" REEFER MADNESS " CLASSIC 1936 ANTI-MARIJUANA DRUG ADDICTION SCARE FILM (Part 1) XD47664

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Part 2: • " REEFER MADNESS " CLA...
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced by George Hirliman, and featuring a screenplay by Arthur Hoerl, the melodramatic film "Reefer Madness" was initially released in 1936. It was supposedly shot in three weeks. The film was inspired by an actual case, in which a psychopath named Victor Licata killed his entire family while allegedly under the influence of pot (later he was determined to be schizophrenic). Here, the plot centers around a group of drug dealers who entrap innocent teenagers and lead them down the fatal path of addiction, with hot jazz parties as the bait and "reefer" cigarettes used as the gateway drug. Financed by a church group, the movie (originally titled "Tell Your Children") was of course planned as a morality tale and, essentially, as a scare film that would educate naive parents about the dangers of cannabis use and the hazards of drug dependence. Due to its low budget, reliance on a weak plot and amateur actors, and a host of other flaws, the film was both a critical and box office failure. However, it later achieved cult status and a form of redemption, financial and otherwise. A critical moment in the story occurred when all rights to "Tell Your Children" were purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who specialized in releasing films on the so-called exploitation circuit. Esper, whose previous credits included the short "How to Undress in Front of Your Husband" and "Maniac" aka "Sex Maniac", recut the film to emphasize its tawdry aspects and released and re-released it as "Reefer Madness", "Doped Youth" and "The Burning Question". The film proved to be a hit and had a long run, although Esper did not bother to protect the film's copyright. Decades later, the film was widely shown as a fundraiser for an organization promoting marijuana legalization and as a midnight movie. It eventually became regarded as one of the worst films ever made, or at least as the first or earliest film to ever have the distinction of enjoying a fan base because it was so awful.
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[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

It’s funny because i can remember when people would get six months in the house of correction for having a roach on them but now there’s a recreational cannabis store down the hill from where i live, a ten minute walk.

[@taquache_raids7261]

I live within 50 meters of 3 and my neighbor has a whole bush

[@diablo666541]

What state was this in ?? I'm in Texas n felony possession was 4 Oz. Along with the under 100 lb law usually they use on people crossing us mex border.

[@jaysaw8151]

They are decriminalizing it ... down on the corner there is $30 THC vape pens ....this is a non legal state ...go figure ..cops now don't care . people have medical weed cards now .in fact I'm getting mine soon ..done burned my gutts out on over the counter pain killers that no longer work

[@themagicminstrels476]

Were you alive in the 60’s or 70’s? I don’t think people commonly got thrown in jail for a roach much later than that, but I could be wrong.

[@barrakliberal8539]

My class in school was forced to watch this...1968 or so. My older sister was already smoking pot. She would have been 16 or so. Nope..I couldn't wait to get a little older. She LOVED the stuff.

[@MrJamesmaco]

In high school in the 70s, teachers would show us anti drug films for entertainment, and a reward for good behavior.

[@manhoot]

And all along I thought grass mellowed people out. Looking at this film, these actors could pass as crack addicts.

[@diablo666541]

Even meth doesn't hit that bad

[@JoshWalk-bg6ik]

Sativa

[@charliepearce8767]

I hate it when I'm injecting Reefers and the seeds clog the needle....

[@sheldonaubut]

That is bad, but then the GOVERNMENT sending out all those airplanes spraying MJ smoke and other things in their "chemtrails" to keep us all compliant just as terrible. They should just give all of us some free MJ and we'd happily be compliant.

[@soft_serve_666]

I've seen this hilarious movie countless times and everytime, I still can't believe the writers had the nerve to say Marijuana was more deadly than heroin.

[@RolIinStoner420]

the kicker to this: Everyone involved with this "film" probably had a BAC of 0.05, smoked a carton of cigarettes a day and never even tried smoking MJ once... "dont question....do as your told!!!"

[@VOLK________]

You’re

[@keithhatch56]

Ahhh the good old days of ignorance. I miss them.

[@LionofthetribeofJudah650]

@@VOLK________ Your

[@champanzee6486]

@@keithhatch56 People are still ignorant today.

[@mackpines]

What's with the fancy font used for "Marihuana" Because everyone knows heroin is child's play compared to deadly weed. LOL! The only thing this film got right was the random outburst of laughter from the guy sitting down. The hell's with the swinging noose?

[@matthewmurray1857]

Bro when they were burning the heroin he said weed is more dangerous than opium morphine and heroin 😂

[@smuleplayz]

Imagine being the guys in the furnace rooms 😶‍🌫️

[@diablo666541]

I bet lot of it disappeared. Before the fire . Not long ago they busted customs agent switching out the drugs that were meant to be incinerated in canada

[@Dr_Mario2007]

It's now kinda weird watching the anti-marijuana video right now in the age where marijuana is about to be federally legal.

