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♪ ♪
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Marijuana, the dried leaves
and flowers of the Indian
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hemp weed, is used in
the form of a cigarette.
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Marijuana smoking, experts
point out, can make a
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helpless addict of its
victim within weeks,
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causing physical and
moral ruin, and death.
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Should you ever
be confronted...
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with the temptation of
taking that first puff
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of a marijuana cigarette,
don't do it!
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[dramatic music]
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[glass shattering]
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♪ ♪
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♪ Anything to get a kick ♪
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♪ Anything to get a blast ♪
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♪ Anything to bomb his mind ♪
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♪ Potheads ♪
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♪ ♪
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They think they can
go out and get high.
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They think they can
get turned on with pot.
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They can get loaded,
they can get stoned.
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57 percent of the student
body was smoking pot.
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Smoking pot, pot, pot.
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It fascinates and
then assassinates.
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And then it kills.
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A drug epidemic that's
sweeping our nation.
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♪ ♪
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♪ Anything to get a kick ♪
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♪ Anything to get a blast ♪
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♪ Anything to bomb his mind ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Quit playing games with God ♪
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♪ ♪
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[gunshots]
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smoking marijuana for
thousands of years,
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the custom only reached
the United States at the
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beginning of the 20th
century, when it arrived
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in the southwest with a wave
of Mexicans looking for work.
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Papers, please.
Next.
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To these poor labourers,
smoking marijuana was a way
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to relax after a long day
of working in the fields.
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But white Americans along
the border didn't much like
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these foreigners or
their strange customs.
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Marijuana, it was
rumoured, gave the Mexicans
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superhuman strength,
and turned them into
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blood-thirsty murderers.
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One evening, in El Paso,
some white Texans were
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allegedly attacked by a
Mexican that went crazy on
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the killer weed.
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Moving swiftly, the El Paso
city council passed a law
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banning possession
of marijuana.
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Supposedly designed to
control marijuana,
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the law quickly became a
way for the city
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to control Mexicans.
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♪ ♪
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Unlike the people of El
Paso, most Americans had
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never even heard of marijuana.
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They were more concerned
about the rising addiction
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to opium, morphine, cocaine
and heroin,
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which were all serious public
health issues.
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But instead of treating
drug addiction as a public
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health problem, the Federal
government put control of
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these drugs in the hands
of the Treasury Department,
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who created the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics.
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Rolling.
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This is Harry J.
Anslinger,
Commissioner
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of the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics.
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The Treasury Department
intends to pursue a
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relentless warfare
against the despicable,
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dope-peddling vulture who
preys on the weakness
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of his fellow man.
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Halt!
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[dramatic music]
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America's first drug Czar was
Harry J. Anslinger.
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A law-and-order Evangelist,
Anslinger would shape
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America's attitude
towards marijuana
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for generations to come.
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♪ ♪
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♪ Onward Christian soldiers... ♪
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Like many Americans, Anslinger
was a prohibitionist.
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These morally correct
citizens sincerely felt
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that progress could only be
achieved by controlling
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the depraved impulses
of the masses.
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[knocking]
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Swordfish.
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♪ ♪
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He believed that if the laws
were tough enough,
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America could be rid
of alcohol.
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Put enough people in
jail, and eventually,
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the public will learn
to behave.
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And he applied this same
philosophy to mounting the
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government's war on drugs.
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Special Treasury agents are
part of a massive force
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created solely to control
the traffic of narcotics.
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Any merchandise obtained
in Canada or aboard?
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No.
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Have you any
liquor?
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No.
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Let's take a
look at it.
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Come on.
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Move over J. Edgar Hoover.
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Here come the agents of the
Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
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Like J. Edgar Hoover, Anslinger
posed for the cameras
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creating the impression
he was smashing
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one major dope ring
after another.
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But he found out pretty quickly
that policing 48 States
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on a depression-strapped
budget was impossible.
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His solution was to try
and convince the States
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to police local drug
traffic themselves.
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Campaigning tirelessly, he
lobbied each State to sign a
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joint agreement to commit State
resources to fighting drugs.
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But only 9 States
signed on.
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The other 39 viewed
it as Federal
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interference in
their affairs.
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It was a major defeat for
the young drug commissioner.
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But he wasn't the
type to give up.
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♪ ♪
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Meanwhile, marijuana,
carried by West Indian
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sailors, arrived in port
cities like New Orleans.
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♪ ♪
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Known as muggles, tea or
reefer, it was popular with
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the jazz crowd because it
made music sound so good.
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From here, musicians carried
it up the Mississippi to
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urban centres in the north.
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♪ ♪
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♪ Have you ever met
that funny reefer man? ♪
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♪ If he says he swam to China ♪
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♪ Wants to sell you South
Carolina ♪
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♪ Then you know you're talking
to that reefer man ♪
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♪ Reefer man ♪
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♪ Have you ever met
that funny reefer man? ♪
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♪ Oh, that funny, funny,
funny reefer man ♪
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♪ Reefer man ♪
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♪ If he trades you dimes
for nickels ♪
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♪ He says watermelons are
pickles ♪
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♪ You know you're talking to
that reefer man ♪
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♪ Have you ever met that
funny reefer man? ♪
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♪ Reefer man ♪
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♪ Oh, that funny, funny,
funny reefer man ♪
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♪ Reefer man ♪
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♪ He smokes a reefer,
he gets high ♪
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♪ Then he flies to the sky ♪
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♪ That funny, funny, funny
reefer man ♪
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♪ ♪
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With marijuana showing up
in the big cities,
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Anslinger realized it might be
the answer to his problem.
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If he could persuade white
America that marijuana was a
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deadly menace, frightened
voters might push their
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State legislators to sign on
to his uniform Narcotics Act.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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Faster.
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♪ ♪
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Faster.
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♪ ♪
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Play it faster.
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♪ ♪
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Faster.
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Play it faster.
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♪ ♪
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Faster.
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♪ ♪
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I know what you want.
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You want to kill me.
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Ah!
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[screams]
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[hysterical laughter]
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In this case, the State
waives trial with the
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It is convinced that he is
hopelessly and incurably insane.
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A condition caused by
the drug marijuana,
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to which he was addicted.
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It is recommended, Your
Honour, that the defendant
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be placed in an institution
for the criminally insane
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for the rest of
his natural life.
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I see no reason why the
request should not be granted.
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♪ Wrap your chops round
this stick of tea ♪
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♪ Blow this gauge, and
get high with me ♪
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Determined to get the
Act passed, Anslinger
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unleashed a media campaign to
make the public believe
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that this little known
plant growing
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at the side of rural
roads was the
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biggest threat America
had ever faced.
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Parents, beware.
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Your children, homeward
bound from school,
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are being introduced to a
new danger in the form
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of a drugged cigarette:
marijuana.
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A Chicago mother watching
her daughter die as an
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indirect result of
marijuana addiction
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told officers that at least 50
of the girls' young friends
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were slaves to the narcotic,
continuing addiction until
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they deteriorate mentally,
become insane, and turn to
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violent crime and murder.
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♪ ♪
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Extra, extra,
playground dope addicts.
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Read all about it.
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♪ ♪
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Anslinger's campaign was
tailor-made for the lurid
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tabloid press, and supported by
an army of moralist groups,
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it captured the public's
imagination.
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Movietone News covering the
world to bring you the news.
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♪ ♪
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♪ He's the man that
smokes that jive ♪
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♪ That jive will take
you for a dive ♪
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♪ Wonders if he's still
the top ♪
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♪ When you smoke that
killin' jive ♪
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America is threatened by
a new drug menace.
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Street corner vendors
whose stock in trade is the
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deadly local weed marijuana,
pass it out in cigarette form.
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From ingeniously concealed
containers, the reefers goes
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to the waiting hands
of deluded youngsters.
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♪ When you smoke that
killin' jive ♪
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Police find a city
backyard full of dope.
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This innocent looking
weed is Mexican marijuana
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which, when smoked, produces
more nightmares than opium.
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Captain Moonie of the
Narcotics Squad
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will tell us
something about it.
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The constant use of these
marijuana cigarettes
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causes temporary insanity.
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[screaming, window smashing]
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Let's go, Jack.
I'm red hot.
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[thudding sound]
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[laughter]
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♪ ♪
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Our State voted for the
uniform Narcotic Act,
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and so should yours.
