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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdfqzuQ8j5I Weed Instead Roses]]" by Ashley Monroe raves about marijuana being great as a sex drugs.
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* "Downtown" by Music/LadyAntebellum tells of how the main protagonist and her significant other would smoke pot as a part of their quality time:
--> "We used to smoke while we were [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jaywalk&defid=2201669 jaywalking]] like it was your birthday every other Saturday night"
--> "We used to smoke while we were [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jaywalk&defid=2201669 jaywalking]] like it was your birthday every other Saturday night"
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* Brandy Clark's "Get High" tells of how smoking pot helps a woman get by.
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* [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie & Brian Griffin]]'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-drTpJN2KNQ A Bag Of Weed]]".
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-->''I take Quaaludes 10 to 15 times a day for my "back pain," Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine, well, because it's awesome.''
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-->''I take Quaaludes 10 to 15 times a day for my "back pain," Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine, well, because it's awesome.''
--->Jordan Belfort, ''TheWolfOfWallStreet''
--->Jordan Belfort, ''TheWolfOfWallStreet''
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* Episode 1-4 of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' featured a parody of the TRUTH.com anti-smoking ads ("TRUF.com") in which the announcer says that cigarette smoking causes "feelings of euphoria, increased alertness, rises in short-term memory, and can have [[CigaretteOfAnxiety a calming effect on nerves]]."
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* Episode 1-4 of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' featured a parody of the TRUTH.com [[PublicServiceAnnouncement anti-smoking ads PSAs]] ("TRUF.com") in which the announcer says that cigarette smoking causes "feelings of euphoria, increased alertness, rises in short-term memory, and can have [[CigaretteOfAnxiety a calming effect on nerves]]."
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* "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Drugs Are Good]]" by NOFX seems to qualify, but if you actually listen to the lyrics it actually seems to be explaining why DrugsAreBad. This is notable, because NOFX is generally very pro-drugs (but also very pro-SelfDeprecatingHumor).
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* "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Drugs Are Good]]" by NOFX seems is a partial subversion, because though it repeatedly claims "DrugsAreGood" the reasons its give seem, in many places, to qualify, but if you actually listen to the lyrics it actually seems to be explaining reasons why DrugsAreBad. This is notable, Notable, because NOFX is generally very pro-drugs (but also very pro-SelfDeprecatingHumor).
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* ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Drugs Are Good]]'' Good]]" by NOFX seems to qualify, but if you actually listen to the lyrics it actually seems to be explaining why DrugsAreBad. This is notable, because NOFX is generally very pro-drugs (but also very pro- SelfDeprecatingHumor).pro-SelfDeprecatingHumor).
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--> ''Drugs are good''
--> ''They make you do things that you know you not should''
--> ''And when you do 'em people think that you're cool''
--> ''And when you do 'em people think that you're cool''
--> ''Drugs are good''
--> ''They make you do things that you know you not should''
--> ''And when you do 'em people think that you're cool''
--> ''And when you do 'em people think that you're cool''
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* In Creator/CharlieChaplin film ''Film/TheCure'', Charlie's an alcoholic trying to dry out at a health spa. His stash of liquor is discovered and thrown out--into the well that guests at the spa drink mineral water from. A really fun-looking party ensues.
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* In Creator/CharlieChaplin film liked this trope.
** In ''Film/TheCure'', Charlie's an alcoholic trying to dry out at a health spa. His stash of liquor is discovered and thrown out--into the well that guests at the spa drink mineral water from. A really fun-looking partyensues.ensues.
** In ''Film/EasyStreet'', Charlie sits on a cocaine syringe. The jolt of energy he gets helps him to rescue the LoveInterest and beat up a gang of thugs.
** Similarly, in ''Film/ModernTimes'', Charlie winds up accidentally ingesting some cocaine that another prisoner hid in a salt shaker. It helps him foil a jailbreak.
