[Mr. Blonde]

I thought the first two seasons of Weeds were fantastic. The last season not so much. Some of that could have been that it was overshadowed by the terrific Californication. I haven't seen any of the new season.

As for the stats he brings up I have one question. Are people depressed because they smoke weed or do they smoke weed because they are depressed?

[InterceptPoint]

I hate the foul language in Weeds. It is way overdone. And I don't understand the attraction to the drug culture at all. Haven't been there, haven't done that.

OTOH, it is a terrific show and so I'm willing to overlook all of that just to watch Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins do their thing. Am I, who will turn off any movie at the drop of a single F-word a hypocrite? I must confess that I am. My only explanation is that little Mary-Louise is just too cute to pass up.

[skipper18]

Teenagers are ridiculously prone to depression, the rush of emotion that puberty brings causes emotional crashes left, right and center.

Bozell and his ilk put the cart before horse; People self-medicate to ‘up’ their moods with drugs like Pot. It’s the depression that drives the usage, not the usage driving the depression.

... and I’m with the actress on this; It’s ridiculous that truly destructive drugs like alcohol and tobacco are legal, but pot isnt. Who beats their wife on pot? Who dies of liver failure from pot?

[autumnraine]

” The study said marijuana use increased the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent”

I’m sorry, but I question this. Does one precede the other? Is it that 40% of people who would use marijuana in the first place already predisposed for mental disorders, or does marijuana CAUSE mental disorders. Because that is what they are implying here. “Marijuana increased the risk of mental disorders...” I just don’t know how much faith I put in these studies. Not just marijuana, but heck, first eggs were bad. Then they were good. Then wine was bad, then it is good.

I think they just want “more funds to research further”.

[Lexington Green]

Brent has a few drinks and, right away, he feels like kicking the crap out of potheads.

[Bommer]

"There's just something delicious about watching people misbehave without any sense of conscience."

They are also the easiest characters to write about. Doing the same crap on A&E with "Braking Bad". What I wouldn't give to clone a Paddy Chayefsky or Rod Serling. Real writers that knew how to write intelligently, instead of lowering standards to appeal to the "bong" crowd. Degenerates writers should have stayed on strike! They weren't missed.

[aruanan]

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy reported last month that a teenager who has been depressed in the past year was more than twice as likely to have used marijuana than teenagers who have not reported being depressed (25 percent compared with 12 percent). The study said marijuana use increased the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent. So much for the "harmless" nature of pot.

So much for the ability to think, Brent. Self-medication as a reason to use drugs is well-known, especially in alcohol and nicotine. It's not surprising that a large number of drug users should experience symptoms that they use drugs to minimize or somehow ameliorate. With his logic he may as well claim that suicide causes depression since a larger number of people who commit suicide are depressed compared to the average population.