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Marijuana:
"Weeds"
Actress
Mary
Louise
Parker
Wins
Golden
Globe,
Says
"Legalize
It"
1/20/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/419/weeds.shtml
Actress Mary Louise Parker,
who plays suburban pot-dealing mom Nancy Botwin in the Showtime TV series
"Weeds," beat out a quartet of Desperate Housewives to win best comedy
actress at Monday night's nationally-televised Golden Globe awards, and
she used the occasion to call on the US government to legalize marijuana.
The series, now in its second
season, stars Parker as a divorced housewife who turns to the weed in order
to pay her bills, and is only the latest small screen show to turn a kind
eye toward the kind bud -- much to the outrage of moralists. For
a few years, marijuana was either not portrayed on TV or portrayed only
as a dangerous drug, but since the advent of "That '70s Show," whose lead
characters spend much time smoking and laughing in the basement," the weed
has made a TV comeback.
But being accepted by television
audiences is only the beginning for the herb, Parker said in comments reported
by the British entertainment web site ContactMusic.com. "I'm really
in favor of legalizing marijuana," Parker said after winning the award.
"I don't think it's that controversial. "I thought people would be
more offended by this than they are. I'm surprised they weren't."
In something of a surprise,
Parker beat out Desperate Housewives stars Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher,
Felicity Huffman, and Eva Longoria to win the award. "I thought Felicity
would win. I think we're all desperate housewives. My character
is just a little bit more desperate than theirs."
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Issue #419
-- 1/20/06
Feature:
Alaska
Bill
to
Recriminalize
Marijuana
Fast-Tracked,
Passes
Senate
|
Feature:
With
Conservatives
Poised
to
take
Power,
Canadian
Drug
Reform
Ponders
an
Unfriendly
Future
|
Feature:
Swiss
Marijuana
Legalization
to
Go
to
Voters...
Unless
Parliament
Acts
First
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Supreme
Court
Ruling:
Administration
Cannot
Use
Federal
Drug
Laws
to
Block
Oregon's
Assisted
Suicide
Law
--
Attempts
Increased
Pain
Levels
Among
Dying
|
Medical
Marijuana:
San
Diego
Term
Limits
Initiative
Filed
in
Response
to
Supervisors'
Attacks
on
State
Medical
Marijuana
Law
|
Medical
Marijuana:
New
Mexico
Governor
Puts
Compassionate
Use
Act
on
Legislative
Agenda
|
Mothering:
Utah
Appeals
Court
Overturns
Child
Endangerment
Charge
in
Marijuana
Breast-Feeding
Case,
But
Upholds
Law
Itself
|
Marijuana:
"Weeds"
Actress
Mary
Louise
Parker
Wins
Golden
Globe,
Says
"Legalize
It"
|
Europe:
Britain
Will
Not
Reclassify
Cannabis
as
a
More
Harmful
Drug
--
Advisory
Council
Calls
Risk
of
Mental
Illness
"Very
Small"
|
Latin
America:
Colombian
President
Forced
to
Probe
Paramilitary
Influence-Buying
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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