** In ''Film/TheCure'', Charlie's an alcoholic trying to dry out at a health spa. His stash of liquor is discovered and thrown out--into the well that guests at the spa drink mineral water from. A really fun-looking party
** In ''Film/EasyStreet'', Charlie sits on a cocaine syringe. The jolt of energy he gets helps him to rescue the LoveInterest and beat up a gang of thugs.
** Similarly, in ''Film/ModernTimes'', Charlie winds up accidentally ingesting some cocaine that another prisoner hid in a salt shaker. It helps him foil a jailbreak.
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* The [[TheSeventies 1971]] {{Documentary}} film ''Aphrodisiac: The Sexual Secret of Marijuana'' is a dramatization of the benefits of smoking marijuana. It chronicles how smoking pot improved the sex lives of many couples and the film also presents the medicinal benefits of marijuana.
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* ''Website/{{Erowid}}'', which [[http://www.erowid.org is intended to be a neutral reference]] cataloging drugs and their effects, has a lot of DrugsAreBad ("Addiction," "Difficult Experiences," "Train Wrecks and Trip Disasters") but also has its share of Drugs Are Good ("Glowing Experiences" and "Health" have stories like this).
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* ''Website/{{Erowid}}'', which [[http://www.erowid.org is intended to be a neutral reference]] cataloging drugs and their effects, has a lot of DrugsAreBad ("Addiction," "Difficult Experiences," "Train Wrecks and Trip Disasters") but also has its share of Drugs Are Good ("Glowing Experiences" and "Health" have stories like this).this).
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* ''Seriees/FamilyGuy'': In the "420" episode, Brian starts a campaign to legalize marijuana and Mayor Adam West signs a bill that makes it legal in Quahog and [[EverybodyMustGetStoned everyone starts smoking pot]]. The town's overall quality of life improves as a result.
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* ''Seriees/FamilyGuy'': In the "420" episode, Brian starts a campaign to legalize marijuana and Mayor Adam West signs a bill that makes it legal in Quahog and [[EverybodyMustGetStoned everyone starts smoking pot]]. The town's overall quality of life improves as a result.
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* The Shamen's ''Ebeneezer Goode''. The chorus goes "'Eezzer Goode! 'Eezer Goode! He's Ebeneezer Goode!" Now think of it phonetically. [[spoiler: Es are good! Es are good!]]
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* The Shamen's ''Ebeneezer Goode''. The chorus goes "'Eezzer "'Eezer Goode! 'Eezer Goode! He's Ebeneezer Goode!" Now think of it phonetically. [[spoiler: Es are good! Es are good!]]
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* The Shaman's ''Ebeneezer Goode''. The chorus goes "'Eezzer Goode! 'Eezer Goode! He's Ebeneezer Goode!" Now think of it phonetically. [[spoiler: Es are good! Es are good!]]
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* The Shaman's Shamen's ''Ebeneezer Goode''. The chorus goes "'Eezzer Goode! 'Eezer Goode! He's Ebeneezer Goode!" Now think of it phonetically. [[spoiler: Es are good! Es are good!]]
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* The Shaman's ''Ebeneezer Goode''. The chorus goes "'Eezzer Goode! 'Eezer Goode! He's Ebeneezer Goode!" Now think of it phonetically. [[spoiler: Es are good! Es are good!]]
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--> '''Dave''': And they're not bad after unprotected sex with multiple partners, neither.
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--> '''Dave''': And they're not bad after [[SmokingHotSex unprotected sex with multiple partners, partners]], neither.
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* Very common in {{Reggae}}, since the genre is practically inseparable from the Rastafari religion, which encourages the use of marijuana to aid meditation.
* Peter Tosh was particularly blatant about it. His first solo album, titled ''Legalize It'', had a cover photo of Tosh sitting in a field full of weed, smoking a pipe. The title track is a long list of reasons why ganja is awesome, set to music.
* Peter Tosh was particularly blatant about it. His first solo album, titled ''Legalize It'', had a cover photo of Tosh sitting in a field full of weed, smoking a pipe. The title track is a long list of reasons why ganja is awesome, set to music.
