Reefer Madness

Back in the seventies, one joint in your ashtray could put you in jail for years in Missouri.
But times have changed:  “Marijuana is legal for both medical and recreational use in Missouri. Recreational use for adults 21 and over was legalized in November 2022, with possession becoming legal in December 2022 and licensed sales starting in February 2023. Medical cannabis has been legal since a 2018 ballot initiative.”

Has been a long road… 

https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/design/100000001487974/animating-crumb.html?smid=url-share

60 years of memories.

https://youtu.be/JmKS9WCTuZg
Up in Smoke

And lots of propaganda:  

https://youtu.be/R_vo0UEteKU
Reefer Madness (1936) Original Trailer

“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 a cult classic of comically bad cinema due to its dated, alarmist views on the dangers of “marijuana addiction” and the exaggerated symptoms thereof. After the onscreen prologue that declares “Something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace,” Reefer Madness launches into a case study of clean-cut WASP couple Bill (Kenneth Craig) and Mary (Dorothy Short), high schoolers who play tennis and drink tea on the back porch. Their friend Jimmy (Warren McCollum) introduces them to a pot dealer named Jack (Carleton Young), who invites Bill up to his den of inequity, where stoned ne’er-do-wells laugh fiendishly, dance, and play the piano. After one joint, Bill is hooked, and his life begins to plummet down the tubes — he starts…



…flunking school and becomes a promiscuous regular in Jack’s apartment. When a worried Mary tracks Bill down, she too is given a joint and begins giggling uncontrollably while being aggressively fondled by the bizarre addict Ralph (Dave “Tex” O’Brien). When Bill bursts out of the bedroom to tangle with Ralph, hallucinating and blacking out, Mary is accidentally shot. This prompts a string of guilt and calamitous occurrences, including several more deaths and courtroom sentences to mental institutions, all because of the devil weed. The film ends with the ominous warning, “The dread marijuana may be reaching forth next for your son or YOURS!””

Here is the full length film: https://youtu.be/8kg0sK-dY98 Reefer Madness (1936)
“Cautionary tale features a fictionalized take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to “”reefer”” cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music. Original title: Tell Your Children Director: Louis J. Gasnier Writers: Lawrence Meade, Arthur Hoerl, Paul Franklin Stars: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Propaganda

CCC Chapters:
00:00:00 Full length movie title credits
00:01:03 Frightful Foreword
00:02:45 Hysteria in the headlines 



00:03:14 PTA meeting
00:07:23 May’s flop house
00:12:11 Joe’s jazz parties

https://youtu.be/1HBxvzr8DaQ
Reefer Madness 1938 | 4k Remastered

https://youtu.be/wbM3-Qb9xAU
Reading, Writing and Reefer (1979, Anti Marijuana, Anti Weed Film)
A factual report on the widespread, habitual use of marijuana among today’s teenagers. Presents a simplified chemical breakdown of the weed and describes its illegal routes into American schoolyards. Includes remarks by teenage marijuana smokers, their parents, professional and the authorities

https://youtu.be/LZ0Fy8zAr4o
Cannabis Cowboys: A History of Weed in the Old Wild West…
After cannabis made its way to New England in 1629, from then until after the Civil War, it became an absolutely vital crop in North America. It played a key role in both colonial times and the country’s economic plans. In 1775, people started growing hemp in Kentucky, and big hemp farms popped up in Mississippi, Georgia, California, South Carolina, and Nebraska throughout the 1800s.

