Reefer Madness (Reel 1) (sound)

[Music] [Applause] a [Music] oh [Music] all [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Must Be Stopped you and all other School parent groups about the country and you must stand United on this and Stamp Out this frightful Assassin of our youth you can do it by bringing about compulsory education on the subject of Narcotics in general The Dread marijuana in particular that is the purpose of this meeting ladies and gentlemen to lay the foundation for a nationwide campaign by you to demand by law such compulsory education because it is only through Enlightenment that this Scourge can be wiped out out of the traffic in these drugs a lawlessness that we can scarcely estimate has grown and is now flourishing it exists in almost every city and hamlet in the country it might be interesting and important for you to know some of the methods used in bringing these drugs into the country and the work of the forces of Law and Order which are daily combating the traffic always at the risk of Life by their agents this ceaseless fight against the drug traffic is directed by the department of Narcotics Washington I received a letter of vital importance from a member of the narcotics Bureau I'm going to read this letter to you my dear Dr Carol the suppression of the use of marijuana and of the forces looking behind it are the most important jobs this department is now engaged in at the outset of this letter there is one vital fact I would like to submit there is a powerful agency I speak of the School parent associations of this country which can be invaluable in stamping out this Scourge their help their Eternal vigilance could be the deciding factor in our fight against it the weed marijuana is grown in every state in the Union recently in the city of Brooklyn New York a field of marijuana was found behind a tenement Court the weed was here being cultivated regularly stripped and dried and sold in schools and at government Army posts in and around New York the dried leaves and berries are ground up and made into cigarettes by a simple hand machine the deadly narcotic is thus quickly and easily prepared for its Market the sale of marijuana is even more difficult to detect and halt than the traffic in drugs such as opium morphine and heroin they are hidden in fake jewelry cases in the heels of shoes women's shoes especially because the drugs can be secreted in false heels hollowed shaving brushes are another medium books with false centers are often used watch cases are convenient hiding places the value of drugs thus seized is enormous recently a huge supply of heroin was taken it was concealed in an apparently harmless shipment of 35 barrels of olive oil the deadly drug was burned in the incinerator of the Bureau of Engraving and printing and more vicious more deadly even than these Soul destroying drugs is the Menace of marijuana no doubt many of you do not believe that these things do happen that they cannot happen to you you may also believe that the facts have been exaggerated let me tell you of something that happened right here in our own City you probably read about it in the papers however I'll give you the real facts behind the case there was an apartment near one of our high schools it was run by a woman known as May Coleman hey come on may get up what time is it time to get up and give this place a going over looks like the Marines had landed oh that Bunch last night was high enough to take over the Marines and the Navy you better get on the job some of the kids may be up this afternoon oh Jack we can get along without dragging those young kids up here oh why don't you button up your lip you're always squawking about something you got more static than the radio [Applause] for oh greetings well hello how are you fine how are you come here come here all right glad to see you is the May in she'll be right in just sit down and make yourself comfortable hey what kind of a joint is this Eddie oh it's all right when see they probably had a party last night oh a couple of your customers May yeah well they're old enough to know what they're doing not like those young kids you bring up here all right all right listen I'm going to blow where are you going I got to make some deliveries and I'll probably drop by Joe's Place and bring back a couple of the kids oh I wish you'd lay off those kids oh why don't you get over that mother complex we oh by the way Ralph I'm sort of getting a little party Saturday afternoon over at my grandmother's you know the place with the swimming pool like to come thanks Dy maybe I will I sure like to have you okay I'll probably drop over so long Ralph see you later hey Ralph hi kid fine Jack and you oh great where you heading oh hey how do you like that that's the one I was telling you about very nice I don't know why you want to make such a fuss over that Ralph Wally oh he's a swell swimmer he made the Freshman tea NE next year he went to college yeah and that lets him out my dad knows the family none of them are any good father and mother just got a divorce from Paris yeah you know Ralph runs around pretty much in his own he's been in a couple of jam well I only try of say hello to him I don't go around with him well you better not he's a little too old for it that's my dad hello Mary how are you bro how are you Ralph oh hello Ralph you know my brother Jimmy don't you how are you well I'd like you to meet a friend of mine Jack Perry Mary Bill glad know you how do you do glad to know you we're going over to Joe's Place why don't you come along we have a date to play a set of doubles oh you can play anytime come on we'll have some laughs oh we can today Ralph some other time can I go along with you sure hey I'll see you dinner sis don't be like JY I [Applause] [Music] [Music] won't jmy hey he ain't no paper man why don't you know him that's hot finger C oh he really swings out out with a message Jive you want to dance do [Music] [Music] I May's expecting us at the apartment a little later any new prospects [Music] [Applause] Maybe [Music] what oh Jimmy you're wonderful you just finding that out why can't we go now good hey kids we're having a little party out at my girlfriend's apartment wouldn't you like to come oh I'd love to you want to come don't you Jimmy oh sure any place with you well come along we can all go in my car [Applause] see you later y'all it's sweet of you to help me Bill well I'll try anything except domestic sence why Bill don't you want to learn something about running your own home the answer is no you know after that session we had yesterday I went home and told mother that the trouble with her pot Rose gravy was she hadn't added three heaping teaspoonfuls of olive oil what did she say she didn't say anything she just threw me out of the kitchen well I don't wonder hello children hello Mother hello Mrs Lane that was sweet of you mother gosh hot chocolate thanks Mrs Lane I know you can't study on empty stomachs now then enjoy yourselves he will she will too Mrs L May I oh thank you kind sir you're so very very kind Mary before we do that math how about reading some of this it's swell Romeo and Juliet don't you like it uhhuh you know when I study this I kind of think of you it I just sort of feel as though you're there beside me oh listen it is my soul that calls calls upon thy name how silver Sweet Sound lovers tongues by night like softest music to attending ears Romeo my dear what o clock tomorrow shall I send to thee by the hour of nine I will not fail just 20 years till Bend well uh I'll see you tonight Mary goodbye way goodbye got [Applause] oh I guess I'm all right well bye bye hey Daddy oh hey Dad you got anything for me well there should be don't bother your father every night uh have you there you are what made you feel late bill I was getting worried well I had to study M he was not I saw him out walking with his girl Bill's got a girl got a girlfriend mom make him cut it out Junior well Belle has got a girl quiet and put that candy away till after dinner Henry you shouldn't have given it to him well he has got a girlfriend and her name is Mary I'll shut you up Bill Junior put that carrying on Junior oh they're all right there young little I didn't mean to Bill did you oh well what I'm burned up about is it just didn't say Bill had a swell girl gee it must be love she'd has to be swell for you to like her uh-huh sounds like you want something come on what is it well it's my model airplane it won't work work guys bill you could fix it you can fix anything okay I'll fix it here we go you see oh hello Jimmy Mary told me to wait and tell her she had to go home her mother wanted her to go to the dress maker with her oh thanks Jimmy must be getting grown up I see Mary let you have the car yeah I take you any place well I wasn't going any place in particular well then how about driving over to the show's place with me I'll buy you soda I never drink that stuff well gee I'll buy you something else okay you're on the hooked for one root beer [Applause] well hi B hi Jimmy good to have hey Jimmy hello Jimmy hello Bill come on slide in hello GL hello Ralph how are you R have you been r two sodas no I mean one soda and one root beer how's M oh she's fine we're going up to apartment little later couldn't Bill come along mhm well don't come on along Bill you'll get a kick out of it thanks just the same oh come on Bill Mary will be jealous well sure a l of the kids will be there it's Keen well I don't know I really shouldn't well [Music] [Applause] okay hi kids Hello Jack what do you say yeah come on [Music] in come on Bill don't stand [Music] there this is he's okay hello well if you say so it's all right with me I'll be back in a minute hi you kid how you doing okay hi there's a new one in the B yeah Bill Harper he's all right M's got herself quite a Yen for him not bad I didn't think she had that much taste she knows what she's doing she's got Ralph nuts about her and now she's got her hooks up for this new kid say we haven't many more smok you better run over and get some why couldn't you find that out when I was here this morning now I've got my car in the shop well what of it that kid out there Jimmy he's got a car he'll take you come on get going H [Music] [Applause] up hey Jimmy y I've got to run over to Cedar Avenue for a minute you've got a car haven't you oh yeah my sister mind giving me a lift why sure come on okay no thank you well here we are oh thanks oh May don't forget me I never forget you oh de if you want a good smoke try one of [Music] these I thought you were a SP of course if you're afraid that's better that's more like it I know you like that really well I just take a puff of [Music] [Laughter] that [Applause] just for a minute kid hey Jack give me a cigarette before you go will [Applause] you hello Jack hi boss how's business getting better every day those kids sure go for it SW had to run over for a couple more cartons ran short today all right Danny pack 10 gr for Jack Perry who Pete Dy all right send him in all right there we are I want to talk to you all right go ahead Jack okay what's the beef listen you never heard no beef when I had to sell at Roden Jin they after the door aren't you yeah what I don't need dough that bad taking two bit pieces from kids there are millions of two bit Pieces Just begging to be taken don't be a dope I'm just dope enough to draw the line selling hopter kids all right Pete you know what my policies always been the boys are not satisfied I'm always glad to have them retire retire