History Main / DrugsAreGood

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Highway To Well", a jar full of cannabis-infused gummies turns cranky Mrs. Skinner into a nice person.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Highway To Well", a jar full of cannabis-infused gummies turns cranky Mrs. Skinner into a nice person.

* In ''Machinima/TheSpyFightsGodzillaForSomeReason'', snorting a bottle-load of crystal meth allows [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Spy]] to grow to {{Kaiju}} size and combat Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.

** 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 ensues.

* [[https://youtu.be/BirGJS23Nfo An ad]] for ''Film/AlienCovenant'' that crosses over with ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' shows that Rick's consumption of alcohol and drugs has made him immune enough to Facehuggers that one dies within seconds before it could impregnate him. [[spoiler:A FunnyAneurysmMoment, as the movie proper sees Lope, a CigarChomper, be a host for a chestburster.]]

Note that this trope is about the users of drugs, not the sellers. For "drug ''dealing'' is good", see DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': the subplot of the episode "Ike's Wee Wee" has Mr. Mackey, the school counselor that's always saying "drugs are bad, hmmkey?", being fired and evicted, which leads to him experimenting alcohol, marijuana and LSD on the streets. He ends up becoming much more relaxed because of that and even marries a hippie woman. When the school sends the A-Team to bring him to Rehab so he could have his job again, he insists that he's happy with his new lifestyle (the A-Team doesn't listen, however, and Mr. Mackey is [[StatusQuoIsGod back to normal]] by the end of the episode).

* It's very difficult to believe that ''Film/TheFaculty'' didn't promote a message like this. There are loads of things that can be a monstrous alien's downfall from AppliedPhlebotinum to WeaksauceWeakness, but what absolutely kills the vicious aliens that harbor goals of assimilation and replacement? Narcotics! Yep. Cleverly disguised as writing pens so you can use the drugs in class. What is the surefire way to tell that your friend hasn't been infected with an alien parasite in this movie? Why see if they can use drugs without dying of course.

* In ''Machinima/TheSpyFightsGodzillaForSomeReason'', the crystal meth allows [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Spy]] to grow to {{Kaiju}} sizes to be able to combat Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-8QXLq-ss Smokin' and Drinkin']]" by Music/MirandaLambert is a pot-smoking song.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdfqzuQ8j5I Weed Instead Roses]]" by Ashley Monroe raves about marijuana being great as a [[ButLiquorIsQuicker sex drug]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBzQRg_vyBI Granny won't you smoke some]], Granny won't you smoke some...

* Brandy Clark's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUSolxv9EUM Get High]]" tells of how smoking pot helps a woman get by.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYbfmkuRjkY This fake commercial]] for Briteside Cannabis, as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VAa4h4RQ0k this one]] for Weedinol.

* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "The New Shop In The Village", Chatty and Nosey Smurf both open the equivalent of a "coffee and pot shop" in the Smurf Village called The Wake N Bake Brew Shop as an alternative to Tapper's Tavern for smurfnip users to enjoy using it when a new strain of smurfnip that gets Smurfs high but doesn't produce hallucinations is developed and thus smurfnip is legalized in the village, but Tapper's Tavern still wouldn't allow smurfnip users to light up in there. Although it was supposed to be a morning-only shop, Chatty and Nosey have it open the following evening when their wives bake smurfnip-laced desserts. Empath visits the shop during the evening hours and just sees the Smurfs enjoying a peaceful night in the shop, smoking smurfnip and eating desserts, and simply lets them be without bringing any kind of punishment upon them.

* [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie & Brian Griffin]]'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BukUZ2FCvs A Bag Of Weed]]".

* ''Series/BarneyMiller'': In episode "[[Recap/BarneyMillerS3E11 Hash]]", the detectives unintentionally ingest hash baked into brownies by Wojo's girlfriend. It's played as cute and funny, and in Fish's case positively beneficial.

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* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' pairs this with DrugsAreBad for a deliberately ambiguous situation the player can make their own decisions about. The protagonist is an AddledAddict and the poverty and depression of the city is highlighted by its massive culture of drug abuse, but drugs are genuinely useful in gameplay, temporarily boosting your stats enough to overcome difficult checks and even allowing you to level up skills past your skill caps. (Of course, they damage your health, and, as stats turn into personality flaws at higher levels, can be used to turn yourself into a very extreme and annoying person.) It's also very clear that the drug with which the protagonist is doing most damage to his life with is legal, socially acceptable [[AlcoholInducedStupidity alcohol]], with his favourite illegal drug (amphetamines) used less for its own effects and more to allow him to power through hangovers and pull all-nighters so he can drink more. (Jean, in the ending, will admit he'll put up with you dabbling with speed and hallucinogens so long as it means you aren't drinking.) Your partner will judge you for trying to get high while on the job, but respects your decision to use drugs as a valid method; in a late-game scene, Kim asks you if using amphetamines makes you a better cop, admitting he's genuinely curious about trying it himself.