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Eugene

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Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:05 PM Aug 2016

'This is your brain on drugs': fried egg PSA is updated for a new generation

Source: The Guardian

'This is your brain on drugs': fried egg PSA is updated for a new generation

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, now renamed as the
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, was responsible for the 1987 ad
and has made a reboot


Nicole Puglise
Tuesday 9 August 2016 22.53 BST

“This is your brain,” a man says, holding an egg. Those who saw the public service announcement firsthand in the 1980s likely remember the rest. “This is drugs.” He points to a frying pan and cracks the egg inside. “This is your brain on drugs.”

The classic advertisement from 1987 has gotten a facelift for the modern day. The infamous egg remains, but the emphasis has changed.

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, now renamed as the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, was responsible for both the original ad and reboot.

“Got any questions?” was the end to the first ad, said with a tone of finality. In the new version, the question is meant to invite response. “Um yeah. I have questions,” a boy in the new commercial responds. He and other kids ask about prescription drugs, alcohol and heroin.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/09/drugs-psa-fried-egg-commercial-update


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