AUTHORITIES IN AUSTRALIA ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO
CONVINCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO AVOID SMOKING MARIJUANA.
IT IS ILLEGAL IN AUSTRALIA, BUT THESE VIDEOS THAT HAVE GONE
VIRAL.
THEY TRY TO CONVINCE KIDS THAT IT IS A BAD IDEA.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> OKAY, TIMES UP.
PENS DOWN.
PENS DOWN, DELILAH.
>> JASON, COULD YOU PASS THE SALT
PLEASE, DARLING?
JASON, THE SALT.
>> STONER SLOTH.
>> SO I TOLD HER SHE CANNOT WEAR SANDALS OUT OF HER HOUSE
ANYMORE.
>> THAT IS SO FUNNY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> STONER SLOTH.
>> I CAN'T LOVE THAT ENOUGH.
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE OF THE GRUNTING I LOVE MOST.
>> SLOTHS ARE THE CUTEST ANIMALS EVER.
I LOVE SLOTHS.
THE REASON WHY THEY WENT VIRAL IS BECAUSE KIDS THOUGHT IT
WAS A JOKE.
THIS IS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IN AUSTRALIA AIMED
AT CONVINCING KIDS TO NOT SMOKE WEED.
I THINK IT IS DOING THE OPPOSITE.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU ARE AN OFFICIAL THAT IS CONCERNED
ABOUT KIDS SMOKING WEED, I GET IT.
I WANT THEM TO BE ADULTS FIRST.
THEIR BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING, IT IS NOT A GOOD
IDEA.
HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MARIJUANA ACTUALLY
DOES.
THAT WAY YOU HAVE AN EDUCATED, WELL-ROUNDED,
CAMPAIGN THAT IS FACTUAL.
WHEN YOU PUT OUT THESE FEAR MONGERING ADS, WHICH BY THE
WAY ARE HILARIOUS, IT DOESN'T WORK.
MARIJUANA DOESN'T MAKE YOU SO INCAPACITATED THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SALAD AND SALT.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
ALREADY KIDS ARE GOING TO ñ IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
EVEN IF YOU ARE SMOKING THE STRONGEST INDICA, YOU WILL
NOT BE INCAPACITATED.
EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU PUT THIS CAMPAIGN TOGETHER.
KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO BUY INTO THIS.
>> I HAVE A FRIEND THAT IS VERY FORGETFUL WHEN HE LIGHTS UP.
THE PART WHERE THE PARENTS GET PISSED, I WOULD GET PISSED
AS A PARENT.
THE PART WHERE THE KIDS ARE LIKE, STONER SLOTH, THAT IS
RIDICULOUS.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.
EVERYBODY ON FACEBOOK IS WONDERING IF THIS IS REAL.
THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING YES,
IT IS REAL.
RICHARD KNIGHT ON FACEBOOK SAYS HE FOUND
IT UNREASONABLY FUNNY.
BY THE WAY THEY HAVE DECRIMINALIZED FOR MINOR
OFFENSES.
BUT OVERALL, STILL ILLEGAL.
I DON'T MIND DOING EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS.
IF YOU DECRIMINALIZE IT, AND THEN MAKE IT LEGAL, AND
THEN DO AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN THEN OKAY.
THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE UNREASONABLY FUNNY.
>> YES, BUT IT IS NOT FACTUAL.
I CAN'T SMOKE MARIJUANA BEFORE COMING INTO WORK OR DOING
ANYTHING IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES SLOW YOU DOWN.
IT DOESN'T SLOW YOU DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T FUNCTION.
IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO RELAX.
BE HONEST WITH THEM.
SOMETIMES ON SUNDAYS IF I NEED TO CLEAN, IT IS THE BEST
WAY TO DO IT.
IT MAKES THE CLEANING PROCESS A LOT EASIER AND FUN.
TRY IT.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO DO,
BY THE WAY.
>> "MY FRIEND" WILL HAVE SOME SLOTH LIKE TENDENCIES WHEN
HE IS ON IT.
EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT REACTION TO IT.
BUT MAKING IT LIKE A FUNNY MASCOT IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.
NOBODY IS GOING TO CALL YOU A STONER SLOTH AND MEAN IT AS
A COMPLEMENT.
>> THEY ARE SO CUTE.
THEY ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SMILING.