Kirk Cameron Drug PSA

Kirk Cameron takes a stand against drug pushers at the end of a very special episode of Growing Pains.

[@samiam.402]

The whole room pausing and dead ass staring directly at me was terrifying.

[@dzenacs2011]

They trying to teach you not take drug dummy

[@rachelwhite4458]

I thought the same thing.🤣

[@Noondroid]

Must have been the coke you're doing

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@ChiralityPracticality]

And I just had a bump, so imagine how I felt! 😂

[@imdbtruth]

Kirk did this PSA better than most.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

I love how they put "Kirk Cameron" at the bottom of the screen. Like people watching the show didn't know who he was.

[@BrOnWyN]

@@JoeyArmstrong2800I think they did that so that the audience knew it was Kirk talking and not scripted Mike Seaver

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

@@BrOnWyN Maybe. However I remember back in the 80's they would do this alot to show that "this is serious" type thing.

[@samanthabelfiore3585]

"If you think that makes me uncool.... You're wrong"

[@000AllLitUp000]

I was waiting for "you're wrong, I am cool"

[@SarahDiMeo]

Ok Kirk

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Camera pan in closer, closer, closer…. Closer! Right up his nose where the cocaine goes!!! 😆😆😆

[@billymanilli]

Yeah... THAT doesn't make you uncool.. However , there's plenty of other stuff that does!

[@michaelreed4744]

Nice piece. I remember that this message was common on many television shows during the 1980's than now.

[@jeovannyfernandez4680]

Sadly, in this millennial generation, we don't have commercials are in today's sitcoms like these anymore.

[@McFlakies]

@@jeovannyfernandez4680 yeah like Goldberg’s ain’t gonna do this

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@jeovannyfernandez4680 this is NOT millennial generation

[@scottmcphee2076]

The Diff’rent Strokes that Nancy Reagan appeared on, talking about the Just Say No campaign?

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

I also remember Punky Brewster and Saved By The Bell doing this. I feel very blessed to say that I have never touched drugs. I remember when River Phoenix died of an OD outside the viper room. God and these PSA's kept me.

[@nicholasjopson7326]

Guaranteed half the adults involved in this production had done a line or two!

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

I’m sure most of ‘em did a key bump before they shot this.

[@JaeLCR13]

It was the 80s after all.

[@erenyeagerist7681]

That's a good message you have Kirk 👍

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

You know the ironic thing is that when this first aired a lot of people were probably higher than the sky on coke or ludes. 😂

[@nicholasrobinson8798]

Kirk has a point, drugs are not gonna make your life better there gonna make your life worst.

[@jeffreybetancourt86]

Derrell S clearly he hasn’t. Only straight edge people say that shit lol 😆 to each their own I guess

[@Smileyyy21]

Damn straightedge people always having someone in their lives that gave a shit about them. I mean wouldn't it be better to do drugs for attention plus to suppress feelings about your past.

[@pysankyvariations5540]

Yeah

[@Ishbu101]

I have. Cocaines fun till you have a blown out septum

[@meganluminais3586]

Your right just like all material things won’t make you happy.

[@slideshowgurl]

**Sits on table to seem more relatable to the teens** 😂

[@angelinaz78]

Ummm he was a teen

[@slideshowgurl]

@@angelinaz78 Yes... and he was trying to reach out and seem relatable to other teens about not doing drugs...?

[@angelinaz78]

@@slideshowgurl he is relatable to other teens because he was a teen.

[@uncasunga1800]

80s teens

[@Jacen13]

Dear slideshowgurl & angelina24, the conversation you two had here is amongst the best of conversations I have ever read. Thank you both for this!

[@Feemailgamer]

But he was being paid...

[@janesmith4167]

doubt it, most PSA Dont Pay.

[@madi2000kiss]

**Awkward Face Zoom**

[@Rusty4u]

Hell I’ll say it, there’s a time and place for everything and it’s at a party on Friday night in the 1980s

[@sdeepj]

Exactly!!!!

[@jamesm6862]

Growing Pains is the greatest sitcom and greatest show ever! It's funny and serious the acting is great it has fun storylines and it has a fourth wall episode called Meet the Seavers that's very creative and brilliant my favorite part in the episode is when the set guy carries Ben over his shoulder it's seriously the perfect show

[@jonaskessler326]

“I’m not telling ya how to live your lives, I’m just saying you’re going straight to hell if you don’t accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior is all”

[@shagster6972]

It's true

[@darthwolfX2]

I laughed harder than I should at that.

[@jonaskessler326]

@@darthwolfX2 😉

[@gpjc19]

that is what Jesus said. John 3:17-18

[@gandalf0987]

It's true. You do go to Hell if you don't accept Jesus as Lord. And for the record, that's not telling you how to live. You get to choose how you live. Choose wisely.

[@DavidGames1011]

33 years later and he is still preaching

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Yeah. He really gets off on lecturing people.

[@dm95422]

More power to him ! Good !

[@emilyh2190]

"Look, I'm not trying to tell you how to live your lives." 😂😂😂 Considering what Kirk has become, this is hysterical.

[@slideshowgurl]

My thoughts exactly! hahah

[@JeepTJWheelin]

He's only trying to help get as many to Jesus as possible before it's too late. That's a great thing. God bless everyone.

[@wangson]

Oh man! Well recognized!!

[@JeepTJWheelin]

@Jonathan Kent All will kneel before Jesus and confess he is Lord including satan and even you. Ask Jesus to give you a break, not me.

[@JeepTJWheelin]

@Jonathan Kent No fear, all faith. That's where the line is drawn. You either have it or you don't. God will not be mocked, but thank you for carrying out Bible prophesy with your scoffing. God said there will be those like you in the end of days. So many ignorant people will suffer needlessly for all eternity. You can lead a jackass to water but you can't make him drink.

[@BAB00215]

This is my favorite episode of growing pains

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

Was it the one where Chandler gets injured in a DUI and ends up dead from some other (but related) reason?

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

@@auspicious93 Ah. Okay. Thx for the clear up.

[@christianwootton100]

I remember this episode coda from the 80's. What a class act Mr. Cameron.

[@Juliaflo]

Prime.

[@npatil85]

saw this when it originally aired in 1987... it was creepy then and it still is..

[@jessiehoolahoopsmcgee]

me too - I laughed so hard, I was probably high at the time

[@JuanSanchez-qh9vk]

Neil Patil I remember this episode like if I just saw it for the first time.. Kirk Cameron's character ( Mike Seaver) and his friends Boner and the other one I don't remember were at a party being pressured to do drugs in the restroom which had a name... Mike leaves and his friends stayed but later on they call Mikes house and his dad (Jason) aka Alan Thicke answers the phone and turns around and tells Mike they didn't go to the restroom and Jason says what does that mean , and Mike says everything... that's where this part follows up...... if you remember in the show Kirk Cameron had a girlfriend who posed for Playboy and he had her fired...she was replaced by another girl who he married in real life .... this show was good not like today's shows who have laugh tracks, which is annoying because it's back to back laughter

[@joeygana8864]

Juan Sanchez he didn't have Julie fired, she laughs when ppl ask her that, she is the one who first brought him to CHURCH, Then he met Chelsea, and she already was a Christian, Everybody runs with what they here, it isn't true.

[@kellied.6370]

How?

[@thewewguy8t88]

haha

[@gsm156]

I still remember this some 35+ years later...not every word but certainly remember the message. Really struck a cord with me which is why I remember it.

[@cammy85]

Having been to a few high school and even early adult parties where this is going on, there is at least someone there who will back me up or earn me that they will be smoking pot for example since the smell gets to me. Thankfully, the party scene is over for me. This was in the late 80s I'm assuming, but the problem is even more real now.

[@MsStealYourDadAndMom]

In in my 20s and when I was in high school, the first day a bunch of dudes were smoking weed right at the gym doors with teachers around and the principal walked by but no one cared. My high school was so bad we had a drill Sgt for a principal (literal, not metaphorical) and she quit halfway through the school year cause it was so bad

[@andreamovi6780]

I just saw this like two days ago, and I'm still wondering if the people in the back are just standing there waiting.

[@xxthatsnotmexx]

Andrea Movilla 😂😂😂

[@lavishgurl1964]

ik right

[@McFlakies]

To show that this guy is serious

[@sykosyxx1728]

*I'm not being paid to say this" *Actually being paid to say this*

[@amandaf6688]

Actually it seems they paid Growing Pains actors by the week, so his paycheck for that weekly episode would probably be the same whether or not they did the little PSA scene at the end. That's probably also why the DARE PSA that he did doesn't have that line in it

[@AychEn313]

@@amandaf6688 …but if he refused to do it, there would have probably been repercussions so yeah, he was paid to do it.

[@queenie16]

Of course I don't think Kirk Cameron is uncool for taking a stand against drugs. That would be lame. I think Kirk Cameron is uncool because of his condemnation of homosexuals and his strange need to save a holiday that's alive and well.

