I can honestly say that as the "target audience" (I do smoke a lot of pot) that I am definitely one of those giggling stoners everytime I see either of these commercials, which obviously makes it ineffective. Personally, I think all government anti-pot ads are ineffective, especially to people like me. If the government wants to take an effective stand against drugs, do a better job of it in school...I was in 5th grade when I went through the D.A.R.E. program, and that didn't work aparently. I don't know at what grade level other schools implement the DARE program, but I think that teaching 10-year-olds about crack, pot, acid, etc. is just too early for it to really be effective. I think the government should hire drug addicts to help them with their anti-drug programs...to let the drug addicts give their insider info on what would have made us not be drug addicts. I don't find these stick-people cartoons to be effective AT ALL. I am not at all an unpopular, boring, lethargic person, and to give all potheads that stereotype is wrong. Honestly, I think the government needs to be attacking the really bad drugs that are actually addictive and ruin people's lives (such as Meth or Heroin). I know that a lot of "sensible" people will strongly disagree with me when I say that I think marijuana should be decriminalized in the US., because really, what's wrong with being a little lazy, giggly, and hungry sometimes?? I've found that I'm a much easier person to be around because I'm a pothead. I was a high-strung, hyper, annoying teenager before I became a pothead, and people didn't like me for that. Now I'm calm and cool. What's wrong with that?? Pot's not going away, and people aren't going to quit using it, and does it really turn good people bad? I don't think so.