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Reefer Madness -
Reefer Madness (originally made as
Tell Your Children and sometimes titled as
The Burning Question,
Dope Addict,
Doped Youth, and
Love Madness) is a 1936–1939 American
propaganda exploitation drama drug addiction film revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when
high school students are lured by pushers to try
marijuana—from a
hit and run accident, to
manslaughter,
suicide, attempted
rape,
hallucinations, and descent into
madness due to marijuana addiction. The film was directed by
Louis Gasnier and starred a cast composed of mostly unknown bit actors.
Originally financed by a church group under the title
Tell Your Children, the film was intended to be shown to parents as a
morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use.
[5] However, soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer
Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film for distribution on the exploitation film circuit beginning in 1938/39 through the 40s and 50s.
[5]
The film was "rediscovered" in the early 1970s and gained new life as unintentional satire among advocates of
cannabis policy reform.
[5][6] Despite its finding a popular audience as a
cult film, critics have panned it as
one of the worst films ever made.
[7][8] Today, it is in the
public domain in the United States.
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