[@ESPLTD322]

Joe Biden with the help of Bill Clinton authored the 1994 crime bill, which incarcerated literally millions of people strictly for marijuana, and Kamala Harris single handed oh prosecuted tons over marijuana intentionally, some of which didn’t even have it. They’re not gonna sign a bill legalizing it, they’re both hardcore drug warriors. And Biden and Harris’ actions incarcerated far more blacks than other races, although there were plenty of victims of every race. Scumbags. I never look at just the party of a candidate, I look at their personal history.

[@briang.7206]

Back in the 60's we kids were told its a gateway drug..it would lead to the use of hard drive like cocaine.

[@johncoops6897]

Luckily we are safe, because during the past 10 years Solid State Drives have largely superseded hard drives.

[@diablo666541]

Ya mean hard drugs not hard drive

[@lorenanders702]

It usually leads to doritos

[@TrapperAaron]

I want a cocaine hard drive.

[@soft_serve_666]

The faces these actors are making while all hopped up on dope is sending me.

[@albear972]

I'm not a pot smoker or any other material smoker at all, but this is the most ridiculous scare propaganda "anti-drug" film. I have ever seen.

[@GMATveteran]

I'm smoking some sativa as I watch this, & it's extra entertaining. 😆

[@Naminski1a]

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) brought me here. Thanks, New Line Cinema.

[@diablo666541]

Remember the scene with ex junkie Freddie used her weakness against her

[@cabbitkisser2620]

i smoked a joint up and sat down and watch this. i never laughed so hard.

[@billynomates920]

you violent laughterer, you!

[@TrapperAaron]

I remember when people would get 30 years for simple possession under "three strikes act" hopefully this will all be a terrible time from the past, one day.

[@sheeeeeeesh900]

I was wondering where the footage for the disjointed intro comes from. No longer. Yay!

[@jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069]

Nobody raised on today's Hollywood violence, could ever grasp in how a 1936 audience would have been shocked, mortified, horror-stricken and in tears, not wanting their children to ever see such a show, over the violence, emotional grief, criminal element and antagonism portrayed in this film

[@DanEBoyd]

Excellent perspective!

[@briang.7206]

Several hears ago I got my sister to watch this because she was smoking it..I thought it would be fun.

[@michae8jackson378]

Such a horrendous film. And the sad part is that SO many still believe so much of it! Legalize it, Don't Criticize It!

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

Reefers we’re sounding pretty good till the insanity part.

[@johangambleputty7658]

Best special FX at 25:41

[@nealllagasse9038]

Fear is the easiest way to control your people.

[@macmedic892]

Drugs are bad, m’kay?

[@LastTrueElk]

But it's not a drug. It's a plant.

[@thegrahammer]

"I'll reef your madness." My friends mom.

[@billhillyer334]

This came up because one of my coworkers was talking about reefers meaning trailers with refrigerant machines on them tell me your not listening to me by not telling me

[@Wa3ypx]

A guy I work with, said he and his wife were talking about the neighbor's new car. The following day, his wife's phone had pop ups for the exact car. Why this popped up for me, I have no idea.!

[@donaldgregg9250]

That makes no sense....

[@billhillyer334]

@@donaldgregg9250sorry i gargled with gasoline,.. so some times i Don't

[@donaldgregg9250]

@@billhillyer334 I get it now! I had forgotten that refrigerated tractor trailers are referred to as reefers, totally understand you now!!! 🤣😅😁😆

[@waguan2446]

this is a good watch when youre stoned, i hope i dont die though.

[@themagicminstrels476]

“This deadly narcotic” lmao

[@johngore7744]

In high school in Montreal in the seventies we were on drugs ( pot) and so were some of the teachers. I’m now 61 and still smoke weed. I quit booze 20 years ago. I raised 3 daughters alone and ran /run a successful small business. I did four years of university in my 20s. I feel like I’m 30 not 61. Pot has been legal here since 2017 and I can tell you first hand booze and cocaine/crack are the most dangerous drugs. Pot is nothing.

[@CEOkiller]

I found this film to be half baked..

[@andie_pants]

Every second of this is _DRIPPING_ with sarcasm.

[@ESPLTD322]

I’ve always thought it would be hilarious if the actors and directors and all that were actually smoking real pot filming this and mocking the stupidity of the producers and the people who would eventually watch this. It’s funny that alcohol had just been legalized again and was totally fine but pot was illegal, yet the characters are hit and running, raping, and killing, which is basically what alcohol is responsible for, but marijuana makes you too lazy and borderline incapable of actually doing all that effectively anyways.