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♪ ♪
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The propaganda campaign
was successful
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beyond Anslinger's
wildest dreams.
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One by one, State
after State signed on.
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♪ When you smoke that
killin' jive ♪
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♪ ♪
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Gentlemen,
take your seats.
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the American public
demanded that the Federal
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government pass new
laws to fight marijuana.
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Terrified voters wanted action,
and their government responded.
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[gavel pounding]
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Without any public debate,
scientific inquiry,
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or political objection, the
Marijuana Tax Act was signed
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into law by
President Roosevelt.
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The act prohibited
possession of marijuana
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anywhere in the United
States without a special
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tax stamp from the
Treasury Department.
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And the Treasury Department
didn't give out any stamps,
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effectively making
marijuana illegal.
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♪ ♪
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Overnight, a new class
of criminals was created.
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♪ ♪
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To the Treasury agents of
the Bureau of Narcotics
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comes the job of wiping
out this traffic.
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And in 1937, we smashed
ten major narcotic rings.
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Only the cooperation of
an awakened public
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can make-- will make--
Oh, the hell with it.
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♪ ♪
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♪ The latest craze the country
raves is jive, jive, jive ♪
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♪ This modern treat
makes life complete ♪
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♪ Jive, jive, jive ♪
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♪ All the jive is gone ♪
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♪ I'm sorry, Gabe, but
you got here late ♪
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♪ All the jive is gone ♪
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♪ So come on in and
drink some gin ♪
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♪ All the jive is gone ♪
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[explosion]
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♪ ♪
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The first person to be convicted
was Samuel R. Caldwell,
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a 58-year-old Denver man.
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Sentencing him to four years
hard labour at Leavenworth,
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Judge J. Foster Simes, said,
"I consider marijuana
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the worst of all narcotics.
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Under its influence,
men become beasts.
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In the future, I will impose
the heaviest penalties.
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The government is going
to enforce this
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new law to the letter."
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♪ All the jive is gone ♪
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♪ ♪
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Prohibition cannot be
enforced for the simple reason
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that the majority of the
American people do not want
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it enforced and are
resisting its enforcement.
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That being so, the
orderly thing to do,
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under our form of government,
is to abolish a law which
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cannot be enforced, a law which
the people of the country
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do not want enforced.
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New York's prohibition-fighting
mayor, Fiorello La Guardia,
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was somewhat skeptical of the
government's claims
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that marijuana was causing
murder, rape, and the
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destruction of America's youth.
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Wanting to get the facts,
he commissioned a study
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by a group of 31
impartial scientists.
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♪ ♪
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After six years of medical
and sociological research,
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the La Guardia Commission
found smoking marijuana did
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not lead to violent or
anti-social behaviour.
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Smoking marijuana did not cause
uncontrollable sexual urges.
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Smoking marijuana did not
alter a person's basic
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personality structure.
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Item by item, the
Commission's report disproved
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every negative effect claimed
by Harry Anslinger.
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Furious, Anslinger used his
influence with the press
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to have the report discredited,
and destroyed every copy
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he could get his hands on.
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And by restricting the
supply of marijuana,
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he put a stop to any
further research.
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♪ ♪
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Not taking any chances,
Anslinger ordered his men
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to dig up dirt on anyone
who disagreed with him.
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And going on the
offensive, he targeted the
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entertainment industry,
which he saw
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as a degenerate,
immoral influence.
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♪ ♪
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I told you I'd wait
until he's grown.
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Well now he's growed,
and he gets his legacy,
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only it's made
out of hemp.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ Dreamed about a
reefer five feet long ♪
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Not wanting any trouble
with the government,
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the Hollywood studios
agreed to give Anslinger
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personal control
over all movie scripts
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that mentioned drugs.
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And movies he felt sent the
wrong message were just banned.
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♪ I'm the queen of everything ♪
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[footsteps marching]
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[whistle blowing]
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[sirens wailing]
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[footsteps marching]
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♪ ♪
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Youth is a time for fun,
pranks and jokes.
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Of ice cream cones
and chocolate sodas.
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Youth is a time for getting
a job, for finding one's
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place in the world.
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But sometimes, in these
trouble days, the very
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thoughtlessness of youth has
led to a living nightmare:
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addiction to drugs.
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♪ ♪
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What's that?
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H.
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H?
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What's H?
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Shh, not so loud.
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It's heroin.
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Will it make me sick
like the reefers did?
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Marty's story is like
many of the others.
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It started with
marijuana cigarettes.
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Come on, it's
my turn next.
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Gee, Duke, where'd
you get 'em?
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I know a guy.
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Three for a buck.
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He was determined to be one
of the gang if it killed him.
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And it almost did.
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Several weeks later,
after smoking reefers,
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Marty's befogged brain
hit on a clever way
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to open pop bottles.
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Later, Stan went to
the hospital for
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swallowing broken glass.
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Marty badly cut the
inside of his mouth,
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though he didn't even
know it at the time.
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Before long, Marty
was hooked, physically
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dependent on heroin.
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Nothing mattered by the ever
present craving for the drugs.
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He had given up interest
in everything else.
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♪ ♪
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♪ I get no kick
from champagne ♪
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♪ ♪
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By the early 1950s, concern
about marijuana was
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overshadowed by a new media
scare, rising heroin addiction
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among teenagers who were
drifting into crime
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to support their habit.
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♪ ♪
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♪ That I should get a kick-- ♪
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I want some
money, Sam.
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You're, you're crazy.
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The money!
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I know you.
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They put you in jail.
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Just get the money!
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♪ ♪
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Oh!
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No, no, please, no!
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[glass smashing]
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This heroin scare gave
an aging Anslinger a new way
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to attack marijuana, and
respond to anyone
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who might doubt its
terrible danger.
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♪ ♪
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Smoking marijuana, he
declared, was a direct
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steppingstone to
heroin addiction.
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♪ ♪
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♪ Satan is real ♪
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♪ Working in spirit ♪
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♪ You can see him and
hear him ♪
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♪ In this world every day ♪
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♪ Satan is real ♪
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♪ Working with power ♪
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♪ He can temp you ♪
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♪ And lead you astray ♪
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An individual lad who tries
the drug just for fun,
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or experiments with it, acts
exactly like a person who
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loads the gun, puts
a bullet in,
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puts it up to his head...
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very carefully, hopes
for the best,
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and pulls the trigger.
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[gunshot]
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00:24:18,784 --> 00:24:20,786
[tone]
404
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Please stand by.
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♪ ♪
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Teenage narcotic addiction.
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Is there an answer?
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♪ ♪
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Robert M. Conlan, Commander
of the Detective Bureau,
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Culver City Police Department,
Culver City, California.
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Is there any general
personality traits
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that would apply
to addicts?
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Most of these addicts are
very sick, and they are a
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menace, and have
to be arrested.
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00:24:50,111 --> 00:24:51,946
I get a lot of
self-satisfaction of
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arresting those people.
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00:24:53,047 --> 00:24:54,948
And what about
teenage addiction?
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00:24:54,948 --> 00:24:56,616
How does that come
about, usually?
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They start out by
using marijuana.
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And do most marijuana users
finally go on the hard stuff?
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00:25:02,721 --> 00:25:03,955
Yes.
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What kind of changes could
be made to improve the
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00:25:05,890 --> 00:25:09,860
narcotics situation, based
on present knowledge, Bob?
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00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:13,963
Well, Paul, the
addict is a sick guy.
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And anything that can be
done through legislation
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to make the penalty far
greater, I'm sure would be
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appreciated by every
cop on every beat,
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00:25:21,135 --> 00:25:22,870
throughout the country.
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00:25:22,870 --> 00:25:23,904
Your name, please?
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00:25:23,904 --> 00:25:25,572
Harry J. Anslinger.
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00:25:25,572 --> 00:25:26,839
And your position
and occupation?
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Federal Commissioner
of Narcotics.
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Appearing at the Kefauver
Crime Hearings,
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Anslinger backs senator
Hale Boggs' proposal
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to increase penalties for
all drug offences.
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Tougher penalties were
needed, he said because
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behind every narcotics
peddler, there was a
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communist preparing to
overthrow our government.
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00:25:45,788 --> 00:25:54,229
♪ ♪
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00:25:54,229 --> 00:25:56,631
According to all
the documents that
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we have been
examining today,
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the major source is
Red China.
