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May 31, 2017 · President Reagan’s wife, Nancy Reagan, launched the “Just Say No” campaign, which encouraged children to reject experimenting with or using drugs by simply saying the word “no.” The movement...
" Just Say No " was an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s as a part of the U.S.-led war on drugs, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no. The slogan was created and championed by Nancy Reagan during her husband's presidency. [1] Initiation.
Feb 28, 2011 · CNN: 1986: Nancy Reagan's 'Just say no' campaign. In September 1986, first lady Nancy Reagan warned Americans about drugs, including a then-new drug called crack. ...more.
Mar 6, 2016 · Decades after the First Lady’s address to the nation, “Just Say No” is best known as a punchline. It also became emblematic of her husband’s War on Drugs. “Just Say No” was the cultural,...
In a nationally broadcast message to the American people on September 14, 1986, first lady Nancy Reagan joins President Ronald Reagan to kick off her "Just Say No" campaign, an effort...
Mar 6, 2016 · Nancy Reagan soon became the face of the "Just Say No" campaign. During one of her trips to California, she was reportedly asked by an elementary schoolgirl what to do if someone offered her...
Mar 7, 2016 · Dovetailing with her husband’s war on drugs, Reagan was concerned with substance abuse by young people and coined the phrase “just say no” in the early 1980s. It became an advertising slogan as well as Reagan’s rallying cry to prevent drug use by children.
