Not too long ago (2002, to be exact), 18-year-old Joseph Frederick of Juneau, Alaska, decided it would funny to display a 14-foot sign reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” to TV cameras following the Olympic torch’s passage through Alaska. A bitter Supreme Court battle over the nuances of the First Amendment soon followed Frederick’s suspension from school and though the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the school’s assertion that Frederick was promoting drug use, it seems Frederick is now the one with the last laugh. He is, after all, the one who’s recently received a fat wad of cash from Paramount and MTV Films to make a movie based on this incident. Suck on that, Juneau-Douglas High School and then-principal Deborah Morse. Mark Poirier will be scripting the film’s not-at-all subtle moral messages.
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