Parent groups across the country spoke out today against what they described as the “constant misrepresenting of the glamorous drug taking lifestyle” on television and in movies.
Suggesting that the practice of “barely mentioning drugs” in almost “90% of television shows and films” was damaging to children, local parent and drugs activist Peter Davis said, “It’s simply shocking the amount of drugs on TV,” he raged. “There’s simply not enough.”
“Every channel I put on and there, in your face, is program after program about gardening, buying a house or cooking, and at no point in any of those shows will you find the slightest suggestion that drugs are extremely brilliant. It’s disgraceful.”
“The message those shows send out is simply careless and irresponsible,” he continued angrily. “It’s political incorrectness gone mad.”
Calling out programs like Dora The Explorer and Thomas The Tank Engine, father of three Peter claimed that their blatant neglect of even the slightest mention of Class-A drugs amounts to criminal negligence and that all shows should be legally obliged to issue a warning for viewers if their subjects veer away from topics like drugs.
“Watching shows like Dora is only going to encourage children to do one thing,” he warned, “and that’s abstinence. They are going to mimic what they see on television so the moment the shows don’t glamorize drugs, then that’s when you’ve lost an entire generation of children to the scourge of a drug-free lifestyle.”
“Watch and see,” he warned. “You’ll find them, alive and in a sweat on the bedroom floor, shaking all over and vomiting on themselves from the Insanity workout they’ve just done when they could just as easily be at home railing ketamine and listening to Pink Floyd.”
“Once a teenager starts down the road of not taking drugs it’s very hard for them to get back to a place where they can function as a normal member of society,” explained Peter. “Even a relatively minor ‘weekends only’ drug habit would be beyond the abilities of most of them. Usually after years of abstinence it’s too late for the child to even bang the odd pill when clubbing.”
“Those children will become just another statistic in an increasing number of kids who’ve never known the unmitigated joy of scoring cocaine after scrolling through your phone book and making calls for 2 hours.”
“The message the media sends out now is that drugs are not OK and that’s just heartbreaking,” he added.
Pointing to films like The Wolf of Wall Street, Blow and Human Traffic, Peter said that more of this type of cinema with “it’s measured and tempered portrayal of drugs” should be the norm across all visual media suggesting that “one drug reference per minute” would be an acceptable exposure so “kids can make the informed decision”.
“These films are near documentary in their unflinchingly gritty portrayal of the fascinating and exciting life that drugs offer, and the beautiful men and women who engage in these lifestyles,” enthused Peter. “The hyper-realism of these films, and how they don’t paper over any of the horrible fun and happiness that drugs cause, is a necessary good.”
Peter says that he does his best to shelter his own children from television shows that don’t glamorize the use of drugs, but admits that he finds it tough and often has to take measures into his own hands by screening illegally downloaded copies of films portraying heavy drug use and sex.
“I try my best to highlight the glamorous life of drugs at home by snorting cocaine in a ball gown while tweeting celebs and reading Heat,” concluded Peter. “I just hope and pray that it’s enough, and my kids don’t make the same mistakes that so many have in the past.”
