In the News
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The Rush & Molloy column in the New York Daily News on August 15, 2000, took comments I said in an interview to Michael Musto for Paper Magazine out of context and stated: "Damn the rehab. Melanie Griffith isn't a 'just say no' mom. The actress says she'd like her children to 'ask me if they could experiment with pot,' rather than have them 'go out and buy some s--- that has weird psychedelic chemicals in it and [bleeps] them up.' In fact, asked if she'd share a toke with her kids if they wanted to try their first reefer, Griffith tells Paper magazine's Michael Musto, 'Yes.'"
       
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My words were meant to be ones of support for my children, not to be used as encouragement of drug use. I have always had an open relationship with my children. They know that they can come to me about anything, including drugs, and I won't turn away, or look down on them. My family means the world to me, and it's a shame that I have to explain myself when the press misinterprets my remarks.