The story-line of the film develops as Ben and Chon are seen to grow weed in a place of their own with an entire organization that does the packing of the marijuana. The sale of the drug is established to be a lucrative business in the film. This is shown throughout the narrative of the film.
Explicit drug taking typically occurs through the snorting of white powdery substances.
Ophelia is seen to smoke weed and unknowingly consume spiked drinks.
There are no step-by-step instructions on the preparation and consumption of drugs but there are scenes where individuals are seen in a state of intoxication thereafter consumption.
The impact of the portrayal regarding side-effects (i.e. hallucinations) comes across stronger than the consumption of drugs itself.
Drug-taking sequences are depicted but instructive details of illegal drug use are not. This film does not promote or encourage drug and substance abuse in any fashion.