Chris Lemmon Professor Hoffman ENG101D Monday‚ April 22nd REEFER MADNESS What is marijuana? marijuana‚ as most know it‚ is derived from the plant cannabis indica. The leaves and flowering buds of the female cannabis plant are harvested and dried. The product of this process is called‚ among many other titles‚ marijuana. Cannabis is a schedule 1 drug‚ considered illegal in the United States. The reason for this? Smoking marijuana gets you high. The sensation of a high is hard to describe. THC‚
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The 1930s government propaganda film Reefer Madness‚ which I saw for the first time in class‚ portrays marijuana in a way that I haven’t seen. It gives the impression that marijuana is the worst drug known to man and will literally destroy your life. In the movie‚ it associates use of weed with reckless driving‚ manslaughter‚ murder‚ rape‚ extreme apathy‚ specifically loss of motivation in school work‚ and suicide. These crimes and bad deeds are carried out by “addicts” of marijuana. I feel like
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Reefer Madness Eric Schlosser To start off‚ the main driven idea of this book is the black market‚ or what they refer to as the underground and “shadow economy”. The underground has its choices and consequences as well as any other type of economic system do. But‚ in this case the underground can be a country’s main economy for survival such as‚ “In Bolivia the underground economy is responsible for an estimated 65 percent of GDP. In Nigeria it accounts for perhaps 76 percent.” (7) This type of
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I. Introduction and Overview There is something very interesting about a book with a cover promising lurid tales of sex‚ drugs‚ and cheap labor. The persona of Eric Schlosser’s subject and the effective marketing behind it are very verbose in nature. Here in this book‚ Eric Schlosser is keeping with the long tradition of the so called‚ "yellow" journalism‚ in wresting the black market‚ from the back alleys of public consciousness and putting it on display in the storefront of the
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In Schlosser’s first chapter “Reefer Madness‚” he gathers plausible historical facts and counter-arguments to argue that the punishments for marijuana use are extraneous and unreasonable. He suggests that if the United States government decriminalizes marijuana for personal use‚ it would save the time and money that could be spent on more serious endeavors‚ and by modifying marijuana laws it would fit better into our society today. Schlosser explains that many marijuana laws are so strict that many
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In the film Reefer Madness‚ the thesis is about the effects that marijuana have on high school students when peer pressure is involved by pushers. Reefer Madness is a film that was made to get the attention of the public about marijuana and focus on people that were at risk and the repercussion that were link to using the drug marijuana. The purpose of the film is to generate a sense of fear for the well-being of civilization. The fact that this movie was made in 1936 it vividly magnifies the actions
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The Colorado State University (CSU) Theater brings to light a whole new dimension of the original propaganda film Reefer Madness. They basically turn the film into a musical comedy that pokes fun at the hysteria caused by the original work. However‚ I don’t think it is the artist’s main purpose to just make fun of the ludicrous allegations made by the 1936 production. Instead‚ I think the artists were trying to illustrate how some people will go to the extreme to convince us of their ways even when
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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
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One of the central characters in Reefer Madness is Sally‚ who in this production was played by Caroline Kirk. Sally is a bold and sexy character who serves the show by enforcing the stereotype that smoking marijuana turns otherwise good people into sex fiends that don’t take life seriously at all. She plays a central role in turning Jimmy’s life upside when pressuring him into the world of drugs and sex. Such a role requires major commitment and a willingness to be put on display. Sally is powerful
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In this assessment‚ we were asked to choose one reading out of many and talk about it and show the side of the author’s perspective. The chosen reading was ‘That Fine Madness’ by Jamison‚ where it’s a book about manic-depression in artists where they face their journey and discover the differences in their moods and how they convey it in art. There are ways to treat the illness but many choose not to treat it but use it as an advantage. Manic-depressive illness is also genetic and can be passed on
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