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00:26:03,904 --> 00:26:07,107
Do you see a marked increase
in the amount of drugs
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00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:08,975
circulating in this country,
which you believe come from
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Red China, since China
went communist in 1949?
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00:26:12,011 --> 00:26:14,513
Oh, very much so.
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00:26:14,513 --> 00:26:16,648
Under the Nationalists, they
had the situation pretty
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There were about a thousand
executions a year under
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the Nationalist
Chinese government.
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00:26:25,856 --> 00:26:29,025
I haven't heard of anyone being
wounded under this regime.
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00:26:29,925 --> 00:26:31,893
Even though there was
absolutely no proof
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of a communist plot to
dope up America,
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00:26:34,962 --> 00:26:37,864
the country was in the grip
of cold war hysteria, and
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no politician could afford
to look soft on communism.
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00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:45,904
Taking Anslinger's advice,
President Truman signed
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the Boggs' Act, which
dramatically increased
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penalties for position,
and ordered mandatory
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minimum sentences.
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00:26:52,942 --> 00:26:54,710
[dart thuds]
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00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:56,278
[bell dinging]
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00:26:56,278 --> 00:26:59,581
[darts thudding]
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00:27:00,815 --> 00:27:04,051
There's a considerable amount
of heroin coming out of China.
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You mean Red China?
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00:27:08,821 --> 00:27:10,656
Red China, yes, sir.
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00:27:10,656 --> 00:27:14,192
On a roll now, Anslinger
agitated for even tougher laws,
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00:27:14,192 --> 00:27:17,861
and got President Eisenhower to
push them through Congress.
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00:27:19,929 --> 00:27:29,904
[explosions]
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00:27:30,237 --> 00:27:39,879
[siren blaring]
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The Narcotic Control Act
put marijuana in
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the same category as heroin,
and made it subject
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to the same penalties.
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A first conviction for
possession was punished
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with the mandatory prison
term of two to ten years.
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In addition, a number of States
added their own penalties.
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00:27:55,993 --> 00:27:57,794
In Missouri, a second
conviction for possession
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could get you life.
477
00:27:59,862 --> 00:28:01,363
[door slamming]
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00:28:01,363 --> 00:28:05,066
This is Lieutenant McGee,
Atlanta Police.
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00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,270
This is Lieutenant McGee of
the Atlanta Police Department.
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We got the stuff
right away before
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00:28:12,905 --> 00:28:14,840
the man had a chance
to distribute it.
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00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,742
Do you think this stopped
the entire operation?
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00:28:17,742 --> 00:28:19,810
Yes, sir, I'm
sure of it.
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00:28:19,810 --> 00:28:21,344
Have you ever seen
anything like it before?
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00:28:21,344 --> 00:28:25,881
Not in my career, I haven't
seen that much marijuana.
486
00:28:25,881 --> 00:28:27,249
[chuckling]
487
00:28:27,249 --> 00:28:29,884
Okay, I'm going to get a
different lens on you here.
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00:28:30,684 --> 00:28:31,918
Is the sound pretty good?
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♪ ♪
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Setting his sights higher,
Anslinger went to the U.N.
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00:28:43,928 --> 00:28:45,963
and used America's
influence to persuade
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over a hundred countries to
consolidate their various
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00:28:48,131 --> 00:28:51,701
drug agreements into
a single, inflexible
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convention outlawing
marijuana around the world.
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00:28:54,203 --> 00:28:56,371
This was the ultimate
achievement in Anslinger's
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relentless crusade to
criminalize marijuana use.
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♪ ♪
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[roar of flames]
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[applause]
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To Harry Jacob Anslinger,
distinguished citizen.
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00:29:31,268 --> 00:29:34,971
In your dedicated efforts to
combat the illegal traffic
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00:29:34,971 --> 00:29:37,239
in narcotic drugs, your
fashioned and effective
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00:29:37,239 --> 00:29:40,008
organization to
pursue this objective.
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00:29:40,008 --> 00:29:42,910
Your noteworthy achievements
in this field have earned
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00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:45,279
for you the respect of
the world community.
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00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:47,814
Signed John F. Kennedy.
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00:29:48,514 --> 00:29:50,549
In leaving the Bureau he'd
built up under five
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00:29:50,549 --> 00:29:53,485
different Presidents, Anslinger
warned his successors of
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00:29:53,485 --> 00:29:56,855
an impending drug revolution,
which he felt would be
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00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:59,924
nothing less than an assault
on the foundations
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of Western civilization.
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♪ ♪
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00:30:06,129 --> 00:30:16,205
[eerie music]
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00:30:18,006 --> 00:30:19,974
[sirens wail]
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00:30:19,974 --> 00:30:22,009
[cartoon music]
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00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:25,045
♪ ♪
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00:30:25,045 --> 00:30:28,114
[laughter]
518
00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:41,126
♪ ♪
519
00:30:51,101 --> 00:30:54,537
Responsibility only
to oneself.
520
00:30:55,371 --> 00:30:57,906
Life, liberty and the
pursuit of pleasure.
521
00:30:57,906 --> 00:31:00,575
The new Declaration of
Independence for the
522
00:31:00,575 --> 00:31:03,344
teenager around the world.
523
00:31:03,344 --> 00:31:08,615
♪ ♪
524
00:31:08,615 --> 00:31:12,218
Smoke a joint, burn
a little grass.
525
00:31:12,218 --> 00:31:15,888
Pot party, roach party,
mainliner, skin pop.
526
00:31:15,888 --> 00:31:18,056
Shoot some crystal.
527
00:31:18,056 --> 00:31:21,926
The language of the
narcotic and marijuana user.
528
00:31:21,926 --> 00:31:24,094
The language of a large
and ever-increasing
529
00:31:24,094 --> 00:31:26,896
number of teens.
530
00:31:26,896 --> 00:31:36,038
pills, it is not long before
you soon graduate to marijuana.
531
00:31:37,072 --> 00:31:39,074
For some, it quickens
sexual desire.
532
00:31:39,074 --> 00:31:42,277
For some, it is the release
of sexual inhibitions.
533
00:31:42,277 --> 00:31:46,114
But whatever it is,
teenagers are going for it.
534
00:31:47,515 --> 00:31:50,885
And may be the forerunner
of a new drug society out of
535
00:31:50,885 --> 00:31:54,889
some sign fiction
writer's imagination.
536
00:31:54,889 --> 00:31:57,925
Will drugs pave the
road to destruction
537
00:31:57,925 --> 00:31:59,393
for the now generation?
538
00:31:59,393 --> 00:32:08,001
♪ ♪
539
00:32:08,001 --> 00:32:11,070
♪ Come on now, hi ♪
540
00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:12,438
♪ ♪
541
00:32:12,438 --> 00:32:15,107
♪ You know you
really turn me on ♪
542
00:32:16,041 --> 00:32:17,542
On campuses across
the country,
543
00:32:17,542 --> 00:32:20,611
a whole new generation
discovered drugs.
544
00:32:20,611 --> 00:32:23,113
Rebellious, and willing to
experiment, they found
545
00:32:23,113 --> 00:32:25,982
they liked altering
their consciousness.
546
00:32:25,982 --> 00:32:33,355
♪ ♪
547
00:32:33,355 --> 00:32:34,556
Do you smoke pot?
548
00:32:34,556 --> 00:32:35,990
Yes, I do.
549
00:32:35,990 --> 00:32:37,391
Do you smoke marijuana?
550
00:32:37,391 --> 00:32:38,458
Yes.
551
00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:42,094
I've been smoking
pot for about a year.
552
00:32:42,094 --> 00:32:43,962
Have you found it
addictive?
553
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,430
Oh, no.
554
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:48,299
I go for months and
months without smoking it
555
00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:50,968
and then I'll smoke a
lot, maybe, in a week.
556
00:32:50,968 --> 00:32:54,037
Well, the argument is
made that pot leads to
557
00:32:54,037 --> 00:32:55,938
the addiction to heroin
or other narcotics.
558
00:32:55,938 --> 00:32:57,205
Have you found this
to be so among
559
00:32:57,205 --> 00:32:58,539
the people that
you know?
560
00:32:58,539 --> 00:33:00,307
No, not at all.
561
00:33:00,307 --> 00:33:03,109
The people who use the
stronger drugs, the opiates,
562
00:33:03,109 --> 00:33:06,045
etc., are not the people
who smoke marijuana.
