Reefer Madness (1936)
Teenagers fall into the dark spiral of marijuana use.
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Newspaper headlines flash across the screen detailing marijuana incidents. One article mentions a PTA meeting at Truman High School where Dr. Carroll will be be giving a talk on marijuana. He tells the parents to tell their children about the dangers of narcotics and to urge lawmakers to enact compulsory education on the scourge of marijuana. He then reads them a letter from the Department of Narcotics telling them that PTA groups can be valuable in stamping out marijuana. He then tells the parents how drugs can be hidden in shoes and other items. He ends telling them that marijuana is deadlier than heroin and tells them the story of an apartment run by Mae.
Jack enters an apartment and wakes Mae up and tells her to get the place cleaned up. The doorbell rings and Jack lets in a group of people including Eddie and then tells Mae he is leaving to make a drop off. Ralph is walking with two other guys when one guy invites him to a party. Jack walks up to Ralph and Ralph points out Mary Reefer Madness|Mary to Jack. They then walk up to Mary, Bill Reefer Madness|Bill and Jimmy Reefer Madness|Jimmy and Ralph introduces Jack to them. Ralph invites them to get together, but Mary tells them they have plans. Jimmy then goes with Ralph and Jack and they go to a club and see Hot Fingers play. Jack asks Mae, who is also at the club if she has any new prospects and she motions at Jimmy who is dancing with Agnes. Mae invites Jimmy to her place and they and Jack and Ralph leave. Bill goes to Mary's house and they drink hot chocolate and reenact a scene from Rome and Juliet until they are interrupted by Mrs. Lane. Bill goes home and Junior tells Mr. Harper and Mrs. Harper that Bill has a girlfriend. Jimmy picks up Bill and they drive to the soda shop and sit with Ralph and Blanche. They then leave and go to Mae's place. Jimmy leaves to drive Jack to get some more joints, while Bill stays and sits with Blanche. Mae walks into the room and hands out joints, and Blanche convinces Bill to try one. Jack goes inside to see his boss after giving Jimmy a joint. Pete Daly walks into the Boss's office and tells him he wont sell marijuana to kids and the Boss fires him. As Jimmy is driving Jack back to Mae's place, he runs over a pedestrian and drives away. Dr. Carroll is at the Federal Offices Bureau of Investigation telling Mr. Wyatt that he is sure there is a gang distributing narcotics to students. Mr. Wyatt then tells Dr. Carroll about the growing spread of marijuana.