[@turtlelover8455]

i just watch peter griffin fart compilation when stoned

[@Lohkey]

Lighting a bong and watching these "Drug Scare" videos from the 30s-70s is such an impeccable vibe. Hello to all the boomers in the comments, sincerely, the lone millennial.

[@diablo666541]

Yeah I watched some 70s scare films in school . You laughed more than be scared

[@diablo666541]

Is the bong still popular never liked smell of stale water.

[@donaldgregg9250]

I remember studying up on drug use, the dangers, addiction, classification of different narcotics and understanding which drugs are illegal and why. One thing I always remember was that Marijuana was always classified as a hallucinogenic. There still are MANY reasons why pot/THC should not be used in places where a person should have a clear mindset, driving is one of them. I've tried many different grades of pot, and the more potent varieties can be quite mind altering. I had my time with it, and having used it I can say it's quite troubling how many places and different sources have made Marijuana legal, another reason why this country is on a downhill slide to more disaster.

[@matthewmurray1857]

I agree idk why it's a hallucinagen

[@aaronhobart7826]

Its good that more places are making it legal, no one deserves to go to jail over a small ammount of weed

[@matthewmurray1857]

I personally think all drugs should be legal because I think that educated adults should have the right to do what they want regardless of if it's bad for them or not the exception is if that thing hurts someone else

[@donaldgregg9250]

@@matthewmurray1857 Fentanyl is a drug, yeah go ahead and legalize it......THAT is a decision for educated people? There are hundreds of other drugs that are not even used recreationally, simply because they have no sedative, stimulant or pain relieving effects, but do specific tasks in the body, so we legalize those too, and just hope "educated" folks know what to do with them? I don't necessarily like to take prescriptions, only because they are very complex chemicals, things that the body doesn't even produce, but still help in some way. You may just recant your feelings on this, when the next fatal overdose is a victim you know, or a loved one you're related to.....

[@diablo666541]

@@matthewmurray1857 not everyone them you don't want legalized heroin that ended badly n took years to realize the issue

[@Doodlesthegreat]

faster.... Faster.... Faster!... FASTER!

[@AugustusTitus]

It's clearly cocaine madness.

[@scratchdog2216]

lol I've made a few unwise decisions using reefers, much less than 'shine though.

[@patrickdennler6253]

Yes

[@tompotter5981]

I've never smoked but it seems that these people are having way too much fun.

[@diablo666541]

It grows wild in every state I don't think so some places it be to cold at least 4 growing outdoors.

[@billynomates920]

28:50 in michigan ..... i remember, in west virginia. *the jig's up teacher!*

[@seanramsdell4117]

Gosh, hot chocolate

[@BetaboyBuffet]

I cant watch this

[@diablo666541]

Ahhh the classic comedy refer madness Hollywood went overboard despite the large number opiod addicted celebrities

[@bdog4u2]

I'd like to what weed they were smoking? They would have ran out in the streets with Tommy guns smoking today's weed. I don't smoke it anymore but my wife does so I grow it for her. I have been for 30 years and have created some fantastic strains. I used to do it in large quantities and have even supplied Redman,Keller williams, and Dave Mathews with bud (not directly)

[@DanEBoyd]

I believe parts of the alcoholic beverage industry contributed to the making of this film. Poetic justice would be them, or members of their family, being killed by drink drivers...I'll bet that a century of marijuana prohibition has still lead to less violence and fewer deaths, than the decade or two of alcohol prohibition did.

[@jackmaddesty]

Soo, according to this film weed could potentially make people laugh, dance and kiss… yeah.. horrible I guess. Not to mention that the alcohol they are legaly pouring litterally kills over 3000000(3 MILLION) people every single year. (Not to mention rapes, drunk driving, fights etc caused by alcohol)… Ohh, and by the way, can any one find even one obese person in this film?. To day there is a bar on every single corner with junk food restaurants in between. Weed becomes dangerous only if you get caught with it. 97% of all addicts have traumas and use their drug as the only solution to their unresolved traumas. For them the drug is not the problem, but rather the solution and the only solution they have. The addiction to a drug is always a symptom of a much deeper problem.

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

I been smoking pot for 56 years, I'm not hooked to it yet.

[@leahcimnamttug7186]

Hop in jack, I’m red hot!!!!!

[@kddicks5115]

I wanna know what kind of weed they were smoking in the 30's!! I mean...WHOA!!! been smoking for 30 years, I'm 52 now... never shot or ran over anyone... EVER!!!

