Parents' Guide to White Smoke

Parents need to know that White Smoke is about an African American teen, whose family moves to Cedarville (near Detroit) where her mother has won an arts fellowship that includes a year in a house for free and the possibility of buying the house debt-free. Marigold has a younger brother, her parents are divorced, and her mother has married a White man with his own young daughter. The main character is an unapologetic pot smoker and consumes cannabis candies. She also self-medicates her anxiety disorder with an opioid, and has a history of overdosing and a stint in a rehabilitation center. There is a subplot about drug dealing. Adults are depicted drinking wine with meals. There are a numerous incidents of arson and a few scenes of fights. A girl is hit in the face with a broom and knocked down the stairs. The climax consists of bloody combat. A young man is accused of breaking into people's homes and sexually assaulting children. "F--k" and "s--t" are used frequently, in the narration and the dialogue. The main character, who's jaded about life in general, teases a boy who admits to being a virgin and tells him he could be getting a lot of sex.