Does This Marijuana Film Scare You? Watch A 1950s Teenager Go Crazy

I have always wondered whether these 1950s shown in high school scare films worked. They did scare me when I was a kid. But I can't say that it kept me away from marijuana when I was in college. Never got addicted. The people who made this film had very little understanding for what teens were telling each other in the inner cities where marijuana could be bought. I grew up in the suburbs of New York, Levittown, and I remember a boy in my high school in 1959 driving to Harlem to buy a $5 bag and bring it back for his friends and himself. It was a very big deal as no adults seemed to know what teens were doing with it, so no one I know ever got caught. It was before the big surge of marijuana users that took place in the late 1960s. Note the New York accent. These moviemakers felt that a New York accent made the words sound “tougher.”

[@crogthecreator7290]

The 50s where tobacco is the safest substance on earth and weed can turn you crazy

[@ianbrotherton2341]

Now it's literally the exact opposite 😂

[@bongoman9578]

@@ianbrotherton2341 not rlly. smoking weed is also bad for your lungs

[@onfoenemgrave]

Weed could technically turn you crazy, induces psychosis at high amounts.

[@nuclearpugg]

@@bongoman9578 Smoking anything is also bad for your skin and decreases your collagen but all of this could happen even if you don't smoke

[@bongoman9578]

@@nuclearpugg yes but if you do smoke it can increase the chances and make it worse

[@cornholio8411]

Dude smokes joint after work *Kills everyone*

[@tenbroeck1958]

That was "Killer Weed" I bet!

[@yeatisbetterthaneveryoneyo7404]

relatable

[@Grandpaneedsblood]

Sounds like Chicago 👍

[@Hope-jd8kz]

You made me almost spit out my coffee too funny

[@raptorgator]

He actually looks like a psychotic serial killer for the time

[@npc1374]

As a guy who once injected three whole marijuanas I can confirm this is exactly how it goes

[@Iamrightyouarewrong]

I smoked one marihuana once and DIED.

[@bomma2694]

I think I just died from marijuanas too 😢 never mind.

[@ih8suvz]

You injected 3 marijuanas? You crazy man you 😂

[@Rocketman88002]

You do mean inhale right?

[@Faygo2215]

I touched it once and had a brain hemorrhage

[@Chaotic_Observer]

Bro got handed a joint, took a puff, and absolutely obliterated that guy 😆

[@alrush2423]

Holy shit, now those Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons where he'd "eat" his spinach by sucking it down his pipe and getting super strong to beat the shit out of Bluto the bully makes so much more sense!

[@rabbi4skin666]

My dad who is a daily smoker of Cannabis since the 60s, said these types of movies made him curious about weed in the first place

[@poiseboi6235]

"Don't do drugs, but do let us use them on unsuspecting patients in mental institutions so we can experiment with hypnosis for the purpose of interrogation" - The 1950s probably

[@ProdByKnightmxre_]

Well if i was the government I’d do the same, they played it smart but we outsmarted them

[@ryanof3004]

​@ProdByKnightmxre_ how tf did we outsmart them😂 we're literally slaves to the system and there's nothing we can do about it. If they want to they can know everything about you, unless they already do lol we've been being played for a long time, guess you're just one that's blind to it. Must be nice

[@ethanweeter2732]

Or MK Ultra.

[@AlphaJDM]

They probably wouldn't have imagined in a million years that someone would be sitting here watching this PSA smoking on the drug they were warning us about, after legally purchasing it 😂

[@dirtybuttsteve2827]

And laughing hysterically at the PSA high af! 😂😂

[@bomma2694]

A million years 😂😂👍

[@bomma2694]

@ri37eh2ushe because

[@Chopper140]

Actually they were very aware of it becoming legal

[@bomma2694]

@@Chopper140 source: "trust me bro"

[@diagastar7261]

"Everyone was laughing and having a good time". Well I dont need to watch anymore, I'm sold. Pass the joint.

[@diagastar7261]

Wow a like from a famous person! Closest I will likely ever get to a celebrity. Thanks David Hoffman, made my day!

[@xxflameaminoxx]

Diaga Star Apparently he agreed! Lol

[@waynej2608]

Followed by a straight right to the body, then a left hook to the noggin. A knockout! Let's see, I used to box and I also toke weed. It just never occurred to me, to do both activities, together.

[@olemattsmusak]

😂😂😂🤟🏼

[@02chevyguy]

Well, don't Bogart it!

