Marijuana In The Movies

To put it blankly, Stoner films. There's a whole section on it on Netflix. Go check it out.

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Marijuana in movies is a very tricky topic to talk about. On the one hand, they're amazingly funny. They make you laugh and not care about things; they're kind of just like, chill movies. On the other hand, it promotes illicit drug use; another big no no. Now I can enjoy a good stoner movie; I'm sure any one of us can. Getting high, doing crazy shit, having fun, and making it the time of your life. Sounds like a good time, right?

But that's the problem with these movies; instead of showing the negatives of drugs, they're promoting it. Marijuana is the most used drug in any movie, and usually the people who take these drugs in the movie don't suffer any harmful consequences. But people aren't going to stop making these movies; why? Money. Everything always goes back to money. These movies are hilarious! Why in the world would they stop making them just because it has a drug in it? "That's why it's rated R" they say. "That's why we put up warnings" they say. But honestly, no one gives a shit about those things but our parents. Children always watch rated R or 14A or PG 13 movies before they're at proper age. Because breaking the rules is cool. Because watching something meant for older, cooler kids is cool. It's not, and going down that path seriously messes a child up.



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For a child, being exposed early to Rated R or PG 13 or 14A movies can have serious effects on the way a child grows up. In fact, early exposure to movies with marijuana in it is a major factor of why kids grow up and smoke weed. Watching stoner movies when you're young makes you 6 times more likely to smoke weed when you're older. When they're younger and see movies for older kids, they think it's cool, and as soon as they can they try to get their hands on whatever they think to be cool. This is why the struggle with Stoner movies is so severe.

Works Cited:

Communications and Media, The Council on. "Children, Adolescents, Substance Abuse, and the Media." Pediatrics Official journal of the american academy of pediatrics 126 (2010): n. pag. PEDIATRICS. Web. 11 Jan. 2013.