This is part one of a two part series about the best drug movies ever made. Part two will center on Anti-Drug films, whereas part one is all about movies that make you want to kick back and get high. Enjoy the list!

1) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Great adaptation by Terry Gilliam (!) of Hunter S. Thompson's novel (which started life as an assignment from the rock magazine Rolling Stone). Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro are perfect foils as the lead characters Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo. Every manner of drug is ingested and every depraved low is sunk to in the course of the film. It would be anti-drug if it didn't seem like so much fun while still being a true-to-life portrayal of the messy and insane lives of dope fiends.

2) Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke. Forget about every other Cheech and Chong film ever made; the duo peaked (pun intended) with this one and never made anything even nearly as good before or since. All of the best bits of their career are included in this film about two stoners who end up in Mexico and unknowingly proceed to smuggle a van out of the country that is made entirely of marijuana all the while trying to get to a battle-of-the-bands concert (which they succeed in doing and win first place). Stacy Keech is pitch-perfect in his recurring role as Sgt. Stedenko. If you haven't seen this movie already, then you probably shouldn't be reading this list.

3) Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Probably one of the funniest movies in recent memory (that wasn't written and directed by Kevin Smith). A pair of stoners (played perfectly by John Cho and Kal Penn) go on a quest of mythic proportions in order to score the perfect meal to rid them of the munchies, White Castle burgers! A simple premise that actually masks the deeper theme of the film: that anything that is worth having is worth fighting for, and that if you want something you'd better be prepared to go after it, regardless of the odds against you. The cameos in this movie are the highlight: everyone from Fred Willard to Ryan Reynolds to Anthony Anderson to Jamie Kennedy makes an appearance. And let's not forget Neil Patrick Harris playing Neil Patrick Harris.

4) Alice in Wonderland (1933). Forget the Disney version, this is the definitive drugged out live action black and white, starring Charlotte Henry as Alice, Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle, W.C. Fields (!) as Humpty-Dumpty (whoever cast this picture is a genius), Gary Cooper as the White Knight, and Billy Barty as the White Pawn. How is this a pro-drug film, you ask? Besides the fact that the entire movie is one long acid trip, there's mushroom eating and hookah pipe smoking galore!

5) Garage Days. Brilliant little Australian film about a rock band that just can't seem to break into the big league. Kick Gurry stars as Freddy, the lead singer/guitarist/song writer of an unknown Australian band that can't even find themselves a gig, thanks to the ubiquitious slot machines, DJs and the fact that their band just really sucks. Chris Sadrinna's character Lucy is the reason this movie is included here: he's a walking pharmacy, partly because he robs them of their drugs in his spare time, and also because he's working on creating his own fun-time pharmacopia. Both "fun with drugs" sequences are hilarious and deliciously seductive. It really looks like a lot of fun.

6) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Every Kevin Smith film (except Jersey Girl) has Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), two drug-selling slackers who concern themselves with getting high and attempting to get laid (or at least talking about it). This film, however, is their story. While attempting to hitchhike their way to Hollywood to stop Miramax from making a movie about them, they become embroiled in a diamond heist and monkey theft. And they get stoned at every opportunity. Sure, there are only a few scenes of actual drug use (or references to drug use, or the sale of drugs) but the entire film is a stoner movie through and through. Watch it high and try to stop laughing. It's impossible. (I would list the other actors, but it would take forever, since almost everyone in the film is a big name actor or actress. Will Farrel, for one, is exceptionally funny as Federal Wildlife Marshall Willenholly.)

7) Friday. Craig Jones (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) just want to hang out on the porch on a Friday afternoon and get nicely blazed. Unfortunately, they owe their dealer $200 for a front and the dealer wants that money back by 10 pm. This comedy is just as laidback as the main characters and Ice Cube is funnier here than in Barbershop, Are We There Yet? and Ghosts on Mars put together. (hehe.)

8) Half Baked. I can hear the groans already, but this is actually a very funny movie no matter how stupid most of the comedy in it actually is. Dave Chappelle, Jim Breur, Guillermo Diaz and Harland Williams star as friends who are torn asunder when one of them is sent to prison for accidentally killing a cop's diabetic horse (by feeding it candy). The remaining three must sell weed, and lots of it, to make his bail money and save "Kenny's sweet virgin ass"!

9) Dazed and Confused. A stylized depiction of the last days of high school, including a town-supported hazing ritual. There's also lots of underaged drinking, drug use, and girl chasing. (Matthew McConnaughey portrays an older slacker/stoner who still chases after teenage girls, saying "I get older, they stay the same age." Also features a great lead role by Jason London as a football player who's just as content hanging out with the stoners and nerds as he is with the rest of the team. Probably because he likes to get high. (Oddly enough, Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams are both in this film along with Jason London, whose twin brother was in the first movie that Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams starred together in, Mallrats.)

10) Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood. Great Wayans Brothers satire film that parodies "gangsta" or "hood" movies like Menace II Society, Boyz N The Hood and Poetic Justice. Granny (played by Helen Martin) alone is enough to include this movie on this list, as she is the type to get her crunk on and smoke blunts to the head.

And if this was the eleven best pro-drug movies list I'd have included Easy Rider. But it isn't.