563
00:33:06,045 --> 00:33:08,647
And the people who
smoke marijuana,
564
00:33:08,647 --> 00:33:10,982
do not use the
other drugs.
565
00:33:12,049 --> 00:33:13,250
Gradually, the perception that
marijuana was dangerous
566
00:33:13,250 --> 00:33:15,318
began to change.
567
00:33:15,318 --> 00:33:17,653
Many students saw smoking
grass as a rejection
568
00:33:17,653 --> 00:33:20,222
of establishment values,
a way of declaring
569
00:33:20,222 --> 00:33:22,157
their independence.
570
00:33:24,492 --> 00:33:25,960
[honking]
571
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:33,267
♪ ♪
572
00:33:33,267 --> 00:33:36,336
♪ Over Bridge of Sighs ♪
573
00:33:36,336 --> 00:33:40,973
♪ To rest my eyes in
shades of green ♪
574
00:33:40,973 --> 00:33:44,242
♪ Under dreaming spires ♪
575
00:33:44,242 --> 00:33:47,011
♪ To Itchycoo Park,
that's where I've been ♪
576
00:33:47,011 --> 00:33:47,711
♪ ♪
577
00:33:47,711 --> 00:33:49,212
♪ What did you do there? ♪
578
00:33:49,212 --> 00:33:50,980
♪ I got high ♪
579
00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:53,115
♪ What did you feel there? ♪
580
00:33:53,115 --> 00:33:54,749
♪ Well, I cried ♪
581
00:33:54,749 --> 00:33:57,017
♪ But why the tears there? ♪
582
00:33:57,017 --> 00:33:59,586
♪ Tell you why ♪
583
00:33:59,586 --> 00:34:13,331
♪ It's all too beautiful ♪
584
00:34:13,331 --> 00:34:14,699
♪ ♪
585
00:34:14,699 --> 00:34:17,334
♪ I feel inclined
to blow my mind ♪
586
00:34:17,334 --> 00:34:21,304
♪ Get hung up, feed
the ducks with a bun ♪
587
00:34:21,304 --> 00:34:25,107
♪ They all come out
to groove about ♪
588
00:34:25,107 --> 00:34:30,312
♪ Be nice and have
fun in the sun ♪
589
00:34:30,312 --> 00:34:32,681
At this point, we are going
to leave Golden Gate Park,
590
00:34:32,681 --> 00:34:38,085
to go into the Haight Ashbury
district of San Francisco.
591
00:34:38,085 --> 00:34:42,689
The last 18 months has seen
a tremendous increase of
592
00:34:42,689 --> 00:34:44,590
the so-called hippies.
593
00:34:44,590 --> 00:34:48,794
This is a protection against
the middle and upper class
594
00:34:48,794 --> 00:34:52,731
people of San Francisco,
in fact, of the area.
595
00:34:52,731 --> 00:34:55,066
It is the belief of the people
who live within the area
596
00:34:55,066 --> 00:34:59,103
that we in the middle
class, have done a very,
597
00:34:59,103 --> 00:35:02,506
very poor job in
running our government,
598
00:35:02,506 --> 00:35:03,673
and our way of life.
599
00:35:03,673 --> 00:35:09,045
♪ ♪
600
00:35:09,045 --> 00:35:10,579
This weekend, Jefferson
Airplane on Friday,
601
00:35:10,579 --> 00:35:13,548
Grateful Dead on Saturday,
Carousel Ballroom,
602
00:35:13,548 --> 00:35:15,349
high above market and band mix.
603
00:35:17,217 --> 00:35:27,293
♪ ♪
604
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:30,796
Anybody hungry?
605
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:33,165
-Hey, how about we
order some Chinese?
606
00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:35,167
-Order some Chinese
to do what?
607
00:35:35,167 --> 00:35:38,203
[telephone ringing]
608
00:35:38,203 --> 00:35:45,209
Federal Bureau of
Narcotics, please hold.
609
00:35:45,776 --> 00:35:48,111
The new head of the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics,
610
00:35:48,111 --> 00:35:51,514
Henry Giordano, began to
realize he had a problem.
611
00:35:51,514 --> 00:35:54,216
To address it, he developed
a campaign he hoped would
612
00:35:54,216 --> 00:35:56,751
be believable to the
younger generation.
613
00:35:56,751 --> 00:35:59,720
If you smoke marijuana, you
will become an unmotivated,
614
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:02,189
dysfunctional, loser.
615
00:36:02,189 --> 00:36:06,493
♪ ♪
616
00:36:06,493 --> 00:36:08,495
♪ Pammy's on a bummer now ♪
617
00:36:08,495 --> 00:36:10,163
♪ ♪
618
00:36:10,163 --> 00:36:13,533
♪ And nobody knows
where she's at ♪
619
00:36:13,533 --> 00:36:15,768
♪ ♪
620
00:36:15,768 --> 00:36:20,405
♪ She could be
almost anywhere ♪
621
00:36:20,405 --> 00:36:22,640
♪ ♪
622
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:27,110
♪ Maybe some day,
she'll be back ♪
623
00:36:29,178 --> 00:36:32,614
♪ She's started smoking pot ♪
624
00:36:33,748 --> 00:36:36,751
If you become a pothead,
you risk blowing the most
625
00:36:36,751 --> 00:36:40,154
important time of your
life, your teenage.
626
00:36:40,154 --> 00:36:44,358
That unrepeatable time for
you to grow up and prepare
627
00:36:44,358 --> 00:36:47,527
for being an adult that can
handle problems and make
628
00:36:47,527 --> 00:36:51,497
something meaningful out
of life, or you have the
629
00:36:51,497 --> 00:36:55,467
choice to have the courage
to see and deal with the
630
00:36:55,467 --> 00:36:58,403
world for what it
really is.
631
00:36:58,403 --> 00:37:02,440
Far, far from perfect,
but for you and for me,
632
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,176
the only one there is...
633
00:37:05,176 --> 00:37:06,443
[tape slowing, faltering]
634
00:37:09,345 --> 00:37:11,380
Because so many were trying
marijuana without
635
00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:13,782
any ill effects, the public
demanded to know more.
636
00:37:13,782 --> 00:37:16,351
And for the first time,
the Federal government
637
00:37:16,351 --> 00:37:19,220
approved scientific testing.
638
00:37:20,354 --> 00:37:23,790
The plain fact is none of
us know very much about this
639
00:37:23,790 --> 00:37:27,693
drug in my verifiable way.
640
00:37:27,693 --> 00:37:30,462
Well, Bill, it's been
about two hours since
641
00:37:30,462 --> 00:37:31,496
you got the drug.
642
00:37:31,496 --> 00:37:32,663
How do you feel?
643
00:37:34,731 --> 00:37:36,466
Fantastic.
644
00:37:36,466 --> 00:37:38,468
Defiant?
645
00:37:38,468 --> 00:37:39,735
Not at all.
646
00:37:39,735 --> 00:37:41,703
Business-like?
647
00:37:41,703 --> 00:37:43,805
Not at all.
648
00:37:45,206 --> 00:37:46,574
Sheesh.
649
00:37:46,574 --> 00:37:47,874
Friendly?
650
00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:52,778
Extremely.
651
00:37:53,845 --> 00:37:55,780
This is so ridiculous.
652
00:37:55,780 --> 00:37:57,782
Would you be interested in
taking part in a study like
653
00:37:57,782 --> 00:38:01,218
this again, and having
the same type of drug?
654
00:38:01,218 --> 00:38:02,586
Oh, sure.
655
00:38:02,586 --> 00:38:05,388
It's been a very pleasant
experience for you.
656
00:38:05,388 --> 00:38:07,723
I'll do it any
time you want.
657
00:38:07,723 --> 00:38:09,224
Do you think it
would be--
658
00:38:09,224 --> 00:38:10,692
Any time at all.
659
00:38:10,692 --> 00:38:14,429
Just call me any time
of the day or night.
660
00:38:14,429 --> 00:38:18,299
We found out that the
drug makes people happy.
661
00:38:18,299 --> 00:38:22,936
It makes them intoxicated,
and finally, makes them sleepy.
662
00:38:22,936 --> 00:38:24,904
Which is about what
marijuana users were
663
00:38:24,904 --> 00:38:26,838
telling us happened
all the time.
