favorite 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.
** "[[https://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.
* 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 ''WesternAnimation/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 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 "[[Recap/BravestarrS1E26ThePrice 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.
** The episode goes even further by having his death by overdose come as a result of the batch his drugs came from being tainted, which was a second part to the warning that is TruthInTelevision about illegal drugs.
** 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.)
* 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 ''WesternAnimation/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.
* An episode of ''Literature/TheLittles'' appropriately entitled "Prescription for Disaster" played this straight in a surprisingly realistic manner for a Saturday morning cartoon. Also unique in that it called out [[ParentsAsPeople parents who used drugs.]]
* 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.

** Double subverted in the episode "420". At first, the characters sing a musical number extolling marijuana, and make a successful argument to legalize it. At which point the law is passed, and ''everyone is completely stoned all the time'' with a few exceptions, to the point where society basically freezes. Apparently in the world of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', there's no room for "responsible moderation."
** Played straight in another episode where Brian overdoses on magic mushrooms and has a bad trip, complete with hallucinations, chills, etc.
** 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, albeit because [[HiddenDepths it's]] ''[[TheDitz Chris]]'' eloquently explaining this ine.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}},'':
** In the pilot episode, after Fry loses an arcade game, rather than the standard "Winners don't use drugs" message from real arcade games, the message says "Winners don't play video games".
** Gleefully parodied in an episode 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheDrugAvengers'', an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''Website/EverythingIsTerrible'' (and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k-_6D9rhCw&t=164s is now on]] Website/YouTube), [[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 Music/{{Radiohead}} concert.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]]'' song "A Message from the Lord" contains the line: "Don't do drugs, stay in school!"
* 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 [[AmbiguousGender a lot of bad jokes]]) it was revealed to be the result of chain 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]].
** Done more blatantly when Ratchet uses Synthetic Energon to similar (but more focused on) effect.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' 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 its power, which makes them perform their work 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, but when they do, 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 affected Smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the 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 (in universe) 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.

** In episodes "Action!" and "Restez avec nous sur PaxNews", two sector's addicts take the main characters hostage in a mall.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'': Bean has a drug-induced vision where she sees Elfo's ([[GirlfriendInCanada made up]]) girlfriend, which leads to her kidnapping an innocent giant and accidentally forcing her to act like Elfo's girlfriend for a few days. Even after the truth comes to light, it takes her a second to figure it out.
-->'''Bean:''' No, but I had a vision and--oh drugs ''are'' bad.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' Coach [=McGuirk=], through a bout of InsaneTrollLogic, comes to the conclusion Brendon is using drugs and dismisses Brendon’s truthful denial of using drugs because “denial is the first step of admitting you have a problem”. After screwing up an intervention, Coach [=McGuirk=] admits to Brendan he made it up as part of a hairbrained scheme to motivate the kids.

* ''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 its power, which makes them perform their work 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, but when they do, 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 affected Smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.

* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' 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 horrific overdose. It also turns out that the drug lord's bags of "cash" were really bags of shredded newspaper.
* The ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Case of the Lowest Crime" deals with this trope. A new villain called Addictum who deals in a skin-absorbed drug called Crystal Twist tries to form an alliance with Big Boss. Big Boss refuses, saying that, despite making money in the worst ways possible, he would never stoop so low as to deal in drugs, seeing as drugs kill. He even warns his henchmen to never ever take drugs, to which they reply that they might be stupid, but not that stupid. When Big Boss' nephew Beserko is hospitalized by accidentally overdosing (he fell into a crate of the stuff), Big Boss and his gang help the cops capture him because EvenEvilHasStandards.

* The ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Case of the Lowest Crime" deals with this trope. A new villain called Addictum who deals in a skin-absorbed drug called Crystal Twist tries to form an alliance with Big Boss. Big Boss refuses, saying that, despite making money in the worst ways possible, he would never stoop so low as to deal in drugs, seeing as drugs kill. He even warns his henchmen to never ever take drugs, to which they reply that they might be stupid, but not that stupid. When Big Boss' nephew Beserko is hospitalized by accidentally overdosing, Big Boss and his gang help the cops capture him because EvenEvilHasStandards.

* 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.

* According to ''WesternAnimation/TheDrugAvengers'' an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''Website/EverythingIsTerrible'' (and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k-_6D9rhCw&t=164s is now on]] Website/YouTube), [[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 Music/{{Radiohead}} concert.

* According to ''[[http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2012/02/drug-avengers.html Drug Avengers,]]'' an obscure and [[DerangedAnimation very weird]] educational cartoon recently exhumed by ''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 Music/{{Radiohead}} concert.

* ''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 affected Smurfs realize how the orb effected them and how awful their work was while under the influence.