In my research proposal, I have conducted research on "Potheads" and the negative connotation that is associated with the name and the subculture. I believe that being a pothead is looked down upon in mainstream society due to how media interprets this specific subculture. Potheads are people who smoke weed in groups or by themselves. There are many people that use it for medicinal purposes and religious purposes but they are still considered Potheads.
             According to Dictionary.com, a Pothead is "a person who habitually smokes marijuana." It is what makes them a subculture, the subculture of smoking weed. My research has a lot of importance to help shed some light on the typical stereotypes of what a Pothead really is. The way the media portrays being a Pothead does not account for everyone who smokes weed. If we continue to be ignorant about this specific subculture then we will never truly learn to understand each other not only as a community but also as a country. Being fully functional and smoking weed, as Potheads do, is completely attainable and with this research paper I would like to address that.
             Pot has been around for a very long time. Throughout this time people have found many different uses for it, from Native Americans who generally smoke it to the Chinese who used it for medicinal purposes. So does this make a lot of people throughout the world Potheads? Unfortunately due to mainstream media and commercials conducted by the Above the Influence campaign smoking weed has been given a very bad representation. Making people that use Marijuana look like good for nothing-low lives. An example that helped attribute to this was Cheech and Chong. One was an unemployed hippie and the other a Mexican-American that had nothing going for him. They would smoke weed on a regular basis, making them the central imagine of what a Pothead is. These movies are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to misinterpretations...