664
00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:31,842
Last call, folks.
665
00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:32,876
Drink it up.
666
00:38:32,876 --> 00:38:33,944
Nice to see you, Bob.
667
00:38:33,944 --> 00:38:34,945
How's the wife?
668
00:38:34,945 --> 00:38:35,912
Kids okay?
669
00:38:35,912 --> 00:38:37,380
Good.
670
00:38:37,380 --> 00:38:38,948
Let's drink to tomorrow.
671
00:38:38,948 --> 00:38:40,015
Hell, let's
drink to tonight.
672
00:38:40,015 --> 00:38:42,550
Hell, let's drink.
673
00:38:43,350 --> 00:38:45,652
I says right here that
alcohol does more harm
674
00:38:45,652 --> 00:38:47,086
to your nervous system.
675
00:38:47,086 --> 00:38:48,787
Stop reading that
underground trash and pay
676
00:38:48,787 --> 00:38:51,623
more attention
to your homework.
677
00:38:51,623 --> 00:38:52,824
All that drivel they talk.
678
00:38:52,824 --> 00:38:54,692
♪ ♪
679
00:38:54,692 --> 00:38:57,528
♪ We don't smoke
marijuana in Muskogee ♪
680
00:38:57,528 --> 00:39:01,365
♪ ♪
681
00:39:01,365 --> 00:39:04,801
♪ We don't take our
trips on LSD ♪
682
00:39:04,801 --> 00:39:06,602
♪ ♪
683
00:39:06,602 --> 00:39:08,370
Whether the younger generation
was presented as
684
00:39:08,370 --> 00:39:10,905
drugged out hippies, or
anti-war protestors,
685
00:39:10,905 --> 00:39:13,908
conservative America reacted
with a fear and hatred
686
00:39:13,908 --> 00:39:16,677
that threatened to pull
the country apart.
687
00:39:16,677 --> 00:39:20,881
♪ ♪
688
00:39:20,881 --> 00:39:23,783
♪ I'm proud to be an
Okie from Muskogee ♪
689
00:39:23,783 --> 00:39:28,954
[gunfire]
690
00:39:28,954 --> 00:39:31,790
♪ Place where even
squares can have a ball ♪
691
00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:34,726
♪ ♪
692
00:39:34,726 --> 00:39:36,894
♪ We still wave Old Glory... ♪
693
00:39:37,895 --> 00:39:40,664
This is fire support
base Aries, 50 miles
694
00:39:40,664 --> 00:39:42,999
northeast of Saigon.
695
00:39:43,799 --> 00:39:46,668
Vito is a 20-year-old
draftee from Philadelphia.
696
00:39:46,668 --> 00:39:49,971
A photographer before he
entered the army,
697
00:39:49,971 --> 00:39:52,473
Vito is now a squad
leader, responsible for
698
00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:54,841
the lives of a dozen men.
699
00:39:57,009 --> 00:39:59,444
It's a 12-gauge shotgun.
700
00:40:01,112 --> 00:40:03,814
What we basically use
it for on the LZ,
701
00:40:03,814 --> 00:40:05,415
and I guess even
out in the field.
702
00:40:05,415 --> 00:40:07,450
If you want to know,
703
00:40:07,450 --> 00:40:09,785
we use it to shotgun
from a ball.
704
00:40:09,785 --> 00:40:13,688
You know, you just put the
ball in the chamber and all.
705
00:40:13,688 --> 00:40:15,856
Paul, let me borrow
that ball for a minute.
706
00:40:15,856 --> 00:40:19,960
[laughter]
707
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,562
This is probably all Sids,
and we're getting busted,
708
00:40:22,562 --> 00:40:24,997
but I don't care.
709
00:40:25,998 --> 00:40:29,034
Shotgun.
710
00:40:29,034 --> 00:40:31,603
[laughter]
711
00:40:31,603 --> 00:40:33,471
What's happening here
is also happening,
712
00:40:33,471 --> 00:40:35,773
to some extent, at
virtually every other
713
00:40:35,773 --> 00:40:38,709
American installation
in Vietnam.
714
00:40:39,509 --> 00:40:41,811
Recent surveys estimate that
well over 50 percent of the
715
00:40:41,811 --> 00:40:45,614
soldiers in Vietnam
use marijuana.
716
00:40:46,414 --> 00:40:51,485
Then, you know, you're like,
who cares about the war.
717
00:40:52,152 --> 00:40:53,586
This war.
718
00:40:54,887 --> 00:41:00,691
♪ ♪
719
00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:02,693
Nixon: It is time for an
honest look at the problem
720
00:41:02,693 --> 00:41:05,429
of order in the United States.
721
00:41:05,429 --> 00:41:09,065
I pledge to you, we shall have
order in the United States.
722
00:41:09,065 --> 00:41:16,105
♪ ♪
723
00:41:16,105 --> 00:41:19,208
Manipulating the fears of what
he termed the silent majority,
724
00:41:19,208 --> 00:41:21,176
Richard Nixon built his
campaign for the
725
00:41:21,176 --> 00:41:23,845
presidency around an
emotionally-charged central
726
00:41:23,845 --> 00:41:26,180
issue, restoring law and order.
727
00:41:27,481 --> 00:41:28,648
And it worked.
728
00:41:30,616 --> 00:41:32,985
As President, Nixon was
determined to be seen as the
729
00:41:32,985 --> 00:41:34,920
toughest crime fighter ever.
730
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,656
But most crimes fell under
state jurisdiction,
731
00:41:37,656 --> 00:41:39,991
so Nixon wasn't allowed
to get involved.
732
00:41:39,991 --> 00:41:41,892
However, there was one
area where the Federal
733
00:41:41,892 --> 00:41:45,528
government did have power:
drug crime.
734
00:41:46,862 --> 00:41:51,466
Early in his first term, Nixon
launched Operation Intercept.
735
00:41:51,466 --> 00:41:53,901
A military-style exercise,
officially described as the
736
00:41:53,901 --> 00:41:58,138
country's largest peace-time
search and seizure operation.
737
00:41:58,138 --> 00:42:00,840
In it, 2,000 customs' agents
were deployed
738
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,209
along the Mexican border.
739
00:42:03,209 --> 00:42:05,711
Their orders: stop the
marijuana.
740
00:42:05,711 --> 00:42:15,787
♪ ♪
741
00:42:17,555 --> 00:42:19,223
This is the biggest mistake
the government of the
742
00:42:19,223 --> 00:42:21,191
United States has made, and
the biggest offence they
743
00:42:21,191 --> 00:42:23,126
could have done to
the Mexican people.
744
00:42:23,126 --> 00:42:33,202
♪ ♪
745
00:42:33,835 --> 00:42:37,572
I think if it stops the
marijuana flow in Los Angeles,
746
00:42:37,572 --> 00:42:40,041
and the southern cities,
I think it's excellent.
747
00:42:40,041 --> 00:42:42,977
If it doesn't, then I
think our time is wasted.
748
00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:44,878
Although more than 5 million
American and Mexican
749
00:42:44,878 --> 00:42:47,580
citizens passed through
this dragnet,
750
00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:50,015
practically no marijuana
was intercepted.
751
00:42:50,949 --> 00:42:53,618
After three weeks, Operation
Intercept was abandoned.
752
00:43:07,932 --> 00:43:16,740
['Hail to the Chief' plays]
753
00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:19,275
Now, even more determined to
appear tough on crime,
754
00:43:19,275 --> 00:43:22,611
Nixon poured Federal money into
equipping, training,
755
00:43:22,611 --> 00:43:25,846
and educating local
police forces across America.
756
00:43:27,047 --> 00:43:30,050
♪ ♪
757
00:43:30,050 --> 00:43:32,152
In the day-to-day conduct
of your police duties,
758
00:43:32,152 --> 00:43:34,787
no matter how or for what
reason you're called
759
00:43:34,787 --> 00:43:38,223
to investigate a
situation in a residence,
760
00:43:38,223 --> 00:43:41,993
use your eyes to detect
evidence of marijuana,
761
00:43:41,993 --> 00:43:44,929
hashish, or
narcotic violations.
762
00:43:46,964 --> 00:43:49,833
The evidence you're looking
for is here, all right.
763
00:43:49,833 --> 00:43:52,335
But it has to be located
before you can read it.
764
00:43:52,335 --> 00:43:53,869
Use your eyes.