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* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' talks about the delights of hashish, and claims he uses it to sleep at will. At the end he uses it to [[spoiler:heighten Albert's suicidal depression, before revealing that Valentine was still alive, so as to give Albert an understanding of his own happiness]].
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* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' talks about the delights of hashish, and claims he uses it to sleep at will. At the end he uses it to [[spoiler:heighten Albert's Maximilian's suicidal depression, before revealing that Valentine was still alive, so as to give Albert Maximilian an understanding of his own happiness]].
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* ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' talks about the delights of hashish, and claims he uses it to sleep at will. At the end he uses it to [[spoiler:heighten Albert's suicidal depression, before revealing that Valentine was still alive, so as to give Albert an understanding of his own happiness]].
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* ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' speaks about smoking pipe-weed (presumably, the our world equivalent is Nicotiana rustica, a.k.a. mopacho tobacco, but [[EpilepticTrees other theories abound]]) and drinking ale as good things. Elves don't smoke and prefer wine but they also brew cordials that save you in the middle of a blizzard.
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* Being an expy of Hunter S. Thompson, Spider Jerusalem of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' does all his best writing on drugs. Makes his assistants take up smoking at the very least (cancer is curable). Though he does go on the occasional binge where he's too out of it to do anything.
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* Being an expy of Hunter S. Thompson, Creator/HunterSThompson, Spider Jerusalem of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' does all his best writing on drugs. Makes his assistants take up smoking at the very least (cancer is curable). Though he does go on the occasional binge where he's too out of it to do anything.
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* Most every commercial or print advertisement for beer and alcohol is this. A commercial can't tell you how the beer tastes, but it can show you some cool-looking people drinking beer at a party.
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DrugsAreBad, right? They're dangerous. You can get addicted. You could overdose. They have harmful side effects. You could bankrupt yourself, ruin your career, catch diseases from dirty needles. Drugs are bad!
But what if they aren't bad?
Maybe you take a drug and you feel really awesome. Maybe drugs lighten your bad mood. Maybe they make life more exciting. Maybe spiking the punch makes the WildTeenParty a lot more fun. Drugs are good! (OK, probably not.)
As the title indicates, Drugs Are Good is the inverse of DrugsAreBad. This trope is for instances in fiction and creative works where the use of drugs and alcohol is portrayed in a positive light. Drugs Are Good is most frequently seen with cigarettes and alcohol, which have always been more or less socially acceptable. It also may accompany depictions of marijuana use, given the common perception of marijuana as a less harmful drug than other illegal drugs. Invocations of Drugs Are Good with harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin are rarer, but not unknown.
Many [[StonerFlick Stoner Flicks]] are examples of this. OdeToIntoxication is the musical equivalent, if it's played straight. Related tropes include DrunkenMaster (getting drunk/stoned makes you better at something) and SmokingIsCool (which is about signaling a ''character'' is cool but does involve a positive portrayal of smoking).
Compare with HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs, which isn't so much "drugs are good" (it's often depicted as a creepy or forceful effect) as "drugs are useful".
The FunctionalAddict may believe this but they really aren't an example. The SmugStraightEdge or the DryCrusader may pop up in a Drugs Are Good work.
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* Most every commercial or print advertisement for beer and alcohol is this. A commercial can't tell you how the beer tastes, but it can show you some cool-looking people drinking beer at a party.
* Cigarette advertisements did this as well before government regulations drove them from the air. Camel cigarettes, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKLpO9qhOE preferred by doctors]]! The Marlboro Man remained in print ads as an example of masculinity until 1999.
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* Being an expy of Hunter S. Thompson, Spider Jerusalem of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' does all his best writing on drugs. Makes his assistants take up smoking at the very least (cancer is curable). Though he does go on the occasional binge where he's too out of it to do anything.
