Pamela Anderson wants to make it very clear that she
and ex-husband Tommy Lee are NOT an item again. She's
just helping him drum up some publicity for his new
reality show.

"Tommy Lee Goes to College" debuts Aug. 16 on NBC.

The former Motley Crue drummer and Anderson had been
acting affectionate toward each other in public
recently, but Anderson said she was just helping out a
member of the "family." I've seen how she helps
Tommy's member.

Marijuana use is cropping up on some critically
acclaimed shows, and anti-drug forces fear the
glamorization of pot could boost its use among youths.

• Pot is an ongoing theme on HBO's Entourage. Sunday's
episode features two teens getting high at a bat
mitzvah.

• last week's premiere of Over There, FX's gritty Iraq
war drama.

• Marijuana is the core premise of Showtime dramedy
Weeds, a dark version of Desperate Housewives suburbia
with Mary-Louise Parker as a pot-dealing soccer mom.
In Sunday's special preview, a teen sells pot to
grade-schoolers until Parker's character blackmails
him to stop.

Hollywood's embellishment of marijuana use is
"irresponsible," says Tom Riley of the White House's
Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Shows that tacitly approve of pot-smoking,
particularly comedies, may exacerbate its use, says
Steve Dnistrian of the Partnership for a Drug-Free
America.

Kevin Nealon, who co-stars in Weeds, says the show
simply underscores pot's prevalence in society. "A lot
of baby boomers are baby bongers," he says.

A 2003 study - the government's latest on drug use -
found that 14.6 million Americans used pot at least
once in the past month, up slightly from 2002. And
more than 95 million have tried it.