Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ500853
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Network Commercials Promote Legal Drugs: Outnumber Anti-Drug PSA's 45-to-1.
Fedler, Fred; And Others
Journal of Drug Education, v24 n4 p291-302 1994
During the week of September 16-20, 1990, commercials promoting drugs and alcohol outnumbered the networks' news stories, documentaries, and public service announcements (PSAs) about illegal drugs by a ratio of almost 39 to 1. Considering the commercials alone, promotion of drugs and alcohol outnumbered the antidrug promotions by a ratio of almost 45 to 1. (Author/JPS)
Descriptors: Advertising, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Drug Use, Higher Education, Television Commercials, Television Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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