Corrupt Childhood: Drugs and Mental Illness in Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh

I am a big fan of Alice in Wonderland. I have read the book and have seen the Disney animated version and the Disney live action version. I like the way that they are both done and I think that they are a great adaptation from book to film. I have always noticed from reading the book to watching the movie that there seems to be a lot of drug references in the film. We all know the story about Alice where she disappears down a rabbit hole and falls into this bizarre place where she goes on many different adventures and runs into a lot of strange characters. There are the famous characters such as the white rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire cat, and the Mad Hatter. “Alice drinks potions and eats pieces of mushroom to change her physical state. The caterpillar smokes an elaborate water pipe. The whole atmosphere of the story is so profoundly disjointed from reality” ("Is Alice in Wonderland Really about Drugs?").  There are a lot of characters that seem like they are in a psychedelic state and on drugs. “Carroll wasn't thought to have been a recreational user of opium or laudanum, and the references may say more about the people making them than the author” ("Is Alice in Wonderland Really about Drugs?"). “The mushroom is "magic" only in the context of the story. And the caterpillar is merely smoking tobacco through a hookah” ("Is Alice in Wonderland Really about Drugs?"). In the films the drug references used give Alice certain abilities when she eats something she gets bigger or smaller. The caterpillar also is smoking tobacco hookah during the movie. Alice is talking with talking flowers at one point and it gets even crazier from there.
There are images of Alice in the movie where Alice is taking a lot of sugar in her tea to make it seem like she is taking a lot of cocaine. The rabbit is always running late and worried about being on time. The rabbit always appears very on the go like he is on speed. The forest that Alice goes through has some psychedelic images to make it appear the she is on LSD. The Cheshire cat appears to be on Nitros Oxide. The Mad Hatter is crazy in all ways and appears to be on crystal meth. A lot of the characters especially the smaller animals like the mice appear to be drowsy and appear to be smoking marijuana. There is another scene where Alice is eating mushrooms. The caterpillar is smoking the tobacco hookah in the movie. Then the walrus is smoking a cigar that is nicotine. It is hard to imagine that someone would come up with a grinning cat and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum and a Jabberwocky without drugs ("Drugs and Writing: Was Lewis Carroll High When He Wrote Alice in Wonderland?").
I am also a big fan of Winnie the Pooh and like Alice in Wonderland there has been controversy that Winnie the Pooh has the characters reflect a lot of mental illnesses. the two childhood favorites are corrupting children from an early age even if they do not know it yet. There are a lot of similarities with Alice in Wonderland like in Winnie the Pooh there are drug references in Alice in Wonderland and mental illness disorders shown in the characters in Winnie the Pooh. These two childhood favorites are closely researched to show the drug and mental illness references in the movie and television series for children. It has been noted that Winnie the Pooh has ADHD, which is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder  and an eating disorder. He also obsessed with honey. Making him have Impulsivity with obsessive fixations ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters" ). He takes risks in order to get the honey. He grabs the honey whenever he can no matter if he gets stuck or in a sticky situation. He also always feels sad and depressed after he eats all of the honey like someone with an eating disorder would like bohemia. Piglet has a generalized anxiety disorder because he has suffered from a self-esteem injury in the past, which causes him to have a lot of stress, anxiety, and general nervousness ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters"). Piglet also has a speech impediment, which relate to his anxiety. The owl has dyslexia and is a narcissist ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters"). Owl will often spell things wrong and make spelling errors. Tigger has ADHA, which is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder  because he cannot control his hyperactivity ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters"). The kangaroo also like Piglet has an anxiety disorder, but it is social anxiety disorder ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters"). 
Rabbit has OCD, which is Obsessive-compulsive disorder ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters").  he over organizes and is obsessed with order. Which for a male character he behaves very feminine which also direct towards his homosexuality. Eeyore has depression because he is always a downcast and has a negative outlook ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters").  Then Christopher Robin has Schizophrenia because he often manifests himself with his imagination and hallucinations ("The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters").  

Alice eating mushrooms 

A look over Winnie the Pooh characters and the mental illnesses they display. 

Source-"Drugs and Writing: Was Lewis Carroll High When He Wrote Alice in Wonderland?"

Source-"Is Alice in Wonderland Really about Drugs?"
Source-"The Mental Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters."