--- description: The actress talks to her children about illegal substances "a lot" title: Mary-Louise Parker From ‘Weeds’ Says She Hates Drugs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42a5803f282056b8/6986854555a8595a83a7fb34/parker-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Marijuana](/tag/marijuana/) ## Marijuana Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mary-Louise Parker From 'Weeds' Says She Hates Drugs  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2014 2:26 PM CUT  J. Countess - Getty Images  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2014 2:26 PM CUT Actress Mary-Louise Parker starred as a soccer mom-turned-drug dealer on the hit Showtime TV show _Weeds_ for eight seasons, often involving her on-screen kids in the illegal business. But when it comes to her real-life, Parker said that she’s actually scared of drugs. “I’m very afraid of drugs and very afraid of what happens especially to people who have particular biochemistry that is susceptible to addiction, which runs in my family,” the actress told [_People_](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20796159,00.html "undefined") on Tuesday. Parker, 49, also said she has regular conversations with her son William Atticus, 10, and daughter Caroline Aberash, 7, about the dangers of of addiction. “We talk about drugs a lot,” Parker said. “I really hate drugs, and I was always the person where that was my thing: Mary-Louise doesn’t do drugs.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/23265/mary-louise-parker-from-weeds-says-she-hates-drugs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/23265/mary-louise-parker-from-weeds-says-she-hates-drugs/"},"headline":"Mary-Louise Parker From 'Weeds' Says She Hates Drugs","datePublished":"2014-03-13T14:26:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:45:13.798Z","description":"The actress talks to her children about illegal substances \"a lot\"","url":"https://time.com/23265/mary-louise-parker-from-weeds-says-she-hates-drugs/","keywords":["Marijuana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42a5803f282056b8/6986854555a8595a83a7fb34/parker-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42a5803f282056b8/6986854555a8595a83a7fb34/parker-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Weeds Actress is Anti-Drugs","caption":"Mary-Louise Parker starred as soccer mom-turned-drug dealer Nancy Botwin on Showtime’s ‘Weeds’ for eight seasons","creditText":"J. Countess - Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/marijuana/","name":"Marijuana"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/23265/mary-louise-parker-from-weeds-says-she-hates-drugs/","name":"Mary-Louise Parker From 'Weeds' Says She Hates Drugs"}}]}] ```