Movie Drug Addicts
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Movie Drug Addicts

Forget the PSAs with frying eggs: Movie addicts will scare kids straight. Which junkie is the most convincing?

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1 Tony Montana (Al Pacino) in Scarface
<p>Everyone admires his guts but Montana's cocaine-fueled suicide mission is the wrong kind of life lesson. 40 138
2 Renton (Ewan McGregor) in Trainspotting
<p>Renton tries to go clean again and again, but never loses his faith in heroin, even if it's killing his friends. 40 132
3 Mia (Uma Thurman) in Pulp Fiction
Thanks to Mia, we know confusing stolen heroin for stolen cocaine can trigger an overdose, one that will require a giant needle to undo.</p> 37 139
4 Duke (Johnny Depp) in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
<p>Pot, LSD and coke are just a few of the drugs on Duke's menu. No wonder he regularly forgets where he is or how he got there. 37 135
5 Marion (Jennifer Connelly) in Requiem for a Dream
<p>Another heroin addict who sees no upside: She loses her boyfriend and her dignity, ending up the entertainment at an orgy.</p> 36 126
6 George Jung (Johnny Depp) in Blow
<p>George goes from popular and charismatic to friendless and imprisoned in this biopic. Selling coke will do that to you. 35 117
7 Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) in The Basketball Diaries
<p>Based on a true story, it only takes a few months for Jim to go from baseketball prodigy to junkie, thief and prostitute. 27 107
8 Thurgood (Dave Chappelle) in Half Baked
<p>Dealer Thurgood's attempt to go clean almost fails -- the police get completely buzzed off of his second-hand smoke. -7 105