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* As noted above, many (but not all) [[StonerFlick Stoner Flicks]] are this. The ''Harold and Kumar'' series, where a heartwarming moment is Kumar's girlfriend [[AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas telling him to use her pee to beat drug tests]], is a good example.
--> '''Kumar''': But weed is ''so good''. It gets you high!
* ''Film/TheMysteryOfTheLeapingFish'' is a very strange short film from 1916 starring Douglas Fairbanks as a private detective named [[PunnyName Coke Ennyday]] who really, really likes cocaine. He is constantly shooting up with cocaine and laughing like a maniac. He defeats the bad guys by jabbing them with cocaine syringes until they're as high as he is.
* ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''. Diane and Steven Freeling are shown smoking a marijuana cigarette together and having a great time.
* ''Film/TheThinMan'' and its sequels. Nick Charles drinks and drinks and drinks, and it appears to do nothing but make him more witty and charming.
* In the film ''Mac and Devin Go to High School'' the CG joint narrator filibusters about how weed is good and should be legalized. In the story proper, weed is also what helps the valedictorian finally relax and enjoy his life.
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Bender brings some grass he had stashed in his school locker and the kids have an eighties montage over smoking it in the school library during detention.
* Played with in {{Biopic}} satire ''Film/WalkHard''. Dewey Cox does in fact have drug problems that force him into rehab. But his bandmate Sam, who introduces him to each drug in turn as a RunningGag, seems to have no problem with drugs other than resenting Dewey for never paying for them. And Sam gets off an epic defense of marijuana.
--> '''Sam''': No, Dewey, you don't want this. Get outta here!
--> '''Dewey Cox''': You know what, I don't want no hangover. I can't get no hangover.
--> '''Sam''': It ''doesn't'' give you a hangover!
--> '''Dewey''': Wha-I get addicted to it or something?
--> '''Sam''': It's ''not habit-forming!''
--> '''Dewey''': Oh, okay...well, I don't know...I don't want to overdose on it.
--> '''Sam''': You ''can't OD on it!''
--> '''Dewey''': It's not gonna make me wanna have sex, is it?
--> '''Sam''': It makes sex ''even better!''
--> '''Dewey''': Sounds kind of expensive.
--> '''Sam''': It's the ''cheapest drug there is''.
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* ''The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'' is Tom Wolfe's account of Creator/KenKesey and his bus full of hippies going on a road trip across America, dropping acid and enjoying themselves.
* ''Literature/DownAndOutInTheMagicKingdom'': Since addiction is easily cured and health consequences don't mean much to immortals, there are casual in-passing references to the main character's girlfriend smoking crack.
* ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'': The epic, VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory tale of Creator/HunterSThompson's drug-fueled adventures in Las Vegas. The preface quotes Samuel Johnson: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." The book is about Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo (Thompson's avatars for himself and Oscar Acosta) indulging in copious amounts of drugs in order to escape the decline of American culture and the failure of the counterculture movement.
--> (first line) "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold..."
* Iain M Bank's ''Literature/TheCulture'' novels have all narcotics and recreational drugs available to the entire population. Since, in that setting, you can sober up instantly if you have to and all medical problems are pretty much instantly curable too, they are just another fun way to pass the day.
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* ''Series/MadMen'' has multiple examples of this. Peggy Olson lights up a joint more than once and always enjoys herself. Roger Sterling takes LSD, loves it, and tries to get his friends to do it too. (On the other hand, the series has always taken a dark view of [[TheAlcoholic alcohol abuse]].)
** Season 1 provides a meta example, as Don is trying to come up with an advertising campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Recreational drug use is a) rather prominent and b) not a big deal.
* ''Series/TheLWord'': Most of the cast is shown using some form of marijuana at various points, and Shane even dabbles in harder drugs, to no ill effect.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Various cases are solved with the assistance of narcotics, Olivia Dunham spends much of the pilot on homemade LSD in a sensory deprivation tank, Walter is constantly using psychotropics (on himself and others), and one of his former test subjects, while decidedly loopy as a result of her LSD-induced trances, is entirely happy and expresses her gratitude to Walter years later - with a kiss.
