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Reefer Madness (originally made as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film about drugs, revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana – upon trying it, they become ...
A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music. Film that relates the story, as told by high-school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana.
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Feeding into the frenzy surrounding its cult fandom, the plot of Reefer Madness is appropriately ludicrous, featuring several high school students whose lives are almost destroyed by their (frankly, quite moderate) cannabis consumption, with the effects of cannabis in the film being portrayed like Breaking Bad portrays crystal meth. The film claims...
There are two primary stories that viewers watch unfold when settling in for Reefer Madness. The first involves a teen boy who drives after smoking a joint and commits a hit-and-run accident. That one highlights a serious concern, as driving under the influence of any substance, no matter how recreational, can lead to life-threatening mistakes and ...
While unintentionally hilarious, there’s still a debate to be had surrounding the film’s harmlessness, as its status as an "educational work" and the misinformation it spread did in fact contribute to the drug’s criminalization which put millions in prisons over the years. However, if strictly taking its current reputation into account, it’s worth ...
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With Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien. Cautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on marijuana use. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
Apr 17, 2024 · Addicted after only a few puffs, the innocent youth find themselves on a doomed path leading to manslaughter, attempted rape, suicide, murder, a grand trial, and “hopeless insanity,” all ...
Reefer Madness (1936) [Enhanced] This unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as Reefer Madness, but originally known by the title Tell Your Children, a dead giveaway, has become...
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May 30, 2015 · A still from ‘Reefer Madness’, an anti-drugs exploitation film, dealing with the pitfalls of marijuana smoking, directed by Louis J. Gasnier, 1936. Among the cast are: Standing, left to right: Carleton Young (1905 – 1994), Dave O’Brien (1912 – 1969), and Thelma White (1910 – 2005).
