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Title: Archie Comics anti-drugs ads
Post 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?  
Title: Re: Archie Comics anti-drugs ads
Post by: Oldiesmann on April 05, 2025, 01:53:48 AM
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)