Ninja Turtles frown upon school drug deals

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The normally (and painfully) unfunny crowd over at College Humor dug up this classic anti-pot commercial featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is much higher brow than their usual “Greek letters Sharpied across boobs” fare. And now that I’m older, I notice that a couple of things about this spot don’t add up. First of all, why is a 10-year-old boy selling pot? You’d expect that sort of thing now, when you have to warn middle schoolers about crystal meth and stuff, but I don’t believe preadolescent drug use was as big a concern in the ’80s.

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