permanently so on I only wish you had a couple of kids so I could get out all right jack pick up your stuff from Danny I'll I'll be ready by now okay well [Applause] let's go Jack I'm redot better be careful how you drive it the first thing you know you'll be ice [Applause] cold take it easy [Applause] kid hold down you'll kill somebody [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Mary you're not eating your breakfast again Jo Harford hasn't been around lately anything wrong between you you to why should there be anything wrong there shouldn't be I'm sure and whatever it is isn't serious I know I'm sorry mother for snapping at you like that don't worry about it dear why don't you speak frankly to Bill he'll be honest whatever the trouble is I'm sure Bill harer never lied about anything yes that's right Bill's mother says he never lies there you see you think it'd be all right if if I speak to him about it why oh Jimmy sit down darling and I'll have your breakfast for you in a moment Jimmy there's something worrying you what have I got to worry about why don't you tell me well for Pete's sake don't start to cross-examine me will you I'm all right Jimmy don't let mother see you like that there is no doubt that there is an organized gang Distributing the narcotics to students not only in my school but all over the city you government men have got to find some way to put an end to it of course I agree with you Dr Carol but do you realize that marijuana is not like other forms of dope you see it grows wild in almost every state in the Union therefore there is practically no Interstate Commerce in the drug as a result the government's hands are tied and frankly the only sure cure is a widespread campaign in education oh it's all right to talk about education Mr Wyatt but we Educators can't do anything until the public is sufficiently aroused let me show you something in 1930 the records on marijuana in the Washington Office of the Narcotics Division scarcely filled a small fer like this today they fill cabinets all these devoted to marijuana records here is an example a 16-year-old lad apprehended in the act of staging a hold up 16 years old and a marijuana addict here is the most tragic case yes I remember just a young boy under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an ax then there is the most vicious type of case here in Michigan a young girl 17 years old a Reaper smoker taken in a raid in the company with five young men here is a particularly flagrant case yes I remember the newspapers made quite a play of it in West Virginia wasn't it yeah yes and there are hundreds of them coming up new ones every day I'd like to take these records if I may I feel they would be of invaluable assistance to me in combating the evil in my school you're very welcome Dr Geral thank you sit down Bill there seems to be something wrong what is it you were always a fine student you always had excellent grades well I guess the work is getting a little harder Dr Carol no no it isn't that bill I'd like to help you but of course I can't unless you let me you're undermining your help well there's nothing Dr Carol really there isn't I'll study harder honest honest if you were being honest with me and honest with yourself I'm afraid you tell me an entirely different story feel I'm I'm going to going to ask you a straightforward question and I'd like to have a straightforward answer yes sir isn't it true that you have perhaps unwillingly acquired a certain harmful habit through association with certain undesirable people well oh no sir I haven't Dr Carol well that is you you see I'm I'm worried about something at home all right my boy you just have to let it go with that but remember if you ever want to confide in me no one will ever be the wise well thank you Dr Carol hello Mary you want to play a set thanks Teddy but I'm waiting for someone well if you're waiting for Bill he hasn't been here for weeks come on Jimmy please don't H okay [Laughter] [Music] how come on do [Applause] [Music] me didn't take that new kid long to catch on don't take any of them [Music] long he don't you ever get fed you're feeding me can't you [Music] see give me last a fork get it [Music] yourself [Music] [Laughter] [Music] come on Bill come on come on come on come on now come on come [Music] on [Music] [Applause] good morning Miss we from the police department good morning we're tracing a hit and run driver Someone caught the license number at the place of the accident but didn't get it quite right so we're checking all numbers like it and yours was one of them well I'll try to help you you remember what you did on the 29th of last month oh that was the day before mother's birthday oh yes I remember that because I left school and went directly to the Dress makers with mother I was there all afternoon did you happen to loow in your car to a couple of men no no I had the car all afternoon myself well thanks Miss sorry have have troubled you tell me uh did they was the person killed fortunately he wasn't but that's still no excuse for hit and run driving has Jimmy Lane been here today he was in he went over to May's place you know where that is well uh he was going to wait for me here so he didn't give me May's address are you sure Jimmy didn't leave any message for me Mary no he didn't but I guess you're okay I'll write it down for [Applause] you Mary come right in is Jimmy here oh he's around somewhere I I I think he went out to take Agnes home but he'll be right back come in and sit down Mary and let me take your coat who's the new kid just came in oh it's that girl that Ralph's going overboard for it's funny we've never been able to get her up here before hey hey [Applause] SC smoke Mary thanks are you sure Jimmy will be back soon sure any minute