Zendaya defends ‘Euphoria’ after D.A.R.E. slams show for ‘glorifying’ drugs
nypost.comin its second season, that has “misguidedly and erroneously” depicted high school drug use.Zendaya, 25, has since come out to defend the show in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Our show is in no way a moral tale to teach people how to live their life or what they should be doing.
If anything, the feeling behind ‘Euphoria,’ or whatever we have always been trying to do with it, is to hopefully help people feel a little bit less alone in their experience and their pain,” the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actress told the outlet. “And maybe feel like they’re not the only one going through or dealing with what they’re dealing with.”But D.A.R.E.
has said that the show inherently normalizes teen drug abuse by depicting it as a typical extracurricular activity among high schoolers.“Rather than further each parent’s desire to keep their children safe from the potentially horrific consequences of drug abuse and other high-risk behavior, HBO’s television drama, ‘Euphoria,’ chooses to misguidedly glorify and erroneously depict high school student drug use, addiction, anonymous sex, violence, and other destructive behaviors as common and widespread in today’s world,” D.A.R.E.
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