"Reefer Madness" ... "marihuana" DVD

[lordsmurf]

Want to see bullshit at it's finest? Then check out "Reefer Madness", a 1938 propaganda film about how smoking weed makes you kill and go terminally insane.

Just be warned, it watches like an old B&W crime movie. If you can get through an episode of Perry Mason, you'll eat this up.

Apparently it was a "new drug" back then. Didn't even spell it the same.

... and no ... I'm not a pothead, I just like old stuff, especially propaganda films.

[Rookie64]

It's become a cult classic over the years - first with the Beatnik generation, and again was introduced to the MTV generation in the '80s...all embracing it as pure camp.

That movie got a lot of airplay on USA Network's Night Flight in the mid '80s.
It's often found in video stores under Cult or Midnight Movies.


You should check out the old stag films from the silent years up to the '60s if you want a good laugh - those are usually in the same category.

[Dr. Swirl]

I had bought that on video back in the 80s, and sold it at a flea market sale last summer (NO, I didn't back it up, so NO, I do not have a copy of it - LOL). The lady who purchased it looked around to make sure no one could see that she was buying, and then scooted away quickly, with the movie in her handbag! You would have thought she had scored some triple - X masterpiece or something!! [/img]

[Rookie64]

That's a public domain movie, so there are a number of distributors

Netflix carries the tripple feature DVD -





And if you're adventurous, check out Something Weird for even more oddities

http://www.somethingweird.com/

[pacmania_2001]

If it is public domain does anyone know where I could download a version of it?

[MOVIEGEEK]

"...USA Network's Night Flight in the mid '80s..."

That show was great,I wish they had something similar today.


Reefer Madness is hilarious,I think they should do a remake starring Jim Carrey.It reminds me of an episode of the TV show "Taxi" where Rev. Jim(aka Christopher Lloyd) tells how he became a stoner,they flashback to his college days and he eats a "funny brownie".

[gmatov]

For the readers here, check the Dec 15 issue of Time. Big article on "Just Say No" and DARE.

Kids who were required to take this crap had a higher percentage of potheads than those who saw it was a buncha crap and opted out.

Same with the Bluenoses who attacked both booze and tobacco. Lied like rugs. I don't have it here, but some quotes were on the order of "Once a man drinks his first beer, he will become a drunkard who will abuse his wife and children....etc."

Mary Joe was actually not outlawed because of cannabis, or THC, or potheads. It was outlawed jut before the second world war for, I forget, taking up land that could be used for cotton, or because it was a cheaper crop to grow, much less labor intensive, you didn't have to pick the bolls off, you pulled the stalk, ripped the leaf stems off, beat the piss out of the main stalk and had very damn long staple fibers to spin and weave, unlikecotton which is considered "prime" with fibers 1 1/16 inchess long.

I do believe fine linens were made from the fibers, as well, of course, as hemp rope. Not as good as the best manila, but you do not need fine manila rope for everyday chores.

I use rope in my job, so I do know a little about it.

Will find the specs on rope as well as the articles on outlawing marijuana. Very interesting. And the gov bluenoses who forbid it for cncer patients, as well as glaucoma sufferers, should all rot in hell.

Smurf,

50 years ago, I don't think they had your knowlege of the Spanish language. They heaard the hua sound and thought it was spelled that way. You can't pronounce jua as hua. In that article, allt he repros of posters and ed material from that era were spelled with an "H".

Verrrry interrrresting.

Cheers,

George

Best thing is, you know damn well that if one of the fat cats gets either glaucoma or cancer, they will find it no harder than Rush and his oxycontin debacle to get all they want.

[VCDHunter]

Mary Joe was actually not outlawed because of cannabis, or THC, or potheads. It was outlawed jut before the second world war for, I forget, taking up land that could be used for cotton, or because it was a cheaper crop to grow, much less labor intensive, you didn't have to pick the bolls off, you pulled the stalk, ripped the leaf stems off, beat the piss out of the main stalk and had very damn long staple fibers to spin and weave, unlikecotton which is considered "prime" with fibers 1 1/16 inchess long.

From what I can recall the US Government began a "Hemp For Victory" campaign during WW2, encouraging farmers to grow Hemp to aid the war effort. This was a short respite though as Hemp production was soon prohibited.

My fav anti hemp quote has to be from a US paper during the 1930s -

"If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster marijuana, he would drop dead of fright."