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Everything Archie => All About Archie => Topic started by: Upsiditus on April 01, 2025, 09:49:52 PM
I recently purchased a large quantity of Archie digests at a local Half-Price Books. Earlier this week, I was reading one from 1989. I recall I started reading Archie Comics in 1988, at the age of 5. The digest I was reading had an anti-drug advertisement. I fondly remember seeing many of these as a child. There was also a 2 part story that had a very strong anti-cigarette message.
This got me thinking. I don't keep up with Archie Comics all that closely, but I do make some effort, and I don't recall seeing any anti-drug advertisements for many years. When did they stop printing them? Why did they stop? Why haven't there been any anti-marijuana ads (or presumably stories) in the last several years?
I'm not sure when they stopped printing those, but I'd guess sometime in the mid to late 90s. The anti-drug ads were everywhere in the 80s and early 90s. There was even a TV special featuring cartoon characters (Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue in 1990)