AKA Marihuana: The Devil’s Weed, Marihuana: The Weed with Roots in Hell!

1936, Directed by Dwain Esper

So ‘marijuana’ used to be spelled with an H rather than a J? As this trailer can’t spell the word ‘weird’ correctly I suppose they could have just gotten it wrong…

A propaganda extravaganza along the lines of the infamous ‘Reefer Madness’, this movie attempts to warn young people of the dangers of cannabis using dubious melodrama. And a very creepy man who talks into the camera and says “Nude parties.”

Favourite bit: The hands pointlessly waving over the pills and syringes.

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1967, Directed by Jerry Gross

A tawdry exploitation film masquerading as a cautionary, educational tale? That’s pretty low even by the standards of dodgy B movies.

This trailer features that old Hollywood conceit of teenagers being portrayed by actors who are obviously about 25. Also, the voice over seems to have been provided by an angry drunk.

I’m worried by what “A brief lecture on how to use our bodies” entailed. At least it was presented in “language that everybody can understand!” (Esperanto?) Apparently near the end of the movie an extremely graphic medical training film of a birth is shown, which probably put any female viewers off having children at all.

Favourite bit: The short clip of the dancing chap who looks like he’s having a seizure of some kind.

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