http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2015/06/rick_famuyiwa_s_dope_starring_shameik_moore_reviewed.html

Rick Famuyiwa’s sly coming-of-age comedy Dope opens with an onscreen dictionary definition of its multivalent title. Depending on the context, dope can be an illegal substance sold as a street drug; a person who acts in a foolhardy manner; or a term of praise in black American slang, signifying the coolness of the person or thing so designated. All three meanings work in tandem in Dope, a movie about a black teenager who foolishly gets mixed up in the sale of an illegal street substance, then winds up discovering inner reserves of cool he never knew he possessed.