[@Thatwasianboii]

listening to big band music with your friends high as a kite sounds like a bomb ass evening to me

[@urbanexplorer260]

☀️😍!!

[@toshdosh2058]

Smoking as I watch this. Good stuff.

[@skyefraser9494]

What up my guyyy 👍🤙

[@danieladinero3270]

lmfao same

[@xsidx232]

Me 4

[@KinnereyB]

You too? You must be wondering the same things then. 1) Wilson’s hardware store never cared if I was high at work. Guess they got more strict. 2) That weed must have been pretty good if everyone was laughing and having a good time. And 3) what an asshole. Ruining everyone’s good time bc he decodes to murder a decent fella (his words) with a can’t miss murder weapon - the 1950’s left hook with no sound and fake blood from the recipient’s mouth. I was enjoying myself until the extremely fake murder

[@angelicentity1401]

Same

[@salty-as-heck9915]

That escalated quickly

[@anotherkat4u]

" he was laughing...so i killed him " ,,,,=^..^=,,,, 2018...nothings changed ~(^..)

[@02chevyguy]

How long was he there? 2 minutes?

[@MomMom4Cubs]

It really got out of hand fast.

[@lavellesogucc1]

We all know damn well nobody is going to punch someone for giving them a joint. 😂

[@Grandpaneedsblood]

Mike tyson

[@lavellesogucc1]

@@Grandpaneedsblood 🤣

[@airchompz]

@@Grandpaneedsblood Mike Tyson literally owns & sells cannabis, I don't think he would punch you out unless you handed him some really bad shwag.

[@luckyy3691]

@@airchompz A whole blunt filled with nothing but stems and seeds 🤣

[@mattyctill]

The moral of the story, never stay late at work

[@travisharnedmusic]

I'd be grateful if a guy gave me a joint instead of a cigarette

[@jlluna2633]

Same

[@Grandpaneedsblood]

Yea but he never smoked before he only needs a few bowls

[@jesseluciano1388]

@@Grandpaneedsbloodnot true my first time smoking was a joint. But I guess what youre saying isn’t true or untrue it’s subjective lol

[@tylerrobinson5490]

Chillest fuckin guy ever. Gets passed over and casually says “oh that’s too bad.” Fucking legend.

[@doctorwebman]

We never showed up for a party with such classy style. Just t-shirts, hoodies, and a glass pipe stuffed full of green. It would be fun to have a 50's themed smoke party, though.

[@andrewbringas4551]

Imagine giving someone some weed so they can fit in and chill with u cuz u feel bad just so they can nock u out for doing it

[@quemainefulton720]

Lmfao

[@kiekie84]

don't smoke weed it will make you go blind! LOL!

[@russellschaeffler]

"Some big fella came over and started to talk to me." You don't get quality voice overs like that anymore!

[@TheGunnCat]

I remember going to the movies in the '70s (in Manhattan) and everyone lighting up when the movie started. I also remember people just smoking it in public walking down the street.

[@briane5467]

They're smoking that synthetic weed

[@claytonlawrence7819]

Spice.... Spice is awesome dude I smoked it every day for years and it made me ultragenious

[@vaclavcervinka65]

@@claytonlawrence7819 ...okay...

[@melvinprince93]

🤣🤣

[@nickd6725]

Clayton Lawrence nope spice will ACTUALLY make you crazy, unlike that ganja goodness

[@user-rh1jo1yy9e]

Bitches got K2? If be pissed off too, there goes his rib cage

[@KingOfTheOzone]

Damn, I wish I got a free joint.

[@jeffjohnson5876]

Ikr that’s like 10 bucks

[@Snowsboarding]

@@jeffjohnson5876 10 bucks for a joint? y’all trippin, i can lay my hands on 3 joints for 9 bucks, only in amsterdam

[@lovesosa7872]

@@Snowsboarding reggie

[@piranhaattack4836]

@@Snowsboarding Must be shit weed

[@CreutzfeldJakobDiseasepatient]

@@piranhaattack4836 No weed is shit weed.. You disrespectful kids today call landraces, the og parents of your dank weed, shit weed... Lemme tell you the weed today doesn't feel natural... Too expensive for nature... Weed was never about being industrialized and brought under capitalism... It was about freedom... The landraces are the only weed which still represents that freedom and the highs feel so "natural"... Big Brothers got his hands on today's weed and anything Big Brother touches turns to artificial, processed shit. You kids can never experience those beautiful, unique natural highs of different landraces because your tolerances are all too high from smoking the artificial danks nowadays... I stopped smoking that Pharma weed for a year and when my tolerance was low, went back to smoking landraces or "reggie" as you ignorant kids call the og weed parents and again was able to enjoy the peaceful, "free", "natural", unique highs. I always felt something was missing in today's weed but never could put my finger on it... I didn't feel "free" and the world doesn't feel surreal... There's a reason why the singers and songs of old were very deep and while today's singers get the best weed can't make deep songs anymore.