** Walter uses a bong, which is still pretty rare on American network television. And Episode 3x19 is called "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide". That's LSD, kids. Astrid is the ''only'' member of the central cast who hasn't been under the influence of drugs onscreen at some point.
* Episode 1-4 of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' featured a parody of the TRUTH.com anti-smoking ads ("TRUF.com") in which the announcer says that cigarette smoking causes "feelings of euphoria, increased alertness, rises in short-term memory, and can have [[CigaretteOfAnxiety a calming effect on nerves]]."
--> '''Dave''': And they're not bad after unprotected sex with multiple partners, neither.
*''BoredToDeath'': It's probably easier to count the number of episodes in which the main characters are not smoking pot. Sometimes the character may become an EruditeStoner while under the influence.
--> '''Jonathan''': I still ''like the way pot makes me think'' - maybe ''it's healthy''.
--> '''Suzanne''': Pot is not healthy.
--> '''Jonathan''': ''They give it to cancer patients''.
--> '''Suzanne''': You don't have cancer.
--> '''Jonathan''': Not yet...
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* Replace all instances of the word "chocolate" with "marijuana" in Music/{{The 1975}}'s "Chocolate", and [[http://rock.rapgenius.com/The-1975-chocolate-lyrics it makes incredible sense]].
*Most of ''{{Hawkwind}}'''s output. ''Motorhead'' is about doing speed. Famously, its author and lead singer Lemmy Kilminster was later thrown out of the band for doing too much of it and took the song with him. ''Hashcake 77'' is an instrumental which manages to convey the way it feels when doing dope. You can ''feel'' righteously stoned just listening to it.
* Jefferson Airplane's ''White Rabbit'' about a young girl who slips down a rabbit hole one day and gets experimental with things labelled "Eat Me", "Drink Me", et c, whilst encountering caterpillars smoking hookahs and self-willed chess pieces and playing cards. Hmmm.
--> "FEED YOUR HEAD, FEED YOUR HEAD"
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* ''Webcomic/AmongTheChosen'': Hardcore stimulants are used often and explicitly. It is implied that the Addicaine commanders have the option of using heavy duty combat drugs to bring their troops up to battle ready status.
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* ''WebVideo/TheHookerWithAHeartOfGold'': The Hooker's cocaine habit [[DrunkenMaster only seems to make her stronger]], and Dr Rogen theorizes that it might make the heart work more efficiently.
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* ''Website/{{Erowid}}'', which [[http://www.erowid.org is intended to be a neutral reference]] cataloging drugs and their effects, has a lot of DrugsAreBad ("Addiction," "Difficult Experiences," "Train Wrecks and Trip Disasters") but also has its share of Drugs Are Good ("Glowing Experiences" and "Health" have stories like this).
But what if they aren't bad?
Maybe you take a drug and you feel really awesome. Maybe drugs lighten your bad mood. Maybe they make life more exciting. Maybe spiking the punch makes the WildTeenParty a lot more fun. Drugs are good! (OK, probably not.)
As the title indicates, Drugs Are Good is the inverse of DrugsAreBad. This trope is for instances in fiction and creative works where the use of drugs and alcohol is portrayed in a positive light. Drugs Are Good is most frequently seen with cigarettes and alcohol, which have always been more or less socially acceptable. It also may accompany depictions of marijuana use, given the common perception of marijuana as a less harmful drug than other illegal drugs. Invocations of Drugs Are Good with harder drugs such as cocaine and heroin are rarer, but not unknown.
Many [[StonerFlick Stoner Flicks]] are examples of this. OdeToIntoxication is the musical equivalent, if it's played straight. Related tropes include DrunkenMaster (getting drunk/stoned makes you better at something) and SmokingIsCool (which is about signaling a ''character'' is cool but does involve a positive portrayal of smoking).
Compare with HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs, which isn't so much "drugs are good" (it's often depicted as a creepy or forceful effect) as "drugs are useful".
