Original “Stop it, get some help“ Michael Jordan Anti-drug PSA 1987

This originally aired on ABC May 26, 1987 at the end of a made-for-TV scarepiece called “Cracked Up.“ (Note: I recorded this on VHS and digitized it and uploaded during the early days of YouTube and all subsequent clips you see on YouTube were snarfed from this video. Jordan sure has come a long way in his public speaking abilities in the last quarter century. BTW, I claim Fair Use under the following rationale: First, since this was released as part of a much larger program (The TV movie “Cracked Up“) the amount presented is de-minimus with respect to the entire program package. Second, as a public service announcement, the public usefulness of its availability outweighs copyright, (see Time Inc. v. Bernard Geis Associates). Third, failing all the above, I claim that by virtue of being a Public Service Announcement, this work was released into the public domain. And finally, to comply with YouTube’s Terms of Use, This is NOT A COMMERCIAL. It i
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