Lindsay drinking underage, Britney banging JT when she claimed to be a virgin, and now that sweet, tiny Aaron Carter firing up the bong and taking a trip to Weedyworld? The moral decline of teen stars in this country is appalling! Why, oh why can we not live in a simpler time, a time filled with such smiling, apple-cheeked, wholesome young superstars like the Brat Pack--oh, wait. I mean, Leif Garrett! No, not him either. Ummm, the Coreys? No? Shit. OK then. Carry on, Aaron.

The most recent issue of the good ole National Enquirer includes some newsworthy shots of the pint-sized Bop lust-object sitting shirtless on an older man's lap, puffing on the weed before going all Matthew McConaughey with a hippie dippy jam session. Carter's enstranged mother has told tabloids that her son "likes to get high" despite his recent insistence in People that he's a clean teen.

These photos were auctioned off to the Enquirer courtesy of one of Carter's pals, who says, "I tried to talk to him back [in 2003, when the pictures were taken], but he told me, 'Oh, it's just recreational -- I only do it once in a while.'" The friend claims he's not trying to ruin the star's career with the pics; he just wants his buddy to cut out the weed. Thank god Aaron has caring, concerned friends who hawk personal pictures to tabloids in an attempt to save their pal from a dark descent into harrowing marijuana addiction!