[@JaneDoe-mj7sn]

queenie16 wow thanks for making this video all about being gay. apparently about drugs, has to make it about being gay.

[@mistymitchell2790]

queenie16 God is against gays does that make Him uncool to you?

[@seaofflowers.]

@@mistymitchell2790 ..not everybody believes in your God/religious views.. So your phrase is as meaningful as "Zeus doesn't like gays, is HE uncool?" ··· Also, if your God doesn't like gays, then yes, He's uncool.

[@mistymitchell2790]

@@seaofflowers. not everyone believes in being an atheist either

[@seaofflowers.]

@@mistymitchell2790 Shame on you Misty, whatever God you believe in is definitely uncool if it promotes ignorantly labeling strangers on the internet.

[@mpmattson]

It comes across as honest - unlike a lot of the comments. I’ve had plenty of personal experiences with illegal substances and plenty of associated regrets.

[@Ishbu101]

I dont know anybody that hasn't run into a little bit of trouble

[@McFlakies]

Drugs are bad

[@lockandloadlikehell]

@@McFlakies mkay

[@Hadam10Rose]

"I'm not trying to tell you how to live your lives" then he'd go on for the rest of his life telling people how they should live their lives

[@RetroRuss]

Indeed, like any other religious zealot.

[@Stopthecäq]

@@RetroRuss Is that why you two are miserable atheists with no life commenting thirty years later on why you think a God Fearing man is selling a bad message to society?

[@GabrielleCenter2000]

True especially TBN I call it the "terribly boring network" I thought he would be a cool person. I watched like father like son for the first time last month and never knew who he was until I looked him up. I can see how drastically he changed from an outgoing teen to a woke fantasy. That boy is no longer alive mentally but now he is not the same. Shame. 😧😡🤢

[@latvchefuprogramtrailersedpiu]

in what episode end was this ?

[@PrettyinPink9789]

Oh the 80s. In the days where marijuana was considered on the same level as heroin. Before Kirk himself became a religious nut. Wonder what his feelings are now that weed is legal in several states

[@meganluminais3586]

Good for you kirk

[@potatoegirl31]

These uber corny ads were much of the reason why the '90s were absolutely PACKED with drug use!!!

[@Catlover1974]

And this was back when Kirk Cameron was supposedly still an atheist. He became a born again Christian later on in the Growing Pains series.

[@SunshineBrownEyes123]

Why did matt Bennett from victorious upload this? 😂😂

[@yungflipflop]

thanks kirk cameron

[@edwardjames6023]

"look, I'm not trying to tell you how to live your lives. That comes later when I'm older" 🤣

[@jonathanc4166]

It would have been funny if they just keep zooming in on his face.

[@PrettyinPink9789]

Hahaha thinking the same.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

Jonathan c make it happen.

[@barrystewart5946]

LONESTAR!!!!! *bang*

[@GabrielleCenter2000]

Even better, a staring contest 👁👁

[@kaledadam3955]

How they all stopped what they were doing and looked into the camera 😮

[@electrogeek77]

Oh god, the melodrama is so thick.

[@JadeWestTristan]

Thx matty

[@jnadle1]

It's from the episode Thank God It's Friday

[@aliciaguidry466]

Amen God bless

[@jesseestephens]

Men like Kirk Cameron are in short supply these days.

[@buckaroobanzai7063]

Thankfully

[@maxgrubnik2517]

@JesseStephens: Short supply? What, actors who star in low budget, direct to DVD movies? They're a penny a bushel!

[@cpellett0821]

Thank God 🙄

[@SilverArrowNZ]

Kirk Cameron this is one amazing video I am so glade that Kirk stands up for what's right God Bless you Kirk love you Brother in. Christ

[@movessmitt6427]

Hahah, this is here to be made fun of.

[@AnnahHinman]

Kirk is weird

[@MusicalIsMySoul]

Thought that sounded familiar

[@rainbowlower4593]

DeeplySamcastic everyones parents maybe?

[@hothmandon]

I ripped the bong to this lol

[@brianboughton861]

drugs inspired him to make saving Christmas

[@angieandrews2245]

so true

[@adrianaxcx777]

I bet most of those people standing there were high

[@madi2000kiss]

Omg Matt, you're hilarious.

