Not just a mouthpiece for your opinions about drugs or drug abuse.

They're more than just "a stoner". They use drugs (pot, I'm assuming) for a reason. Is it because they enjoy the high, or because they're trying to escape something? Do they want to stop? How does it affect their life? And who are they, without the drug habit? If there's not a real, three-dimensional character left over when you take away the drug habit, then you're in bad-characterization territory.

Oh, wait, you probably thought I meant illegal drugs. I'm talking about alcohol, the one that's 100% omnipresent and accepted in society, and even still allowed to be advertised on TV. The one that people write about their characters indulging in with nary a second thought because pretty much everyone does, in fact, do it.

Actually, I'm cool with agents drinking, and I don't have a problem with agents smoking a joint every now and then. I know plenty of people who smoke pot to varying degrees. They're generally pretty okay. It's just another potentially-addictive thing people can choose to do responsibly or not, IMO.

Just, y'know, please avoid basing a character solely on stereotypes. That's a bad idea regardless of what stereotypes you're using.

~Neshomeh

(By "stoner," I'm assuming you mean one who uses marijuana. I mention this because that is what will inform the remainder of this post.)

I don't have a problem with the idea in theory. We have agents who drink, we have agents who smoke tobacco, and we have agents who engage in other bad habits. Based on the research I have read and the evidence I have seen, marijuana use is hardly going to destroy the PPC.

That doesn't mean I have concerns. First off, would this agent be someone who noshes on a hash brownie after a mission to relax or a full on Tommy Chong/Seth Rogan "blaze it up 4/20" dude? If it is closer to the later, I should point out that being that stoned would probably interfere with one's duties at least a little bit.

Secondly, I should point out that "stoner agent" really isn't much of a concept. It tells me nothing about their personality unless you intend to follow the traditional stoner stereotypes (which I would advise against, due to how dull and hackneyed it could be). You can't really base a fleshed-out character solely around the fact that they use drugs. It should be a facet of who they are, not the crux.

Drug use is a serious problem for both the (ab)user and the people around them. It's one thing to write about tired, manic, and bloodthirsty agents but a completely other thing to write about agents who are tired, manic, bloodthirsty, and hopped up on psychoactive substances. Most of them are addictive and cause behavioural disorders-- even the "softer" ones.

In my opinion it's really not something that should be glorified or made "normal".

An agent with a stoner personality might work, but them actually being a drug addict might be a touchy subject matter.

"Do you ever just think... Like... None of this is real, man?"

"Well, yeah. We fight to protect fictional characters. Well, mostly fictional, anyway. So yeah, I'd say things aren't the way they seem."

"No, man. More like... Like, the PPC is not real. Like the flowers and stuff... Like, none of them are real, man."

"Whoah... No way."

"Dude, check it. There's this funky letter here, man... Wanna roll it?"

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Anyway, as far as I know, it's fine. However, Internal Affairs may not have the same feelings. Many neurotics are either banned or heavily restricted. Still, a stoner agent trying to hide his drugs from DoIA might be interesting. Could have a Inspector Javert like relationship with a DoIA agent trying to bust the agent for his illegal drugs. Just, try to keep it to the general strength of Marijuana. There are a lot of drugs throughout the multiverse that could mess up a lot of agents real bad. There is a reason why the DoIA is strict with its rules.

...buuuuut, I think that would depend on to what is the Agent addicted to. There's stuff that's forbidden in HQ, so those are right out. For other substances... well, I'll let more experienced members of the community decide on those.

These were my two cents.