765
00:43:55,837 --> 00:43:57,905
Ashtrays are logical
places to use your eyes
766
00:43:57,905 --> 00:44:01,208
for evidence of
marijuana violations.
767
00:44:02,175 --> 00:44:03,976
There are some noticeable
differences between a
768
00:44:03,976 --> 00:44:06,111
marijuana, or grass joint,
and the butt of an ordinary
769
00:44:06,111 --> 00:44:09,013
cigarette, clearly visible,
even at a distance, to
770
00:44:09,013 --> 00:44:11,682
those who use their eyes.
771
00:44:11,682 --> 00:44:13,817
This, of course, is
marijuana itself.
772
00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:15,819
The best evidence of all.
773
00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:17,587
It has distinctive
characteristics.
774
00:44:17,587 --> 00:44:18,854
Learn them.
775
00:44:18,854 --> 00:44:20,755
Use your eyes.
776
00:44:20,755 --> 00:44:22,356
It also has a distinctive
aroma, so use your nose,
777
00:44:22,356 --> 00:44:24,825
as well as your eyes.
778
00:44:24,825 --> 00:44:32,865
♪ ♪
779
00:44:32,865 --> 00:44:36,935
Police officer,
open the door.
780
00:44:38,369 --> 00:44:39,870
Come on, come on.
781
00:44:46,776 --> 00:44:48,377
Look right here.
782
00:44:48,377 --> 00:44:49,644
[flash pops]
783
00:44:52,780 --> 00:44:54,681
As arrests skyrocketed, the
convictions were no longer
784
00:44:54,681 --> 00:44:57,116
limited to minorities.
785
00:44:57,116 --> 00:44:59,184
Now, most of the people
serving time were white,
786
00:44:59,184 --> 00:45:00,952
middle class, American kids.
787
00:45:03,788 --> 00:45:06,824
Why do you smoke
marijuana?
788
00:45:06,824 --> 00:45:09,259
It's really very simple.
789
00:45:09,259 --> 00:45:11,761
I smoke it because
I enjoy it.
790
00:45:11,761 --> 00:45:14,630
It doesn't worry that
you're breaking the law?
791
00:45:14,630 --> 00:45:16,932
Sure, it worries me.
792
00:45:16,932 --> 00:45:18,867
I mean, it worries me because
I don't want to get caught.
793
00:45:18,867 --> 00:45:23,104
I do not want to go to jail
for something I consider
794
00:45:23,104 --> 00:45:28,408
a pleasure and harmless to
both society and myself.
795
00:45:28,408 --> 00:45:30,209
I'm not hurting anybody.
796
00:45:30,209 --> 00:45:32,110
I'm not hurting myself.
797
00:45:32,110 --> 00:45:33,845
Why should I be
punished for it?
798
00:45:33,845 --> 00:45:36,080
♪ ♪
799
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:40,751
♪ And you may see me tonight
with an illegal smile ♪
800
00:45:40,751 --> 00:45:43,386
♪ It don't cost very much ♪
801
00:45:43,386 --> 00:45:46,255
♪ But it lasts a long while ♪
802
00:45:46,255 --> 00:45:49,091
♪ Won't you please
tell the man ♪
803
00:45:49,091 --> 00:45:51,860
♪ I didn't kill anyone ♪
804
00:45:51,860 --> 00:45:56,197
♪ No, I'm just trying
to have me some fun ♪
805
00:45:56,197 --> 00:45:59,166
♪ ♪
806
00:45:59,166 --> 00:46:01,801
When Don Crowe was convicted
of selling marijuana to
807
00:46:01,801 --> 00:46:05,237
an undercover agent, there
seemed reason for hope.
808
00:46:05,237 --> 00:46:07,305
It was his first offence,
after all, and the amount
809
00:46:07,305 --> 00:46:09,974
had been small,
less than one ounce.
810
00:46:09,974 --> 00:46:14,945
But the jury saw its duty.
Sentence: 50 years in prison.
811
00:46:14,945 --> 00:46:18,048
For Crowe, 25 years
old, newly returned from
812
00:46:18,048 --> 00:46:20,083
Vietnam, it was
a bitter pill.
813
00:46:20,083 --> 00:46:22,718
I had the feeling that I
was fighting for my country
814
00:46:22,718 --> 00:46:24,853
and for my fellow man.
815
00:46:27,755 --> 00:46:30,290
And it is kind of depressing
to know that I should come back
816
00:46:30,290 --> 00:46:34,027
and be given 50 years
for allegedly selling
817
00:46:34,027 --> 00:46:38,898
a lid of marijuana.
818
00:46:38,898 --> 00:46:41,333
This is the Purple
Heart that he received
819
00:46:41,333 --> 00:46:43,001
the first time he
was wounded.
820
00:46:43,001 --> 00:46:44,969
There is a mother's
pride as Mrs. Crowe
821
00:46:44,969 --> 00:46:47,738
recounts Don's
military record.
822
00:46:47,738 --> 00:46:49,806
But it is hard for
her, too.
823
00:46:49,806 --> 00:46:52,142
He loved his
country, she says.
824
00:46:52,142 --> 00:46:53,977
He was a good boy.
825
00:46:53,977 --> 00:46:57,046
Well, we were naturally so
proud of him when he was
826
00:46:57,046 --> 00:47:01,016
over there, and when he
came back, and all this
827
00:47:01,016 --> 00:47:04,919
happened, well, of course,
I've just been heartbroken.
828
00:47:04,919 --> 00:47:09,189
And I think it is
a severe penalty.
829
00:47:11,958 --> 00:47:15,194
I don't think that a kid
should have their entire
830
00:47:15,194 --> 00:47:17,963
future career blighted by
having an arrest record for
831
00:47:17,963 --> 00:47:20,932
being caught in a room
where marijuana was kept,
832
00:47:20,932 --> 00:47:23,301
or from smoking a joint
of marijuana when they're
833
00:47:23,301 --> 00:47:24,969
a kid in college,
or a young kid.
834
00:47:24,969 --> 00:47:26,203
And that's exactly
what happens.
835
00:47:26,203 --> 00:47:28,572
Everyone here seems
to emphasize the kids.
836
00:47:28,572 --> 00:47:30,073
How can you communicate
with them when they've got
837
00:47:30,073 --> 00:47:31,974
flowers in their ears so
they can't hear, and hair
838
00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:34,543
down to their hip pockets.
839
00:47:34,543 --> 00:47:37,112
The young person, other
minority group members,
840
00:47:37,112 --> 00:47:39,114
have a much greater
chance of being arrested,
841
00:47:39,114 --> 00:47:41,483
and are arrested, and
if this continues,
842
00:47:41,483 --> 00:47:45,053
we're going to decimate the
youthful population of America.
843
00:47:45,053 --> 00:47:47,388
That's exactly what's
going to happen.
844
00:47:47,388 --> 00:47:49,022
If any one of us has a
kid who's arrested,
845
00:47:49,022 --> 00:47:50,990
there's going to be an
arrest for narcotic
846
00:47:50,990 --> 00:47:52,524
violation on his record
for the rest of his life.
847
00:47:52,524 --> 00:47:53,925
He can't go in
the Peace Corp.,
848
00:47:53,925 --> 00:47:55,326
he can't teach school,
he can't be a cop.
849
00:47:55,326 --> 00:47:57,461
committed murder, he'd
have an arrest record?
850
00:47:57,461 --> 00:48:01,031
If he committed murder,
he's harmed someone.
851
00:48:01,031 --> 00:48:03,066
Can any law be effective,
especially a law dealing
852
00:48:03,066 --> 00:48:05,935
with marijuana, when there
is so much controversy from
853
00:48:05,935 --> 00:48:08,070
so many eminent people?
854
00:48:08,070 --> 00:48:11,273
No law can be effective
that actually tries to
855
00:48:11,273 --> 00:48:13,541
regulate or legislate
private morality.
856
00:48:13,541 --> 00:48:16,043
You can't make homosexual
laws effective.
857
00:48:16,043 --> 00:48:17,944
You can't make-- could
you pass a law that says
858
00:48:17,944 --> 00:48:19,378
it's a crime to masturbate?
859
00:48:19,378 --> 00:48:21,046
You couldn't enforce it.
860
00:48:21,046 --> 00:48:22,414
There are laws on
the book that say
861
00:48:22,414 --> 00:48:23,882
thou shalt not
fornicate, either.
