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Hazy screens: Is Hollywood pushing marijuana?

Posted on May 16, 2008

Hazy screens: Is Hollywood pushing marijuana?:There seem to be movies that are produced by a younger generation than the baby boomers, [by people] who seem to have had a lot of experience with marijuana,' says Jacob Sullum, senior editor at Reason magazine and author of 'Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use.'Tom Hedrick, spokesperson for Partnership for a Drug Free America, says he worries that the uptick in such depictions makes the behavior appear too normal, creating bad role models.... I think movies have a weird line to walk, says Wesley Morris, a film critic at The Boston Globe. They der...

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