REEFER MADNESS (1936)

Directed by: Louis J. Gasnier

Starring: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White, Carleton Young, Warren McCollum, Pat Royale, Josef Forte, Harry Harvey Jr, Richard Alexander, Lester Dorr, Edward LeSaint, Forrest Taylor

68 minutes

(NR - adult themes, adult situations, drug use)

PLOT:

The authorities are concerned over rampant narcotic use overtaking the community. They are especially worried about marijuana, both because it grows wild and thus is difficult to control, but also because of its effect, which includes possible insanity leading to dangerous behavior. One of those concerned is high-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll, who doesn't like how it's affecting the student at his school. Meanwhile, Jack Perry and Mae Coleman are marijuana pushers who host marijuana parties on behalf of their boss. Mae prefers to push to adults, but Jack has no problem getting teenagers hooked. Good kids and high-school sweethearts Bill Harper and Mary Lane have no idea of the nature of the parties in Mae's apartment, although some in their social circle, including Mary's brother Jimmy Lane, frequent those parties. A series of events leads Bill and Mary to Mae's apartment, which results in two tragic events, both the consequences marijuana use. The lives of those involved, both the guilty and the innocent, are forever altered because of the scourge called marijuana.

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