15 Things Only the Parents in the 1980s Will Remember

12. ”Just say no” was the only drug talk you needed to have with your kids.

Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign was everywhere in the ’80s, and during those innocent years when society still knew so little about the crippling hold of addiction, this was a comforting quick fix that helped parents sleep a little more soundly at night. As long as your kids knew how to say no to drugs, they’d be perfectly safe—or at least, that’s what you convinced yourself.