https://youtu.be/bGTbKSo3vN4
When Marijuana Became Illegal –

https://youtu.be/z585g9c-idc
Marijuana Minutes | Time Travel Amy’s chill lifestyle takes a wild turn when she’s gifted a mysterious vape pen that doesn’t just get her high—it rewinds time. Suddenly caught in a weed-fueled time loop, Amy must navigate trippy misadventures, looping days, and second chances. A hilariously absurd ride through time, tokes, and totally unexpected twist

https://youtu.be/VuRXLn3GfHU
Grow House Pat and Dave figure they can help the medical marijuana movement– by trying to grow their own cannabis. But — knowing how to smoke doesn’t mean you know how to grow! All Star Cast Snoop Dogg, Lil Duvall, DeRay Davis, George Wallace, Faison Love, Raquel Lee, Malcolm Mcdowell, Martin Starr, Zulay Henao, Lin Shaye, Dave Sheridan, Andrew Bachelor, Charlaman Da God All-Star Soundtrack  Wiz Khalifa, Snoop, Xzibit , Garrick Grout , Wyann Vaughn, B-Real

https://youtu.be/vX2hAyr8MHk
High Times | Canadian Strain A boutique dealer who has been put out of business by the legalization of canais. Fans of comedies like Pineapple Express will enjoy this humorous take on the challenges faced by small-time dealers in a changing market. CAST: Jess Salguerio (The Boyz), Natalie Brown (The Strain)

https://youtu.be/PJK_tqLWk8Y
Super High (2017) They got weed. They got powers Director: Edouard Pluvieux
Stars: Sarah McDaniel, Kev Adams, DeStorm Power

https://youtu.be/JjGzzBj6hJQ
The 420 Movie: Mary & Jane With grand ideas of leaving the broken city they grew up in, two sisters get roped into using their get rich idea to help their womanizing father save the city he loves from bankruptcy and a three foot tall Mexican Drug Lord. Director: Robert A. Johnson Writer: Michael Anthony Snowden Stars: Keith David, Krista Allen, Kelley Jakle, Daniel Baldwin, Lindsey McKeon, Verne Troyer, Aries Spears, Tupua Ainu’u, Cary Adams

https://youtu.be/seC2Z4nB1jk
4/20 Massacre (2018) | Full Movie Five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend’s birthday over 4/20 weekend, but when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow-operation, they must fight to survive the living nightmare.

https://youtu.be/6kj-DtZe0kc 420 IPC – Hindi Full Movie – Gul Panag, Rohan Mehra, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Savak Jamshedji

https://youtu.be/_QOp4MtFVg4
Oliver, Stoned In this weed fueled adventure our hero, Oliver, loses a high profile car and has to get it back the only way he knows how; to smoke, steal, and chase his way to the thief that took it!

https://youtu.be/huzhPzLwGz0
Ripped full movie starring Russell Peters and Faizon Love. Two stoners from 1986 are launched into the year 2016 and have to learn how to adapt to present-day living. Director: Brad Epstein Writers: Billiam Coronel, Brad Epstein Stars: Faizon Love, Russell Peters, Kyle Massey, Alex Meneses, Carlos Gomez

https://youtu.be/3zYy2k6zscM
Blunt News (2022) | Weed Movie
Frank Wright, owner of the only Cannabis Hood News station in the US “Blunt News” is about to lose the station in a divorce settlement to his Bougie Bitchie wife Pam Wright unless he come up with brilliant plan quick to keep it.

https://youtu.be/VmxJ5-m-ZAs
“Strawberry Fields” Work in Progress Reel | July, 1989 This is a half-hour WIP reel for the canceled animated film Strawberry Fields. Strawberry Fields, conceptualized in 1985, was supposed to be a psudeo-sequel to the film Yellow Submarine, produced by Al Brodax.

https://youtu.be/IgwXt4Br4Hs
A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
Title: Marihuana Director: Dwain Esper Writer: Hildegarde Stadie Starring: Harley Wood, Hugh McArthur, Pat Carlyle, Paul Ellis, Dorothy Dehn, Richard Erskine, Juanita Fletcher, Hal Taggart, Gloria Browne, Marian Constance Blackton, Symona Boniface, Horace B. Carpenter, Mark Daniels, Hildegarde Stadie, William C. Thompson, Bill Woods Release Year: 1936

https://youtu.be/9kvKyKU8Eno
Medical cannabis – movie

https://youtu.be/WIciaT9iKJU
30s to 50s pot films.

https://youtu.be/Ud7Od2dtgwk
Marijuana: The Great Escape (1968)

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