[@alissunwolf8249]

The "pushers" look so respectable in those suits.

[@kripptonite7457]

Just like Big Pharma!

[@drkhven1614]

Well yeah, it's the 50s, everyone who wants to look respectable were a suit

[@Leo-cc4ip]

As someone who has done the weed I can confirm this is 100% accurate.

[@sssj806]

😂 oh piss off

[@antonioace1551]

Indeed

[@TookaSmoker]

“Done weed” bro stfu 😂

[@tyronsreekley876]

Marijuana, never once

[@Grandpaneedsblood]

Same and I'm high right now off Grass

[@0000Fred0000]

Watching this gave me the munchies so I ate some weed brownies.

[@waynej2608]

I got the munchies and I made some spaghetti.

[@dhb.4veil]

bro said weed brownies

[@KennyMcCormick99]

This makes me think of of the opening scene in the underground bunker in "pineapple express" with Bill Hader!

[@sutonzu]

ILLEGAL

[@moose8877]

@@sutonzu beat me to it XD

[@jzvlogs781]

I love pineapple express lol

[@mega6836]

"this is the bee's knees!"

[@Ruck.Norris]

“Dude, what happened to your eye?” 😂

[@dawsonedwards5859]

Okay but that blazing session looked bomb asf

[@thecatrooms]

I thought it was a cigarette but it's W E E D *punches a guy to death*

[@moneymanne]

Literally jus kills guy who gave him free weed lmao

[@Redforsberg]

Weed in 50s: you go crazy and kill people Weed now: im kinda hungry

[@josephvalceanu6427]

And what’s funny is the weed back then was a fraction of a percent as strong as it is now

[@yngslim3346]

I died at the end when he punched that dude he must've been smoking crack

[@phillipmendiola1257]

IS JEFF SESSION IN THIS FILM ! ! !

[@waynej2608]

He prolly helped finance it. The tricky little devil.

[@Z_Co95]

Worse weed can do is give you a panic attack, which in many cases is a good thing to calm down your ego

[@humboldtharry4248]

I agree, there are few egomaniac cannabis users.

[@PleasureLarkHolbrook]

@@humboldtharry4248 it almost mentally humbles you

[@NaughtyLucifer]

if it gives you panic attacks then stop it ain't for you case closed.

[@PurpleCh4lk]

@@NaughtyLucifer Or you're just going with some shit in your life. When I was on pretty low point on my life weed gave me shitload of panic attacks and I did quit for a while. After getting my shit together, not a single panic attack.

[@PurpleCh4lk]

@@dryfter2021 Yeah, sure. Didn't mean that. And I've found same thing, while having panic attacks from weed, no other drug (?) did that.

[@11UncleBooker22]

It's the hardware store owners fault, he was in on the whole thing. Probably used his business as a front for both the reefers AND that bootleg Jazz/Ragtime/Rock-N-Roll/Big Band music.

[@thekushkunt]

this is my favourite sitcom

[@ikaros4203]

some pretty good blazin music, them drums at 1:58

[@waynej2608]

Yeah, they were some happenin cats.

[@MRSludgedude]

This is a perfect intro to our stoner doom metal band.

[@Anonymous_________]

Growing up, my mom told me I'd die if I smoked weed. Today, I have a medical cannabis card, for my cancer.

[@luckyy3691]

Oh wow.

[@lucasmynatt415]

Dude comes into someone’s house where they offer him free joints and the buster starts clocking people. Not a very good guest if you ask me.

[@luckyy3691]

I can almost picture an old geezer from the 50s saying, "BaCk iN My DaY, wE uSed tO haVe ManNeRs!!!"

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Yup, marijuana makes ya violent... 🙄

[@xxflameaminoxx]

Yeah no, instead of talking about how tobacco destroys your liver and collapses your lungs, *mArIJuAnA iS tERrIBlE-*

[@hipsoofilms8765]

flame amino liver? You mean alcohol?

