Try Drugs

http://www.trydrugs.net/

It wasn’t easy to search for a flash website that “teaches” but I found this website where you get to learn about about different drugs and the best part was you get to experience the side effects of the drugs through the interactive flash interface without having to actually do the drugs. The layout is fairly simple. There is really bold typography as well as plain text. The supporting sounds for the drugs was relative to the interaction of the website. The sounds gave an easy but dazed out feeling similar to which one would go through while using drugs I presume.  For each drug there is unique flash animation and supporting images as well informative reading. The smoke from marijuana and the lines of coke were raw and in your face. The site is very successful in giving viewers a taste of the damaging side effects of drugs. I tried a couple of drugs and I felt the interaction worked well. I did get slightly annoyed because my mouse was scrolling all over the place but I suppose that the message the site was trying to teach is drugs can screw you over.

One thought on “Try Drugs

  1. I think it is a cool website to teach against drugs. It is designed very nicely with the black background, the fonts, and music. I liked the fact that the mouse was moving as if to emulate the effects of drug use. I think it is a great use of flash to show how the body reacts to different types of drugs. The only thing I think is missing is more information about the drugs, something more intimidating to convey the message clearly.

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