862
00:48:23,882 --> 00:48:25,416
And you wouldn't go
around arresting
863
00:48:25,416 --> 00:48:26,617
kids for fornicating.
864
00:48:26,617 --> 00:48:28,285
If it was against
the law, I would.
865
00:48:28,285 --> 00:48:30,220
You don't even know
it's against the law.
866
00:48:30,220 --> 00:48:32,155
You're a hell of a cop.
867
00:48:32,155 --> 00:48:34,290
Sex is illegal in
most of America.
868
00:48:34,290 --> 00:48:35,991
Everything's
illegal in America.
869
00:48:35,991 --> 00:48:37,993
It's either illegal,
immoral or fattening.
870
00:48:37,993 --> 00:48:40,295
It's that simple.
871
00:48:40,295 --> 00:48:42,563
I think we've come to
somewhat of a conclusion
872
00:48:42,563 --> 00:48:44,231
here, in that the law
is not very effective.
873
00:48:44,231 --> 00:48:47,100
How could it be effective
when you have 10,000 kids
874
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:49,235
in one city are being
arrested in one year.
875
00:48:49,235 --> 00:48:50,569
The law is not effective.
876
00:48:50,569 --> 00:48:52,170
♪ ♪
877
00:48:52,170 --> 00:48:54,105
As middle class
parents began asking
878
00:48:54,105 --> 00:48:56,373
why is my kid in jail, more
and more Americans
879
00:48:56,373 --> 00:48:59,275
began to feel the
problem was not marijuana,
880
00:48:59,275 --> 00:49:01,043
but marijuana laws.
881
00:49:01,043 --> 00:49:03,045
♪ ♪
882
00:49:03,045 --> 00:49:06,948
♪ Beat is gettin' stronger ♪
883
00:49:06,948 --> 00:49:10,318
♪ Music getting longer, too ♪
884
00:49:10,318 --> 00:49:13,321
♪ Music is flashin' me ♪
885
00:49:13,321 --> 00:49:17,058
♪ I want to, I want to ♪
886
00:49:17,058 --> 00:49:20,061
♪ I want to take you higher ♪
887
00:49:20,061 --> 00:49:22,096
Support for reform of
marijuana laws
888
00:49:22,096 --> 00:49:23,997
seemed to come from
everywhere.
889
00:49:23,997 --> 00:49:26,132
Even Federal officials agreed
890
00:49:26,132 --> 00:49:28,033
that harsh penalties
were not working.
891
00:49:29,367 --> 00:49:31,068
A conservative estimate
of persons in the United
892
00:49:31,068 --> 00:49:32,936
States, both juvenile
and adult, who have used
893
00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:34,971
marijuana at least once,
is about 8 million,
894
00:49:34,971 --> 00:49:37,006
and may go as high
as 12 million.
895
00:49:37,006 --> 00:49:38,640
Can you imagine what
would happen to the law
896
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,109
enforcement and correction
system of this country,
897
00:49:41,109 --> 00:49:43,211
if each of these 12 million
people had been caught by a
898
00:49:43,211 --> 00:49:46,414
policeman when smoking his
first marijuana cigarette?
899
00:49:46,414 --> 00:49:49,250
The first place in which
legal reforms can be made,
900
00:49:49,250 --> 00:49:51,518
is in the removal of
mandatory minimum penalties
901
00:49:51,518 --> 00:49:53,186
in all cases of drug abuse.
902
00:49:55,087 --> 00:49:56,988
Sensing the public's mood,
Congress passed the
903
00:49:56,988 --> 00:49:59,623
Controlled Substances Act,
which eliminated
904
00:49:59,623 --> 00:50:01,958
mandatory minimum
sentences, and reduced
905
00:50:01,958 --> 00:50:03,492
penalties for possession.
906
00:50:03,492 --> 00:50:10,098
♪ ♪
907
00:50:10,098 --> 00:50:11,332
Yippee!
908
00:50:11,332 --> 00:50:12,333
Ha ha!
909
00:50:12,333 --> 00:50:16,036
♪ ♪
910
00:50:16,036 --> 00:50:21,508
♪ Gonna take you high, high,
high, high ♪
911
00:50:28,715 --> 00:50:32,285
♪ ♪
912
00:50:32,285 --> 00:50:41,227
[gunshots, explosions, sirens]
913
00:50:41,227 --> 00:50:51,302
♪ ♪
914
00:50:53,404 --> 00:50:56,773
[police sirens wailing]
915
00:51:00,376 --> 00:51:10,452
♪ ♪
916
00:51:20,194 --> 00:51:21,495
Is she dead?
917
00:51:21,495 --> 00:51:22,596
Not yet.
918
00:51:22,596 --> 00:51:24,397
This picture was
taken at 10 p.m.
919
00:51:24,397 --> 00:51:25,564
The girl lived
until midnight.
920
00:51:29,234 --> 00:51:33,071
But I maintain the evidence
against marijuana isn't in yet.
921
00:51:33,071 --> 00:51:37,041
Well, sir, will you concede it
might be as harmful as alcohol?
922
00:51:37,041 --> 00:51:37,775
Well, all right.
923
00:51:37,775 --> 00:51:38,609
But it's no worse.
924
00:51:38,609 --> 00:51:42,045
Because according to
U.S. government figures,
925
00:51:42,045 --> 00:51:44,280
between 5 and 6 million
people in this country
926
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,448
are physically and mentally
sick as a result
927
00:51:46,448 --> 00:51:48,583
of their
use of alcohol.
928
00:51:48,583 --> 00:51:51,185
If marijuana possesses
only half the potential of
929
00:51:51,185 --> 00:51:53,220
alcohol for violence,
criminality, accidents and
930
00:51:53,220 --> 00:51:56,789
social degradation,
do we need pot?
931
00:51:58,390 --> 00:52:03,695
♪ ♪
932
00:52:03,695 --> 00:52:06,330
Unwilling to let a bunch of
effete liberals ruin his
933
00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:09,066
crime-fighting agenda, Nixon
enlisted TV producers and
934
00:52:09,066 --> 00:52:12,202
show business stars to send a
strong moral message to
935
00:52:12,202 --> 00:52:16,072
every home, every school, and
every church in America.
936
00:52:16,072 --> 00:52:18,741
♪ ♪
937
00:52:18,741 --> 00:52:21,844
I've done a study of drug
abuse, and I'm right in the
938
00:52:21,844 --> 00:52:26,615
middle of the whole thing,
where I can do the most good.
939
00:52:28,683 --> 00:52:30,851
Some people say that in
a matter of months,
940
00:52:30,851 --> 00:52:32,853
Acapulco Gold will be
available over the
941
00:52:32,853 --> 00:52:35,488
counter, menthol and
king size, which is an
942
00:52:35,488 --> 00:52:38,557
indication of how little
people know about marijuana.
943
00:52:38,557 --> 00:52:40,792
Today, research scientists
are studying its effects
944
00:52:40,792 --> 00:52:43,127
on the brain, the nervous
system, chromosomes,
945
00:52:43,127 --> 00:52:44,795
various organs in the body.
946
00:52:44,795 --> 00:52:48,165
Maybe it'll turn out there's
no reason for it to be illegal.
947
00:52:48,165 --> 00:52:50,700
But nobody can be sure
until all the facts are in.
948
00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:53,736
And until they are,
it's a pretty bum risk.
949
00:52:55,671 --> 00:52:57,673
Repelled by the idea of
softening any laws,
950
00:52:57,673 --> 00:52:59,808
Nixon maintained
that until more was known
951
00:52:59,808 --> 00:53:04,279
about marijuana's dangers,
the law should not change.
952
00:53:04,279 --> 00:53:06,581
To this end, he made
millions of dollars
953
00:53:06,581 --> 00:53:08,549
available to find
those dangers.
954
00:53:08,549 --> 00:53:18,625
♪ ♪
955
00:53:31,437 --> 00:53:32,604
[train horn blowing]
956
00:53:32,604 --> 00:53:42,680
♪ ♪
957
00:53:49,519 --> 00:53:52,822
Many of us are concerned that
a large percentage of our
958
00:53:52,822 --> 00:53:56,759
young people are breaking the
law by smoking marijuana.
