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[quote:0dca2]Is Hollywood going one toke over the line? Marijuana use is cropping up on some critically acclaimed shows, and anti-drug forces fear the glamorization of pot could boost its use among youths.

Who's lighting up:

• Pot is an ongoing theme on HBO's Entourage (Sundays, 10 ET/PT), which centers on a rising young movie star and his New York buddies who have gone Hollywood. Sunday's episode features two teens getting high at a bat mitzvah.

• Streetwise Maurice "Smoke" Williams (Kirk Jones) lit up on last week's premiere of Over There (Wednesdays, 10 ET/PT), FX's gritty Iraq war drama.

• Marijuana is the core premise of Showtime dramedy Weeds (Mondays, 10 ET/PT), a dark version of Desperate Housewives suburbia with Mary-Louise Parker as a pot-dealing soccer mom. In Sunday's special preview, a teen sells pot to grade-schoolers until Parker's character blackmails him to stop.

Recurring or episodic pot themes also have fueled HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, FX's Rescue Me and Fox's That' 70s Show.

Hollywood's embellishment of marijuana use is "irresponsible," says Tom Riley of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Shows that tacitly approve of pot-smoking, particularly comedies, may exacerbate its use, says Steve Dnistrian of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. "These are trendsetting shows. They affect behavior and attitudes, particularly teens. When glamorization of drugs has climbed, changes in teen attitudes followed."

HBO declined comment. But actor Jerry Ferrara, Entourage's pot-loving Turtle, says it's the drug of choice among twentysomethings. "The show doesn't condone it, but there's definitely a lot of accuracy in how it's used," he says.

Over There co-creator and executive producer Chris Gerolmo says the show's depiction of pot use is not an endorsement. Still, Gerolmo says "drug use is certainly part of life in the Army."

Weeds creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan says the series won't advocate drug use and doubts it will influence marijuana consumption. "We're presenting this as something that's everywhere and cuts across political, ethnic and religious lines."

Kevin Nealon, who co-stars in Weeds, says the show simply underscores pot's prevalence in society. "A lot of baby boomers are baby bongers," he says.

A 2003 study - the government's latest on drug use - found that 14.6 million Americans used pot at least once in the past month, up slightly from 2002. And more than 95 million have tried it.

"With so many having tried marijuana, it would be bizarre not to expect that reality wouldn't be depicted in films and on TV," says Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project, the USA's largest pot-policy-reform group. [/quote:0dca2]

I find it funny how alcohol is promoted shamelessly, with commercials with beautiful women and huge parties. But just SHOWING someone smokin pot on TV is crime of the century. Fuck that noise. Drunks come home and beat their kids, puke on the floor and pass out in the bathroom. Potheads come home, grab some chips and play video games.

the hell with promoting alcohol or marijuana.

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I agree and

[quote:435af]a pot-dealing soccer mom[/quote:435af]
hook a brother up

So true.

Nothing wrong with a bit of weed now and then.

pot is the nu-kool tool in advertising.

kinda offtopic but anybody watch that special on the lives of homeless people? lots of drugs use, cursing, and shit. pretty crazy shit they live in, fucking lady panhandled almost 60$ for a busticket.

more people need to be hit by bigger trucks.

mmmmm pot

[quote="newt.":932eb]pot is the nu-kool tool in advertising.
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yup.

and most that defend it dont even realize.

drugs suk. period. i dont give a shit what it is... alcohol, reefer, wtfever. the "alcoholics come home and" argument is used out... its one of the stupidest arguments given by pro-reefer heads.

check the side effects of long term drug use and tell me its any better than alcohol.

any, and every 14 year old with a snoop dog record smokes the weed and thinks and it makes something out of 'em for doing so.

pot flavored candy

I never thought i'd say this in a million years but........they should just legalize marijuana. I'm not a pot head but this drug shit has gone on too long. It would put half the drug dealers out of business and the government could make billions off of it. Fuck it, throw the towel in.

[quote=Judas]yup.

and most that defend it dont even realize.

drugs suk. period. i dont give a shit what it is... alcohol, reefer, wtfever. the "alcoholics come home and" argument is used out... its one of the stupidest arguments given by pro-reefer heads.

check the side effects of long term drug use and tell me its any better than alcohol.

any, and every 14 year old with a snoop dog record smokes the weed and thinks and it makes something out of 'em for doing so.[/quote:e4bf6]

rolleyes:

Look at what eating food from most fast food places will do to you in the long term - much worse things, and much faster than pot ever could.

So many things are dangerous to the body, the issue is which is worse and does it ultimately benefit people having whatever it is restricted for use....

The "alcoholics come home" argument is just working that angle. Why should alcohol be available when it is, just as, if not more damaging to society and people in general than illegal marijuana....Think about how much time and money the police forces could save if it was legal. Alcohol is widely available and it's side-effects cause more problems and trouble than anything else.

People are trying so hard to protect everyone from everything, when theres worse shit right under their noses and they don't even realise.

P.S - Tobbaco is a drug. You have no place to argue about how harmful pot is.

fuck drugs

Anything constructive in there?