[@joshgellis3292]

Excellent segment where Mike switches to being KIRK, himself- going easily from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and FINALLY, very quickly to BEYOND in back of the '4th Wall' of the episode to talk to the viewers who merely thought this would be "just another episode". Me, myself as a Mormon-Convert, (meaning I wasn't born into the similar faith) I somehow think, STILL: if Kirk Cameron would of instead of said "If you think I'm being paid to say this" -well, then fuck you." and just walks off the set. Next, could be a fade to black, with a center caption showing three sentences: how many die from cocaine use yearly, how many years in jail a user gets and how much money is wasted on drugs a year. Obviously, the FCC wouldn't allow the F-word being used though. I don't care, MY idea IS EPIC. lol.

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

Not as funny as Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman holding up a vial and say, “This, is crack.” 🤣

[@stevecobain5479]

"I dont care my idea is epic" honestly shut the fuck up you are cringe as fuck.

[@holypicklesmofo]

ah.

[@marbelleenava2962]

l love you Matt♡

[@Theraiman616]

Mike speaking facts

[@andronicusfenenlus9146]

What happened to your old hair

[@kurtclooney]

"If you don't think I'm cool...you're wrong" No, actually you are. Fast forward a few years Kirk, you'll find out!

[@Student____2025__1]

He’s the coolest.

[@mattjones3032]

What if you want to try drugs KIRK

[@mione134]

Sweet little cinnamon roll, Kirk Cameron. This has to be before you went all crazy on us.

[@janesmith4167]

talking about Friends and peer Pressure while a bunch of Paid Actors pretend to be his friends. kinda Ironic, no?

[@triggerwarning3010]

How could he do this with such a straight face. And such tight jeans

[@mattjarrels4594]

"I'm not telling you how to live your life," says the proselytizer.

[@charles1203]

How many of us been to drug parties back in their day and will never, ever go back. I’d say it’s not worth it. Wanna go to have a good time on a Friday and not spend any money? Here in Fort Lauderdale you have the beach.

[@movessmitt6427]

Ha, well, try being a drug addict who also has hobbies and interests. That's a trip, alright. Of course, if you're doing enough of the right (wrong) types of drugs in the right (wrong) type of way, you're gonna ditch using like an addict. I don't ever want to slump over all day blacking out on Xanax and opioids and liquor with people I don't know again, but I'd love to go up to the woods and trip acid and smoke weed with my girlfriend and best friends. Not all drugs are created equal, my good mane, but you do have a point in regards to some drugs. I certainly got tired of a scene that valued a high over the wellbeing of actual people, especially those called friends.

[@charles1203]

Moves Smitt do what works for you man. I’ve been there done that and will never go back I know two of the people from back then are all ready dead. Not worth it, I wanna die old, very old, see kids and grand kids grow and live as the example for them but do what you wish. I’d rather be rich and successful and may my kids and grandchildren say, “My goal is to be rich and successful like him, not a loser like them.”.

[@movessmitt6427]

@@charles1203Yeah, haha, I think you misread me a little bit. I'm mostly agreeing with you.

[@charles1203]

Moves Smitt I understood what you said but you still wanna get high with your girl and all, me, I sure as hell don’t, been there, done that. No future. That future usually crashes.

[@McFlakies]

Why don’t people take this seriously, like drugs ruin lives. Watch Rocketman

[@jayvoorhees4495]

R.i.p Boner....did he have depression because of drugs or the hereditary kind?still sad.

[@Glhug]

Another psa I see thanks for the public awareness 😂😂

[@bryanbruner5327]

Should just be more honest. Use drugs in moderation kids. It’s a marathon not a sprint

[@22CaptainAmerica]

0:07

[@justsayin3390]

This was the Nancy (just say no) Reagan era.

[@22CaptainAmerica]

0:10

[@eduardomalik9979]

hi, i from Mexico City

[@theamazingchubasco]

habla en español

[@trapdoormajesty]

I'm proud of you for learning English. Assuming you are now living in a pre-dominantly English-speaking country good for you. Many Mexicans in America should follow suit. After all, you don't visit any country as a way of life and not learn the pre-dominant language. It's like your saying, I don't have to learn from you. You try and accommodate me. Or I'll just keep to my own circle of citizens. A country divided.

[@movessmitt6427]

@@trapdoormajesty God damn, lay off the coke.

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

@@trapdoormajesty Thanks for the unnecessary lecture Karen

[@baddvibez8702]

drugs are not for everybody, but they are for some

[@AA-eg3nf]

Says the guy who... Lemme shut up, people of the internet love to get offended.

[@NickTheStallion]

I bet everyone back there was trying to keep from laughing.

