Monsters always lie beyond the border of human comprehension. Humans fear what they don’t understand or have little knowledge of. In Jeffrey Cohen’s essay Monster Culture, he talks about how monsters are creatures that are difficult to categorize and comprehend beyond human logic. In our society today, even though marijuana has become legalized in more and more states, the nature of such a plant is still being demonized as the catalyst for sinful pleasure. Marijuana is not only listed as a class A drug, but also has been the cause of massive criminalization. In 2016, one anti-marijuana legalization advertisement, paid by Safe and Healthy MA organization, caught the public’s attention. The advertisement depicts the legalization of such a plant to be …show more content…
When the mom pulls off at a toy store for her daughter, she finds right next to the toy store is an edible marijuana dispensary. The daughter is curiously allured towards these colorful edibles without any knowledge, while her mom desperately tries to pull her away. Young teenagers on the sidewalks smoke pot casually, and police cars rush through the streets with loud sirens. Just as the mom retreats with her daughter while holding her back, her son comes out from that drug stores with a joint in his hand and a bong in a paper bag. The narrator in this advertisement patiently explains the massive effect for a post-marijuana-legalization world where high-potency drug will be extremely accessible in your neighborhood and the death rate for driving under influence will increase. Not only does this advertisement dramatize the effects of marijuana-legalization without data to back it out, but it also exaggerates the effects of drugs on people and their