I am above:

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Pete

On the drug czar’s “blog” they talk about an “Above the Influence” workshop with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), where youth engaged in a “tag-it” campaign.

In this workshop, they had pieces of paper with “I am above:” and participants added their own anti-drug message.

Here are a couple of examples:

Well, I decided that we could play that game, too…

Why don’t you play along as well? Add your own version in comments, or create your own from this blank and send it to me. I’ll add some of the best ones to this post.

…

CADCA, by the way, can get pretty ridiculous. On their facebook page, they’re asking people to phone in to Mars Candy and complain about a Twix ad that they say show police officers abusing inhalants. All it is is a silly ad involving helium balloons. What’s next? Complaining about images of people drinking coffee abusing caffeine?

[Thanks, Tom and Tom]

Update: Entries sent in…

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44 Responses to I am above:

  1. primus says:
    February 12, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    I am ^ needing a nanny

  2. pyramid says:
    February 12, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    I am ^ the influence

    of government propaganda

  3. Duncan20903 says:
    February 12, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    I am ^ purchasing cartel brick weed

  4. Nick says:
    February 12, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    I am ^ telling others how to live their lives.

  5. thelbert says:
    February 12, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    I am ^ grouchy tomatoes

  6. Steve says:
    February 12, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    I am ^ ignorance.

  7. TrebleBass says:
    February 12, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    I am ^ thinking that i’m above other people just because they take drugs.

  8. allan420 says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    I am ^ accepting government lies as fact

    I am ^ accepting a government that openly and crudely lies as a legitimate body

    (Yay Egypt!)

  9. Craig B says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    I am ^ big pharma.

  10. Benjamin says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    I am ^ the lies of the ATI campaign.

  11. Ziik Mel Villion says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    I am above your dick, because you can’t get hard.

  12. Ziik Mel Villion says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    ^speaking to the government, not you nice folks

  13. Mr.Peanuts says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    I’m above going to my dad’s funeral over a joint.

  14. vicky vampire says:
    February 12, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    I am^ folks smoking a Doobie now,cause I have a monster headache.

  15. James Little says:
    February 13, 2011 at 12:23 am

    I am ^ 40+ years of failed policy which leads to narco-states, bloated bureaucracies, and a disillusioned youth who look at law-enforcement as the enemy when it doesn’t have to be this way.

  16. kant says:
    February 13, 2011 at 12:49 am

    you know what the above the influence commercials always reminded me of? The goth kids from south park. The only way to be a non-conformist is to drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, dress in all black and listen to the same exact music as them. 😀

    I am ^: being influenced by the above the influence campaign.

  17. Common Science says:
    February 13, 2011 at 1:33 am

    I am above random motivated reasonings.

  18. This is not my American says:
    February 13, 2011 at 3:13 am

    I am^ 1984

  19. This is not my American says:
    February 13, 2011 at 3:21 am

    Its funny, they lie to kids while jailing their parents.

    I am ^ dictators and tin gods.

    (I second that…Yay Egypt)

  20. claygooding says:
    February 13, 2011 at 5:50 am

    I am ^ greed

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  22. Scott says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:10 am

    I am ^ our Constitution.

  23. Scott says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:12 am

    I am ^ the unalienable right to liberty.

  24. Scott says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:12 am

    I am ^ you.

  25. Scott says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:13 am

    I am ^ a need for conclusive science.

  26. popeye says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:14 am

    “I yam what I yam, and that’s all what I yam,”

  27. Scott says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:24 am

    I suggest you make a permanent page dedicated to listing these, Pete.

    There should be two sections representing each perspective:

    1. Drug prohibitionist applying “I am above…” (i.e. the sarcastic ones, like those I posted above)

    2. People in our movement applying “I am above…”

  28. tintguy says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:32 am

    I am ^ modern prohibition

    I am ^ culture wars

    I am ^ junk science

    I am ^ policy being led by fear

    I am ^ those who seek to empower themselves with the suffering of others

    I am ^ continuing to feed criminal cartels and endless supply of easy money

    I am ^ the status quo being trumpeted as change

    I am ^ my choices being legislated away

    I am ^ hidden agendas

    I am ^ yellow journalism

    I am ^ corporate desires being placed before personal freedoms

    Wow, this is fun! I could do this all day!

  29. tintguy says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:51 am

    Oh oh oh!

    I am ^ denying or forcing people out of assistance or employment for lack of purity

  30. Billie Budd says:
    February 13, 2011 at 7:33 am

    I am ^ all of the ^ but most of all I am ^ stupidity which, no matter how you feel about cannabis, is what the WOD perpetuates.

  31. tintguy says:
    February 13, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Scott is right though. What we should be pushing is the idea that:

    I am ^ thinking that I am ^

  32. primus says:
    February 13, 2011 at 8:56 am

    T-shirt anyone?

  33. Asher says:
    February 13, 2011 at 9:21 am

    I am ^ Destroying lives for personal profit and power.
    I am ^ Choosing to remain ignorant.

  34. Befuzzled says:
    February 13, 2011 at 9:41 am

    I am ^ the misallocation of scarce resources

  35. wes says:
    February 13, 2011 at 9:56 am

    I am above blatant government propaganda

  36. malcolm kyle says:
    February 13, 2011 at 11:12 am

    I am ^ constantly setting low personal standards and then failing to achieve them!

  37. Servetus says:
    February 13, 2011 at 11:35 am

    I am ^ denying visas and immigration permits to people with drug convictions.

  38. Duncan20903 says:
    February 13, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    I am ^ making fun of Bill O’Reilly!

    Fortunately, other people aren’t so ethical.

    http://www.geekosystem.com/bill-oreilly-cant-explain-that-meme/

  39. This is not my America says:
    February 13, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    Im ^ being influenced by your influence.

  40. This is not my America says:
    February 13, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    I am ^ believing government is here to help me.

  41. warren says:
    February 13, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    I am = to the ^

  42. FOAD says:
    February 14, 2011 at 1:55 am

    I am ^ Orwellian “anti” youth groups.

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