The Promise of Drugs Transcript

A piece of paper appears on screen that unfolds to read:

PSST… Have you heard that using drugs will make you popular? Happy? Sexy? Relaxed?

You’ve heard the promise. But do you know the reality?

The piece of paper is flipped and reads:

There’s more than one side to every story. More than one way of looking at a picture. If you’ve been offered the promise of drugs, think twice.

Piece of paper is crumpled up and is removed from the screen. A new piece of paper appears on screen.

The piece of paper features:

Headline: Rebel

Image: Male surrounded by two females

The image and text are adjusted. The two females are removed from the picture and the male is left alone. Text is added to the screen which reads:

All he talked about was getting high.

Talking about getting stoned gets old fast.

Headline changes from Rebel to Reject.

Piece of paper is crumpled up and new piece of paper appears on the screen which features:

Headline: Relaxed

Image: Male lying on a couch talking on a mobile phone holding a soda.

The image and text are adjusted. The headline text changes from Relaxed to Rotten.

The image is adjusted to show that the male has vomited on himself. A text bubble appears that reads, “Man I just barfed on myself.”

Piece of paper is crumpled up and new piece of paper appears on the screen which features:

Headline: Focused

Image: Female sitting at a desk with school books in front of her. A graded paper appears with the grade of A plus.

The image and text are adjusted. The headline changes from Focused to Failure. Text appears on screen to read:

Too jittery to study

Wrong answer

Can’t remember (with an arrow pointing to the student)

The grade on the paper changes from an A plus to an F.

Piece of paper is crumpled up and new piece of paper appears on the screen which features:

Headline: Ripped

Image: Male bodybuilder.

Image flips and the headlines changes from Ripped to Rage. Text appears on screen to read:

Hostility

Mood Swings

Aggression

Piece of paper is crumpled up and new piece of paper appears on the screen which features:

Headline: Sexy

Image: Smiling female

The headline changes from Sexy to Scary. The image of the smiling female is altered to include meth sores on her skin, and her teeth are altered so that some are missing. Text appears that reads:

Infected skin sore

Meth mouth

A broken heart is illustrated in that reads “Dumped.”

Piece of paper is crumpled up and new piece of paper appears on the screen which features:

Headline: Pumped

Image: Males and females smiling at a party.

Headline changes from Pumped to Paranoid. Text appears on the screen to read:

Where am I?

Who said that?

Why’s everyone looking at me?

Piece of paper is crumpled up and a student’s desk appears with the text:

Just Think anxiety, diarrhea, addiction, memory loss, insomnia, depression.

The text fades and the headline Just Think Twice appears.