Marijuana and the Movies

Loving to get high is popularized by Hollywood and adds a cultural context to what our kids appreciate and value. Here is a summary of video clips from movies that ‘glamorize’ getting high. I offer this to you as a parent, to help you see what our kids already see, “loving to get high in the movies”.

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This is a chance to pull your son or daughter aside, watch these clips together and find out how many of them they have already seen. You might be surprised.

“Crazy Heart” a movie with a message.

Jeff Bridges plays a down and out alcoholic country singer in the movie “Crazy Heart”. It is absolutely an award winning performance.

Alcoholism looks different for an adult than the “loving to get high syndrome” does for an adolescent. The role of Bad Blake gives us a glimpse of what  loving to get high turns into if not dealt with.

On the soundtrack you get a musical sense of the power of alcoholism. The song Fallin’ & Flyin’, written by Stephen Bruton and Gary Nicholson does a great job of showing the heaven and hell aspect to drinking.