Reefer Madness In The 1930's
Reefer Madness All I can say about this movie is, wow. It seriously made me laugh because the way they portrayed “potheads.” I realize that the 1930’s were very different from now and even my teenage years, but that movie was utterly ridiculous. I honestly am not sure what those people were smoking, but I cannot believe it was marijuana. I realize that it does make people laugh but not hysterically like that. It also, does make some people want to be more sexual and even some paranoid. I will say the only thing that it had spot on in my opinion is that they were trying to get kids hooked on it. That seems like the norm for dealers. They love to prey on the young and naive.
I have been around numerous people who smoked marijuana. Quite
frankly I grew up around people who grew and smoked it. When they had what they called “seeding” parties after a harvest, I never saw anyone act like any of those people. (this included about half the people in the town I lived in) During the seeding parties we usually had a fish fry and the adults sat around seeding and smoking. Likewise, when I smoked pot many years ago, in my teenage years, I do not recall ever acting that way or anyone I knew acting that way. I recall laughing at funny stuff such as, Bill Cosby’s comedy tour, which we had on video, (I would have done anyway because I loved his comedy tours) eating a lot of junk food, and being very thirsty, because I had cotton mouth.
As for the part of the movie where the fight breaks out over some guy trying to rape Mary, that’s another thing I have never seen happen. People may get sexual but not so sexually aroused that they try to rape people. I also have never seen high people get violent, ever.
I can’t forget to mention the part about Jimmy hitting the man. I cannot say that I have ever seen a high person ever drive erratically. They tend to be more relaxed and drive slower, however, that is only in my experience. Not to say they couldn’t hit someone because their reaction time is slower, but being an erratic driver is unlikely. I expect that type of behavior out of someone who drunk.
I have been around numerous people who smoked marijuana. Quite
frankly I grew up around people who grew and smoked it. When they had what they called “seeding” parties after a harvest, I never saw anyone act like any of those people. (this included about half the people in the town I lived in) During the seeding parties we usually had a fish fry and the adults sat around seeding and smoking. Likewise, when I smoked pot many years ago, in my teenage years, I do not recall ever acting that way or anyone I knew acting that way. I recall laughing at funny stuff such as, Bill Cosby’s comedy tour, which we had on video, (I would have done anyway because I loved his comedy tours) eating a lot of junk food, and being very thirsty, because I had cotton mouth.
As for the part of the movie where the fight breaks out over some guy trying to rape Mary, that’s another thing I have never seen happen. People may get sexual but not so sexually aroused that they try to rape people. I also have never seen high people get violent, ever.
I can’t forget to mention the part about Jimmy hitting the man. I cannot say that I have ever seen a high person ever drive erratically. They tend to be more relaxed and drive slower, however, that is only in my experience. Not to say they couldn’t hit someone because their reaction time is slower, but being an erratic driver is unlikely. I expect that type of behavior out of someone who drunk.