1951 Drug War Propaganda Film Part 1

How "Pot" (that's jive talk for marijuana) leads to a hideous "H" (HEROIN) Habit. A Judge can't understand why so many youths are marijuana addicts, so he decides to investigate. He visits Phyllis, a high school senior and former marijuana junkie, who tells him about the horrible effects marijuana has had on her. It made her feel like she was speeding "100 miles an hour!" and she therefore became a heroin user. She managed to overcome her addiction to marijuana and heroin, but in the process ruined her hair. This leads the judge to the logical conclusion that the drug problem in the U.S. was introduced by the godless Red Communists in an effort to "undermine morale" and that the way to stop the drug epidemic was to "use common sense" (an earlier version, apparently, of the Reagan-era "Just Say No!" campaign, and which had pretty much the same effect--i.e., none).

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[xenshia]

This judge is old enough to have gone through cannabis prohibition in 1937, I bet -he- was getting high when he was a kid!

[deceiver123m]

Did u even watch the movie? you retarded fuck. That jive talk thing happens to be one of the lines Phyllis uses in the movie, Phyllis being the slut in the propaganda video ur supposed to first watch then comment on.

[WiZSOC]

If anyone ever needed to spark up a Jay, it's this tight assed old fuck in the propaganda flick!

[pacman3139]

i have a problem with these propaganda films. the BACKGROUND MUSIC!!!  who the hell made the decision to put this horrible generic music into every film from the 40's and 50's? what were they thinking? that it would make the film more emotional and dramatic? did anyone in any period of history ever enjoy listening to this kind of music?

[chills2102]

its not racist to use the word jive, its a joke aimed at the year of the video and the authorities who would talk like that trying to connect to youth. You cant just go around calling racism on ppl that dont deserve it. Jive doesnt belong to african american culture, it was a part of AMERICAN culture as a whole during those times

[Minorityman1993]

In you United States of Amedika?

[gina888warhol1]

Bull shity!!!!

[OperationNorthwoods]

:D And CIA drugs comes from Afghanistan every day to GITMO and Arizona :)

[nitroshylocknitro]

are u like one of those "articulate" cliche white ppl who looks at african american culture like its to be analyzed, like those ppl u see on dave chapelle?

cus u sound like it..."pot, thats jive for marijuana"

u know hwo racist that is? white ppl use that term...and u say its jive talk