[@hipsoofilms8765]

@Danny Underground bruh you can’t get liver cancer from smoking, that’s like saying you get toe cancer from smoking

[@Seattlefan77]

You know you're far gone when the big guy starts laughing at you

[@nathanwebb1272]

I remember being 14 and my dad telling me it would never be legal, 10 year later we have dispensaries haha 😅

[@thecatrooms]

Lol why did you say that when they've been legalizing it for like a decade xD

[@robertsmalls2293]

Unfortunately. That shit is dumb, and it’ll make you a lazy fool. Like me.

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@robertsmalls2293 Eh Alcohol can make you a violent lazy dick as well. Marijuana at least makes you a ussualy friendly lazy person, while killing you far less.

[@robertsmalls2293]

@@AbstractTraitorHero There’s no justifying using either. Why bother trying to make excuses for self destructive behavior.

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@robertsmalls2293 Life is not solely about work, wanting to enjoy it and take a moment isn't bad, weed is a pretty safe for you and everyone around you substance that at most impairs your productivity at worst. And considering humans are more productive then they have ever been at any point in history, that's not that big a deal.

[@mysticgeneie4668]

That sure showed me Mr. Hoffman! Never going to even look at the devils lettuce after this.

[@My_lumpyspaceprincess]

I'm high right now🤣🤣🤣 This is funny because we know it ain't true.

[@elanorapowell6811]

I went from smoking weed all the time to having to quit for work, the next time I smoked it was from a dispensary from my sister in law…spent the rest of the night fainting because my heart rate shot up to 170 while sitting. It effects everyone different but that doesn’t make it evil lmao

[@blake1896]

You were just anxious the weed had nothing to do with that

[@elanorapowell6811]

@@blake1896 That’s not true at all. Some people have negative reactions to weed

[@bomma2694]

​@@elanorapowell6811 No, he's right. It's his nerves.

[@02chevyguy]

I wish I knew the title for this. I'd like to see the whole thing.

[@bordertownmex8810]

lol italians selling weed??

[@snitchbstudios]

I know, it's usually cocaine.

[@josephmyers6844]

The og oregano

[@monsantofungaro5704]

Laughing and having a good time. Sounds pretty good to me!

[@hothmandon]

After watching that randomly end moment now I'm scared that my weed use might make me violent so NO MORE WEED FOR ME!!! From now on I'm gonna stick with Marlboros and Budweiser every morning noon and night just like my pop pop. Lol

[@soulmedicationsessions6930]

Lol

[@krypton1982]

"TAKE THAT POTHEAD!!" *LEFT* *RIGHT*

[@aracnide5051]

The way it ended made me spit the water I was drinking

[@kaleb_gearhart6789]

I love watching these high as fuck and being like people used to believe this shit 😂🌳💨

[@juangabrielyunen3251]

Wow not only it makes you dizzy and laughing but super strong? Abridged looking guy and it only took him 2 hits to kill a guy bigger than him.

[@101airbourn]

Usually it's a case of bring your own drugs to the party. Think of an amount then double it, multiply that amount by three, then increase the amount by 25%. The recommended formula to apply to achieve "good times".

[@BarackObama212]

You ever look at the back of a dollar bill man? There’s some spooky shit goin on and it’s green too!

[@Cyhyraeths]

is the whole thing available? It seems to abruptly cut out

[@davyjones611]

I hope that's not all they needed lol

[@petescare13]

What's the title of the film please, is it feature length or just a school scare picture, an "educational" short?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

Educational short.

[@keenanlennox3117]

In my italian new york voice " watchu fkn record this with jimmy? Ah god damn lobster?!

[@nictheaddict9094]

nah cause i wanna go to that smoke sesh

[@magicAlonso1414]

I miss the days when my dealers wore suits and combed their hair...

[@heatherofthemountains]

This caught me so off guard lmao 🤣

[@whitedevilsadvocate5327]

I love how all these guys look like they're in their early 30's at best, yet they're suppose to be teens. lol

[@danielbergonzi7319]

Look at the eyes to tell age

[@TheNinja94a]

Shit don't change, I guess.

[@brokegirl1452]

Makes you want to smoke more

[@eshaanreza832]

"The 1950s never had marijuana" The aforementioned decade in reality:

[@josephk4807]

I'm 64. Smoked weed since age 14. Doin fine.

