15 Times Canadian PSAs Weren't Messing Around

Don't you put it in your mouth, kids.

1. When Ontario Hydro convinced kids that a TERRIFYING furnace monster was living in their basements.

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What the actual fuck.

2. When the government wanted you to know that a natural disaster and/or zombie apocalypse could definitely happen in Canada.

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Be prepared.

3. When the way to convince kids to stay away from drugs was to scare the EVER LIVING CRAP out of them.

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You were too busy having nightmares to even think about drugs.

4. When the War Amps wanted kids to know that the danger of losing a limb lurks around every corner.

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Chainsaws are everywhere.

5. When this lady's life was sucked away RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES from one puff on a cigarette.

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Smoking = instant old lady? No thanks.

6. When this PSA warned that kids tend to be copycats and might do all the bad things their parents do.

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Though we definitely all pretended to smoke with those candy sticks anyway.

7. When this nice lady read you a story about cute raccoons and their potentially fatal snacks.

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But that apple looked delicious.

8. When these furry blue somethings warned kids "don't you put it in your mouth".

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And a whole generation was instantly stuck with this song in their heads FOREVER.

9. When this cute mouse ALMOST DIED by being lured into a mousetrap by a delicious-looking morcel of cheese.

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OMG they don't even know how close he came.

10. When the government wanted you to know that crack = death. Full stop.

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11. When this PSA told us that nightmare beauty factories exist.

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Complete with what looks like an alien experiment lab.

12. When the government told you that your brain would literally explode if you did drugs.

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13. When this PSA basically told you that Scream could happen.

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I took this advice very seriously.

14. When the government unleashed this incredibly heavy material on youth.

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Not sure if we were equipped to handle this.

15. And finally, when they thought it would be super cool to decapitate a kid.

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OMFG why is his head rolling around the living room? Whyyyyyyy, Canada, whyyyyyy.