The FunctionalAddict may believe this but they really aren't an example. The SmugStraightEdge or the DryCrusader may pop up in a Drugs Are Good work.
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[[AC:Advertising]]
* Most every commercial or print advertisement for beer and alcohol is this. A commercial can't tell you how the beer tastes, but it can show you some cool-looking people drinking beer at a party.
* Cigarette advertisements did this as well before government regulations drove them from the air. Camel cigarettes, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKLpO9qhOE preferred by doctors]]! The Marlboro Man remained in print ads as an example of masculinity until 1999.
[[AC: Comic Books]]
* Being an expy of Hunter S. Thompson, Spider Jerusalem of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' does all his best writing on drugs. Makes his assistants take up smoking at the very least (cancer is curable). Though he does go on the occasional binge where he's too out of it to do anything.
[[AC: Film]]
* As noted above, many (but not all) [[StonerFlick Stoner Flicks]] are this. The ''Harold and Kumar'' series, where a heartwarming moment is Kumar's girlfriend [[AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas telling him to use her pee to beat drug tests]], is a good example.
--> '''Kumar''': But weed is ''so good''. It gets you high!
* ''Film/TheMysteryOfTheLeapingFish'' is a very strange short film from 1916 starring Douglas Fairbanks as a private detective named [[PunnyName Coke Ennyday]] who really, really likes cocaine. He is constantly shooting up with cocaine and laughing like a maniac. He defeats the bad guys by jabbing them with cocaine syringes until they're as high as he is.
* ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''. Diane and Steven Freeling are shown smoking a marijuana cigarette together and having a great time.
* ''Film/TheThinMan'' and its sequels. Nick Charles drinks and drinks and drinks, and it appears to do nothing but make him more witty and charming.
* In the film ''Mac and Devin Go to High School'' the CG joint narrator filibusters about how weed is good and should be legalized. In the story proper, weed is also what helps the valedictorian finally relax and enjoy his life.
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Bender brings some grass he had stashed in his school locker and the kids have an eighties montage over smoking it in the school library during detention.
* Played with in {{Biopic}} satire ''Film/WalkHard''. Dewey Cox does in fact have drug problems that force him into rehab. But his bandmate Sam, who introduces him to each drug in turn as a RunningGag, seems to have no problem with drugs other than resenting Dewey for never paying for them. And Sam gets off an epic defense of marijuana.
--> '''Sam''': No, Dewey, you don't want this. Get outta here!
--> '''Dewey Cox''': You know what, I don't want no hangover. I can't get no hangover.
--> '''Sam''': It ''doesn't'' give you a hangover!
--> '''Dewey''': Wha-I get addicted to it or something?
--> '''Sam''': It's ''not habit-forming!''
--> '''Dewey''': Oh, okay...well, I don't know...I don't want to overdose on it.
--> '''Sam''': You ''can't OD on it!''
--> '''Dewey''': It's not gonna make me wanna have sex, is it?
--> '''Sam''': It makes sex ''even better!''
--> '''Dewey''': Sounds kind of expensive.
--> '''Sam''': It's the ''cheapest drug there is''.
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* ''The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test'' is Tom Wolfe's account of Creator/KenKesey and his bus full of hippies going on a road trip across America, dropping acid and enjoying themselves.
* ''Literature/DownAndOutInTheMagicKingdom'': Since addiction is easily cured and health consequences don't mean much to immortals, there are casual in-passing references to the main character's girlfriend smoking crack.
* ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'': The epic, VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory tale of Creator/HunterSThompson's drug-fueled adventures in Las Vegas. The preface quotes Samuel Johnson: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." The book is about Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo (Thompson's avatars for himself and Oscar Acosta) indulging in copious amounts of drugs in order to escape the decline of American culture and the failure of the counterculture movement.
--> (first line) "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold..."
