just say no

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An advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no and rejecting peer pressure.

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Meanings

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  1. An advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no and rejecting peer pressure.
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APA

just say no. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20say%20no

MLA

“just say no.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20say%20no. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “just say no,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20say%20no.

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