Public Service Announcements
SSDP's PSAs: The Anti-Propaganda
Marijuana Legalization PSA Video Contest
We're holding a contest for SSDP chapters to put together a 30 or 60 second public service announcement promoting marijuana legalization. This is a great opportunity to hone in on your video editing skills and spread the message far and wide about the failures of marijuana prohibition and the need for legalization and regulation.
Suggested Commercial Themes:
- What Does "Legalize It" Mean to Me?
- No Longer a Fringe Issue: Support for Legalization is Larger than Ever
- Legalize to End Drug War Violence
- Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on Prohibition: Legalize and Tax It!
Guidelines:
- Submissions must be either 30 seconds or 60 seconds - no more, no less.
- Submissions must feature the SSDP logo and url found here: http://www.ssdp.org/resources
- PSAs should rely on factual and sourced information. Use statistics you can back up
- This is a video about reasons why marijuana should be legalized. It is not a video for celebrating or encouraging the use of marijuana.
- Check out some of the radio PSAS below for an idea on how to structure or narrarate your video.
*Contest has not yet started.
Radio PSAs
Radio DJs and producers are encouraged to download and air these 30- and 60-second public service announcements. If you are a student activist, please dowload these PSAs, burn them onto a CD, and deliver them to your student radio station.
If you work for a radio station and want to receive a CD of these PSAs in the mail, please contact ssdp@ssdp.org, call (202) 293-4414, or write to: SSDP PSAs; 1317 F Street NW; Suite 501; Washington, DC 20004.
- War on Education (30 seconds)
- Drug War Economics 101 (30 seconds)
- Prof. Einstein Flunks Prohibition (30 seconds)
- More Harmful: Alcohol or Marijuana? (30 seconds)
- Schools, Not Prisons (60 seconds)
- Drug War Economics 101 (60 seconds)
To download the PSAs to your computer, right-click the title, and select "save as."