[@tristanhrominchuk8126]

Nice 💯💯

[@astr0sauce]

the last 15 seconds are pure comedy

[@Jay-n262]

The only thing marijuana ever harmed was a bag of Doritos!

[@420troll4]

nice combo.

[@miguelnascimento2847]

It still scares me to this day. It is terrifying how lies and propaganda are so accepted by society in general

[@vickramgoswami2297]

Where’s the rest of the movie 🎥??

[@dazlerlister2288]

Where's the rest or is that it?

[@adamv4951]

Made him feel dizzy. Takes another puff. Lol

[@PepekBezlepek]

man this happens to me everytime, too :(

[@awjnck204]

Punching someone over the giggles from the Zaza is wild 😂

[@taylorread6257]

This is the kinda old fashioned entertainment that practically turned weed into a symbol of freedom and liberty

[@tkfu9436]

I smoked weed and the video game character I was playing went crazy and knocked out everyone.. does that count?

[@beansonbrains]

there's nobody watching this video who isn't smoking rn lmao

[@Sk8x4x3v3r]

damn that weed made him strong!! no wonder they don't want boxers or football player to use it

[@witheredhouseplant]

anyone else watching this high?

[@midgetgirl5]

For some reason watching this only made me want to smoke a joint

[@fuzzballzz36]

Does anyone know which film this is from? I'd like to see the entire thing if possible.

[@ayuunagisa]

refer madness

[@fuzzballzz36]

@@ayuunagisa no, it isn't. I've seen Reefer Madness many times. You can also tell from the film stock that this was shot 20 years later.

[@jonathandp81]

"The Story of a Teenage Drug Addict". RiffTrax made fun of it.

[@fuzzballzz36]

@@jonathandp81 thank you!

[@Taylasto]

The only realistic thing about this film is when he said things started to slow down. That happened to me the first time I smoked everything slowed down for a couple of seconds lol

[@Monclerkam]

Yea. My perception of time always changes when I'm fried.

[@ransmithkhomidov5748]

@@Monclerkam fried?

[@RageCityBiscuit]

Waiting for the 200mg edible I just dropped to kick in this really helps pass the time.

[@marieautumn9694]

what really happens is laying in ur bed and eating chips while feeling awesome

[@ObriMensah]

arrives at the function...50's trap music starts 😂

[@raptorgator]

This all just seems really horrific like some horror film because of how 1950's it is

[@ss6truks]

Bro went full aggro and terminated someone 😂 that killer weed

[@grantmixon6706]

Smoke one joint as a teenager and you suddenly look like you're in your 30s

[@blaketerry4779]

Jeez marijuanas must have been soo much worse back then smh

[@TransGurlGamer]

Cyberpunk 2077 in the 50s when you try and knock someone out but they end up dead lol

[@raspberrydriplp4494]

no wonder my dads generation hated weed, they watched such classics as this...they're laughing at you hahaha more like I'm so high I'm laughing at everyone else

[@NikolaiArakelian]

weed has many side effects, it's a drug, it isn't good for you. I mean sure it's fun and all but that's how addictions develop. I don't want to live in a lazy society where there is no food because nobody is willing to work

[@daisu9818]

@@NikolaiArakelian you mean a lazy society with food issues like the Netherlands right?

[@daisu9818]

@@NikolaiArakelian Imagine of all the things you could have said, you went for the ''no food cause lazy'' when it has been legal there for an half century. The nethelands which is as big as Maryland, is the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural products by value behind the United States. Bro imagine saying such things XD

[@Farvaman423]

And why would you punch him out😭

[@JuniorJr...]

This commercial was sponsored by Phillip Morris Tobacco Co. 😏

[@joshuaa.c.newman7430]

Isn't the message here that working late for your boss causes drug addiction?

[@Sunflare-vq2uy]

Lol

[@alexaguirre09]

This could be a really good weed comercial

[@redroc727]

A pack of cigarettes came with happy meals back then…but weed will make ya crazy…

[@JeffisWinning]

This doesn't scare me as bad as Reefer Madness does.

[@ezdboy]

Reefer Madness is the greatest comedy movie of all time.

[@ck5004k]

I'm sorry, what was the message exactly?

[@aaronhusar24]

Read the title and description and figure it out.

[@nidhogg6344]

Morality of the story, don't invite strangers in private parties. It might end violently ...

[@AwesomeQman25]

Damn, Vito. Didn't have to knock out Joe 😂