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This villain took away the need to actually address the culture-gap between adults and children/teens. "Talking to your kids" by [[Scare'Em Straight|scaring them]] with this monster was a lot easier than trying to understand the social environment one's child was in, and instilling values that would stand up and that they agreed with.
Modern anti-drug PSAs have been taking a different approach in the last few years, by encouraging children to be "above the influence" in all respects toward peer pressure, not just in regard to doing drugs[[hottip:*: Given the producers of [[Dungeons and Dragons (
A subtrope of [[Drugs Are Bad]]. It should be noted that people do offer each other free drugs often enough, but these people are usually drug using friends. They're aggressive drug buyers and users, not dealers. The anti-drug commercials were trying to get kids to say no to their friends who offered them drugs in high school (or middle school), but for some bizarre reason, it was the dealers who were depicted as aggressive distributors of free drugs.
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* Frankie Lideo, the villain of ''[[Moonwalker]]'''s "Smooth Criminal" segment. It's a particularly egregious example since, unlike your average Aggressive Drug Dealer who's in it to get kids hooked so as to keep a healthy flow of customers, he appeared to be in it for the sheer malicious joy of getting kids hooked on drugs.
* This was the Evil Scheme in the movie ''[[Live and Let Die (
* In ''[[Pusher]] 3'', Kurt insists on giving Milo some of his heroin. Kurt knows that Milo is a recovering addict, and he has a beef with Milo for his actions in the second film.
* The two [[Corrupt Hick|corrupt hicks]] in ''[[Foxy Brown]]'' hold the title character hostage and deliberately get her addicted to heroin. Or, at least, they try to.
** This is a variation seen in other [[Exploitation Film|exploitation flicks]] of [[The Seventies|the 1970's]], in which someone, not always a drug dealer, actually ''captures a woman and gives her heroin while she's unconscious'' in a deliberate bid to get her addicted. Not only does this happen in ''[[Foxy Brown]]'', but also in ''[[Thriller
* Jason makes up this story about Leo in ''[[Mystery Team]]''.
* Chris-R, the ruthless drug dealer from ''[[The Room]]'', who is willing to sneak into Johnny's apartment while he and ''three other people'' (Lisa, Mark, and Claudette) are inside, and then work his way up to the roof and force Denny at gunpoint to give him the money, but [[Cluster F-Bomb|can't wait five minutes for it to arrive]].
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* Mocked, as early as 1967, in ''[[From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler]]''. A small boy finds a chocolate bar on the ground and his twelve-year-old sister tells him that it was probably put there by a drug dealer and full of "dope" to get him hooked. Even allowing that it was a more innocent time, it was partly used to illustrate the character of the sister as someone less worldly-wise than she thought, and extremely prone to pointless worrying.
* Parodied in the [[Discworld]] novel, ''[[Discworld
* In Hal Clement's novel ''Iceworld'', the protagonist is sent to infiltrate a criminal syndicate which has discovered a drug vapor that addicts those who inhale it with one dose. {{spoiler|The story takes place among aliens who live at very high temperatures, and the drug is tobacco, acquired via robot probe from a human who has no idea why the aliens are willing to trade gold for cigarettes.}}
* The ''[[
* In [[Glen Cook]]'s ''[[Garrett
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in Harry Turtledove's [[Worldwar
== Live Action TV ==
* In the [[Taiwanese Series]] ''[[Black and White TW
* Viciously mocked by [[Chris Rock]] on his HBO special ''Bring the Pain'':
{{quote| Drug dealers don't really sell drugs. Drug dealers ''offer'' drugs. ...You say "no", that's it! Now Jehovah's Witnesses, on the other hand...}}
* In the "Blue Paradise" episode of ''[[The Flash (TV series)|The Flash]]'' series, said drug's creator produced a huge batch with plans to release it in a cloud over the entire city. Somewhat justified in that this drug was explained to be EXTREMELY addictive. Plus, the drug's creator frequently used his own products.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''[[Friends]]''. Ross, after accidentally injuring a Girl Scout, attempts to make amends by selling cookies on her behalf. Monica resists buying any, having been addicted to them as a child, but Ross tries to persuade her by giving her the first box for free, claiming that "all the cool kids are eating them".
* Occasionally, the villain of the day in ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]].'' Since the focus of the show is Walker kicking ass, this creates a [[Holding Out for
* Justified in ''[[The Wire]]'', when Police Captain Colvin cruises up to a corner crew of drug dealers, causing a dealer to mistake him for a hesitant customer. The shocked Colvin gives increasingly less subtle clues that he's a cop, but the dealer keeps trying to make a sale. Finally, when Colvin puts on his police cap, the kid [[Oh Crap|figures it out]] and scampers off. This trope was [[Truth in Television]] for Baltimore, at least, at the time. Dealers would scatter free heroin along the sidewalk to fish for new customers and keep junkies hooked.
* Wayne Brady is on on the ''[[
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== Western Animation ==
* A huge [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] inspirational film ''[[Cartoon All
* Avoided in the ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' episode "Alone Again", with Bobby Braddock, a sweet-talking drug dealer.
* The public service announcements for the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon had aggressive criminals. Two kids home alone, revealing over the phone that they are home alone. A stranger's car drives up to the house...and drives off when noticing the Joe soldier Roadblock, a tall bald black man in a skimpy top, standing on the lawn. [[Fridge Logic]] kicked in years later.
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