[@thelonerick]

Been smoking for 45 years and can attest to the fact that Marijuana has increased in potency and quality over the years. I do not believe the smoke in the 30s could hold a candle to today's herb

[@Monkeyspankerelite]

Kramer on piano. 😆

[@hooligan2005]

William Harper was such a nice boy

[@cindys1819]

Well, if pot is really ok, Id have to ignore all the things I saw since I was in college. And now youre supposed to grateful for having to walk through huge clouds of pot smoke everwhere. Why would we consider any drug as good for this society? With all the problems we have we need a flood of pot? How does that make things somehow better?

[@LastTrueElk]

I understand where you're coming from. Like most things though, pot is misused and abused. Smoke from anything is never any good to the system. Pot in an edible form(like all other herbs) is the correct way of ingesting. For some, a micro dosage of thc can really help chronic ailments and disease maintenence. I'm personally excited for more studies being in favor of this once demonized plant of the earth.

[@cowboybob7093]

I'm for legalization. But the process toward legalization has been done so poorly. For one it was a revenue source, "finance schools with weed." Any revenue for the first ten years needed to go toward researching the problems that crop up like addiction/reliance, cognitive, DUI, how many days clean, or what level for machinery operators, and so on. Instead: _Privatize!_ Companies make profit while society deals with any problems. Sure, eventually, or just make retail government controlled like some states and counties control liquor.

[@joeguzman3558]

No wonder they were in good shape lots very fast dancing

[@thelonerick]

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on people! The only remedy that hasn't been tried is legalization across the board. I would like to see thattried

[@thecoolestofthe834s2]

you just want to do heroin legally stfu druggy and it has been tried its called latin america and eastern europe

[@KptnBlowFly]

If they would know how it looks today. 🤣

[@jiffystoremissy]

poor boy got set up

[@andyrob3259]

Enjoy the many sad comments. Zzz. Actually no. It’s not totally harmless. Only a dweeb would say that. As someone that’s seen the effects on my brother; it certainly can cause illness. And it can be addictive.

[@kentaylor2416]

Sorry to hear about your brother. That's still not a reason why I shouldn't be allowed cannabis.

[@andyrob3259]

@@kentaylor2416 that’s fine. Your body. But I have issues with people that claim it has no effects or isn’t addictive. Never claim that as a reason - it’s just not true.

[@kentaylor2416]

@@andyrob3259 cannabis isn't physically addictive.

[@andyrob3259]

@@kentaylor2416 lol. Give it up. Go cold Turkey. Go on. I’m not sure how if smoking cigarettes IS addictive (nicotine), magically cannabis isn’t (yes I know it hasn’t nicotine but you still achieve a high) - because there’s no such thing as pot heads that can’t stop smoking. Heard of Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD).

[@kentaylor2416]

@@andyrob3259 what's the physically addictive substance in cannabis?

[@toddamtmann3528]

This guy is F-ing delusional! 😂

[@bobby176]

The deadly narcotic 😂

[@keithgrainger8797]

Leafs and seeds🤣 their selling the wrong parts.

[@2TROLL1]

Why would you chemically alter your consciousness; that's Madness'.

[@LastTrueElk]

To understand things that you couldn't before because of preconceived thoughts. It breaks those barriers that you never knew were there. Almost sounds like the Adam and Eve story 🤔 " who told thou, that you were naked " . You would never know until you take a bite(puff) 🤣

[@2TROLL1]

@@LastTrueElk Doesn't sound like a good thing'. No coming back after that.

[@LastTrueElk]

@@2TROLL1 I respect that. Everything isnt for everyone

[@adambowman8543]

@@LastTrueElk if I need to alter my mind with something to understand it I don't need to need to understand it. I'll stick learning the hard way with reading.

[@mackpines]

9:44 No comment.

[@aurelnegrea7617]

What you think users ?? Where they right ?? 2021 ?? It’s legal. Hmm

[@ashton606]

The reefers

[@lawrencebishton9071]

It's narrow minded people that are sharp hence the brain damage the NHS have inflicted on me

[@carlosleiva7731]

Another lie. Now all of the sudden they find it has medicinal qualities and makes allot in tax revenue.

[@mnmountainman9343]

Kids dont do drugs lol ....tell a kid not to smoke grass and their going to smoke it anyways....

[@elonlovesyou]

But hey, take this heroin for your flu symptoms.

[@diablo666541]

Wtf kind dance they doin lol

[@KCBluesJams]

Lol 😂

[@adriancozad8308]

LOL 😆 it must lead to madness... it's now legal 🥴.. 🤑 Government legalize it 🤑

[@loadedfun4764]

Free the weed!

[@matthewmurray1857]

This didn't age well lol

[@Leah_Worth]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jackhackett80]

one of the more famed propaganda pictures

[@mikemike6711]

They’re all npc’s lmao

[@adriannarobeson4758]

Now pot is legal in a lot a places 😄🤭😄🤣🤭