* Iain M Bank's ''Literature/TheCulture'' novels have all narcotics and recreational drugs available to the entire population. Since, in that setting, you can sober up instantly if you have to and all medical problems are pretty much instantly curable too, they are just another fun way to pass the day.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MadMen'' has multiple examples of this. Peggy Olson lights up a joint more than once and always enjoys herself. Roger Sterling takes LSD, loves it, and tries to get his friends to do it too. (On the other hand, the series has always taken a dark view of [[TheAlcoholic alcohol abuse]].)
** Season 1 provides a meta example, as Don is trying to come up with an advertising campaign for Lucky Strike cigarettes.
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'': Recreational drug use is a) rather prominent and b) not a big deal.
* ''Series/TheLWord'': Most of the cast is shown using some form of marijuana at various points, and Shane even dabbles in harder drugs, to no ill effect.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Various cases are solved with the assistance of narcotics, Olivia Dunham spends much of the pilot on homemade LSD in a sensory deprivation tank, Walter is constantly using psychotropics (on himself and others), and one of his former test subjects, while decidedly loopy as a result of her LSD-induced trances, is entirely happy and expresses her gratitude to Walter years later - with a kiss.
** Walter uses a bong, which is still pretty rare on American network television. And Episode 3x19 is called "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide". That's LSD, kids. Astrid is the ''only'' member of the central cast who hasn't been under the influence of drugs onscreen at some point.
* Episode 1-4 of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' featured a parody of the TRUTH.com anti-smoking ads ("TRUF.com") in which the announcer says that cigarette smoking causes "feelings of euphoria, increased alertness, rises in short-term memory, and can have [[CigaretteOfAnxiety a calming effect on nerves]]."
--> '''Dave''': And they're not bad after unprotected sex with multiple partners, neither.
*''BoredToDeath'': It's probably easier to count the number of episodes in which the main characters are not smoking pot. Sometimes the character may become an EruditeStoner while under the influence.
--> '''Jonathan''': I still ''like the way pot makes me think'' - maybe ''it's healthy''.
--> '''Suzanne''': Pot is not healthy.
--> '''Jonathan''': ''They give it to cancer patients''.
--> '''Suzanne''': You don't have cancer.
--> '''Jonathan''': Not yet...
[[AC:Music]]
* Replace all instances of the word "chocolate" with "marijuana" in Music/{{The 1975}}'s "Chocolate", and [[http://rock.rapgenius.com/The-1975-chocolate-lyrics it makes incredible sense]].
*Most of ''{{Hawkwind}}'''s output. ''Motorhead'' is about doing speed. Famously, its author and lead singer Lemmy Kilminster was later thrown out of the band for doing too much of it and took the song with him. ''Hashcake 77'' is an instrumental which manages to convey the way it feels when doing dope. You can ''feel'' righteously stoned just listening to it.
* Jefferson Airplane's ''White Rabbit'' about a young girl who slips down a rabbit hole one day and gets experimental with things labelled "Eat Me", "Drink Me", et c, whilst encountering caterpillars smoking hookahs and self-willed chess pieces and playing cards. Hmmm.
--> "FEED YOUR HEAD, FEED YOUR HEAD"
[[AC:Webcomic]]
* ''Webcomic/AmongTheChosen'': Hardcore stimulants are used often and explicitly. It is implied that the Addicaine commanders have the option of using heavy duty combat drugs to bring their troops up to battle ready status.
[[AC:Web Video]]
* ''WebVideo/TheHookerWithAHeartOfGold'': The Hooker's cocaine habit [[DrunkenMaster only seems to make her stronger]], and Dr Rogen theorizes that it might make the heart work more efficiently.
[[AC:Website]]
* ''Website/{{Erowid}}'', which [[http://www.erowid.org is intended to be a neutral reference]] cataloging drugs and their effects, has a lot of DrugsAreBad ("Addiction," "Difficult Experiences," "Train Wrecks and Trip Disasters") but also has its share of Drugs Are Good ("Glowing Experiences" and "Health" have stories like this).
