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<blockquote data-quote="net1" data-source="post: 18441">An animated clip of Kermit the Frog rolling a cannabis joint is being circulated by email in Chile<img src="http://www.ananova.com/images/web/49648.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The clip shows Kermit teaching new cannabis users how to roll a joint, reports Las Ultimas Noticias online.The email is believed to have been created as a joke but advertiser Paula Rojas says it could damage the image of the children's character.She said: &quot;I have seen many characters being used in a improper way but it is the first time I've seen a children's character being used to promote drugs.&quot;That is serious. And unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do to stop it.&quot;A spokesman for Disney Chile, who hold the rights to the frog's image in Chile, said: &quot;Kermit is one of the most famous characters we have, it is not a surprise to us that his image is being used in such way.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="net1, post: 18441"] An animated clip of Kermit the Frog rolling a cannabis joint is being circulated by email in Chile [img]http://www.ananova.com/images/web/49648.jpg[/img] The clip shows Kermit teaching new cannabis users how to roll a joint, reports Las Ultimas Noticias online. The email is believed to have been created as a joke but advertiser Paula Rojas says it could damage the image of the children's character. She said: "I have seen many characters being used in a improper way but it is the first time I've seen a children's character being used to promote drugs. "That is serious. And unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do to stop it." A spokesman for Disney Chile, who hold the rights to the frog's image in Chile, said: "Kermit is one of the most famous characters we have, it is not a surprise to us that his image is being used in such way." [/QUOTE]

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