[@bumpasaurus487]

Most of them were holding in fat hits until he was finished

[@angelinaz78]

Wooo I have to take my anti venom shots before reading this comment section. 🐍

[@dontpanic9184]

oi

[@cheri3000]

Hi, you know alot of people will tell you that drugs are cool, and they are. and there the same people who are saying everyones doing something so whats your problem? well they're right. Everybody IS DOING DRUGS, and you HAVE to try them to be cool. Look Im trying to tell you how to live your life and I am telling you HAVE to do something you dont want to sometimes to keep your friends happy, I mean if thats the way that they feel, they MUST be your friends, and they ARE as cool as you thought they were. Once last thing, I AM being paid to say this, but its not how I feel , and if you think this makes me cool, youre right.

[@iamseekingtheway]

XXX drug free.

[@trapdoormajesty]

That took an amazing amount of courage to do. I didn't like some of the wording (or set up); *You are telling people how to live their lives.* Which is good when you are saying *don't do drugs.*

[@j.fhernandez3457]

This is rather corny. Weed helps my autism and be more social. BTW not all drugs are the same.

[@Jeobecool]

Back in the days when drugs were really considered an evil, illegal and dangerous to use. The times when young people were advised to stay away from drugs.

[@superlex611]

It is a painful era

[@barrystewart5946]

Now they have the internet 🐍🐍🐍💩💩💩

[@Ishbu101]

Now all rappers are bragging about it

[@jasonsmith530]

Narcos was best in Columbia

[@darksideoftheforce6321]

Wish I had the opportunity to do coke in a hot tub with hot girls when I was in high school. 🤷‍♂️

[@virgilvollmar3296]

Drugs are bad mkay

[@Jeobecool]

Now today, with many states legalizing marijuana for recreational use, I'm worried that it will send a bad message to today's kids.

[@movessmitt6427]

Shut up, stop advocating that people get locked up for doing what they want to do as adults. Raise your kids however you'd like, don't lock me up for smoking in my house, or doing any drug for that matter. It isn't your business. This sentiment is downright wrong. It scares me to think people look around and wonder "What's he doing in that house? If he's smoking XYZ, he needs to go to jail." scary as hell.

[@christophercueva3809]

What the fuck

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

and 30 years later, Kirk hasn't changed. only now instead of telling people not to do drugs(an admirable thing to do), he is telling people that it is a sin to be gay, and not to engage in any homosexual acts(but if course he's, "not judging you", or, "trying to tell you what to do."

[@mistymitchell2790]

Mockturtlesoup1 God doesn't like gays.

[@baddvibez8702]

Misty Mitchell he loves gay people but hates their ways

[@mistymitchell2790]

BADVIBEZ Ωθ that doesn't make sense

[@movessmitt6427]

@@mistymitchell2790 Yeah, it does. It's the principal of "hate the sin, not the sinner". Rehabilitation, being "saved" or whatever? I know this is a thing. Fuck, you'd better get a better understanding of your own damn book, you loon.

[@movessmitt6427]

@@mistymitchell2790 Redemption is not for the righteous.

[@emmaduncan2991]

0:40 Andrew Koenig looks like he desperately wants the director to end the scene, so he can go score some heroin.

[@Johnny_Doe]

Actually Boner was thinking....”Gawd, someone just hang me in Stanley Park....” oh wait, that happened years later.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Boner looks like he's in a hostage video

[@makim-k5850]

"I'm not telling you how to live your lives" hmm....living waters ray comfort bullshit shows THAT WAS A LIE

[@TheNoobiethegrey]

FOD

[@AychEn313]

So dramatic

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

It was the 80’s. People were dramatic about a lot of shit. Drugs. Toys. Cartoons. Music.

[@emmaduncan2991]

BTW if you ever feel the need to watch any of Kirk's fake "documentaries" or his infamous "Saving Christmas" I suggest smoking a bowl, or watching through the bottom of a glass of bourbon.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

Cringe clip is cringe.

[@gypsyhussle9156]

I bet those background actors did coke once in their lives.

[@hshh2453]

Creepy, gross 80s propaganda.

[@Student____2025__1]

It’s not creepy or gross. It’s great.

[@lovebugea]

cringe

[@trapdoormajesty]

Can't spell cringe without ring. Are you married to Jesus where you can be His Father's child and marry your husband Jesus. Sounds stupid weird huh? But you're not actually marrying just a man. He's God and God is Love and in as many ways as God can express what you mean to Him intimately, He will.

[@Vik_se]

How old are you? @lovebugea