959
00:53:56,759 --> 00:54:00,896
As you know, your own White
House conference on youth
960
00:54:00,896 --> 00:54:03,565
voted to legalize marijuana.
961
00:54:03,565 --> 00:54:06,634
I know you've thought about
this problem, and I wonder
962
00:54:06,634 --> 00:54:08,369
if you'll give us some
of your thoughts on it.
963
00:54:08,369 --> 00:54:11,405
As you know, there is a
commission that is supposed
964
00:54:11,405 --> 00:54:12,773
to make recommendations
to me about this subject.
965
00:54:14,841 --> 00:54:19,412
The recommendation of the
commission in its first
966
00:54:19,412 --> 00:54:22,915
report is that we do not
feel that private use, or
967
00:54:22,915 --> 00:54:26,919
private possession in one's
own home, should have the
968
00:54:26,919 --> 00:54:29,888
stigma of criminalization.
969
00:54:29,888 --> 00:54:32,824
That people who experiment
should not be criminalized
970
00:54:32,824 --> 00:54:35,560
for that particular
behaviour.
971
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,862
The Presidential Commission's
report on marijuana found
972
00:54:37,862 --> 00:54:42,299
marijuana use, in and of
itself, did not cause crime.
973
00:54:42,299 --> 00:54:44,868
Current laws against
grass led to selective
974
00:54:44,868 --> 00:54:46,936
prosecution and the police
were suspected of using
975
00:54:46,936 --> 00:54:48,971
these laws to arrest
people with objectionable
976
00:54:48,971 --> 00:54:52,874
hairstyles, skin
colour or politics.
977
00:54:52,874 --> 00:54:55,610
The enormous costs of trying
to enforce laws against
978
00:54:55,610 --> 00:54:58,479
marijuana overwhelmingly
outweighed any deterrent
979
00:55:01,782 --> 00:55:03,784
The commission had conducted
the most comprehensive and
980
00:55:03,784 --> 00:55:07,520
highly publicized study
of marijuana ever done.
981
00:55:09,889 --> 00:55:12,625
Furious, Nixon tossed it
in a wastebasket
982
00:55:12,625 --> 00:55:14,660
without ever reading it.
983
00:55:22,834 --> 00:55:24,569
Uh, Mr.
President?
984
00:55:25,570 --> 00:55:28,973
Okay.
985
00:55:28,973 --> 00:55:30,741
Whenever you're ready.
986
00:55:32,876 --> 00:55:37,013
I shall continue to oppose
efforts to legalize marijuana.
987
00:55:37,013 --> 00:55:38,647
Doing the exact opposite of
what was recommended,
988
00:55:38,647 --> 00:55:41,916
Nixon declared an
all-out war on drugs.
989
00:55:41,916 --> 00:55:45,452
His primary weapon, the
DEA, a new government agency
990
00:55:45,452 --> 00:55:47,787
that combined all of the
government's existing
991
00:55:47,787 --> 00:55:50,956
anti-drug agencies
into a single,
992
00:55:50,956 --> 00:55:52,857
all-powerful super agency.
993
00:55:53,858 --> 00:55:54,725
Just keep going forward.
994
00:55:54,725 --> 00:55:56,993
To your right there.
995
00:55:56,993 --> 00:55:58,894
Looks like you're
right on top of it.
996
00:55:58,894 --> 00:56:00,795
That all there is?
997
00:56:00,795 --> 00:56:02,830
Yeah.
998
00:56:03,564 --> 00:56:05,299
Last week, we pulled 13
pounds of it up in about
999
00:56:05,299 --> 00:56:06,767
five different patches, and
we've got another four or
1000
00:56:06,767 --> 00:56:09,469
five now that are
really small patches.
1001
00:56:09,469 --> 00:56:11,504
But we're going to go ahead
and pull them up today.
1002
00:56:11,504 --> 00:56:13,906
Do you just come in
and destroy the patch?
1003
00:56:13,906 --> 00:56:17,542
We destroy the patch, and
then we'll take it and burn it.
1004
00:56:17,542 --> 00:56:18,843
Apparently, there is
somebody coming back
1005
00:56:18,843 --> 00:56:19,910
here and cultivating it.
1006
00:56:19,910 --> 00:56:21,444
Definitely.
1007
00:56:21,444 --> 00:56:23,712
These are all in nice
little neat rows.
1008
00:56:23,712 --> 00:56:25,848
It's kind of a rotating
crop they've got.
1009
00:56:25,848 --> 00:56:26,915
Some are smaller
than others.
1010
00:56:26,915 --> 00:56:29,450
How good is Georgia pot?
1011
00:56:29,450 --> 00:56:30,851
I've never smoked
it, so I don't know.
1012
00:56:30,851 --> 00:56:33,453
[laughter]
1013
00:56:33,453 --> 00:56:36,823
♪ One toke over the line,
sweet Jesus ♪
1014
00:56:36,823 --> 00:56:39,525
♪ One toke over the line ♪
1015
00:56:39,525 --> 00:56:42,628
♪ Sitting downtown in a
railway station ♪
1016
00:56:42,628 --> 00:56:44,830
♪ One toke over the line ♪
1017
00:56:44,830 --> 00:56:47,032
Employing more than 4,000
analysts and agents,
1018
00:56:47,032 --> 00:56:49,601
the DEA had the authority
to request wiretaps,
1019
00:56:49,601 --> 00:56:52,403
enter private homes
without knocking,
1020
00:56:52,403 --> 00:56:55,105
and gather intelligence
on ordinary citizens.
1021
00:56:55,105 --> 00:56:58,942
♪ One toke over the line ♪
1022
00:56:58,942 --> 00:57:02,845
♪ ♪
1023
00:57:02,845 --> 00:57:05,113
Brewer and Shipley is still
One Toke Over the Line, and
1024
00:57:05,113 --> 00:57:08,683
now Wadsworth Mansion is
smoking a little Sweet Mary.
1025
00:57:08,683 --> 00:57:10,184
♪ ♪
1026
00:57:10,184 --> 00:57:12,920
♪ Sweet Mary sent
a letter to me ♪
1027
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:16,957
♪ She said to hurry home,
I need you right away ♪
1028
00:57:17,691 --> 00:57:21,961
the in thing for
middle class adults.
1029
00:57:21,961 --> 00:57:23,963
Sort of like having a
martini at happy hour.
1030
00:57:23,963 --> 00:57:25,965
♪ ♪
1031
00:57:25,965 --> 00:57:28,100
♪ Sweet Mary, I'm coming home ♪
1032
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:31,669
♪ Coming home to you ♪
1033
00:57:33,504 --> 00:57:36,707
♪ Sweet Mary, I'm
coming home now ♪
1034
00:57:36,707 --> 00:57:39,776
♪ That's the least I can do ♪
1035
00:57:40,576 --> 00:57:42,511
Fry over a low-to-medium fire
for about five minutes,
1036
00:57:42,511 --> 00:57:48,884
Let it cool a few minutes,
then, grind it into a powder.
1037
00:57:48,884 --> 00:57:50,852
Now, you can do anything
you want with it.
1038
00:57:50,852 --> 00:57:54,622
Put it in ice cream, butter,
milkshakes, Jello, or put
1039
00:57:54,622 --> 00:57:57,625
it in honey and freeze it
into squares for later.
1040
00:57:57,625 --> 00:58:01,462
[laughing]
1041
00:58:01,462 --> 00:58:02,930
Ideal recently, the use of
marijuana was considered
1042
00:58:02,930 --> 00:58:08,001
A thing of campus protests,
the counter culture, long hair.
1043
00:58:08,001 --> 00:58:10,503
Well, not so in the '70s.
1044
00:58:10,503 --> 00:58:14,673
Meet some of the
criminals at large.
1045
00:58:14,673 --> 00:58:17,942
I've spent a lot of time with
my daughter and her friends.
1046
00:58:17,942 --> 00:58:23,079
And they all smoke marijuana,
and so I had to try it.
1047
00:58:23,079 --> 00:58:27,049
I first used pot back in
the latter part of 1968,
1048
00:58:27,049 --> 00:58:29,885
and have used it since then
with some degree of regularity.
1049
00:58:32,153 --> 00:58:34,922
I had some pot earlier today
before I went down to Court.
1050
00:58:34,922 --> 00:58:36,890
I smoke at home.
1051
00:58:36,890 --> 00:58:39,926
I smoke at parties,
many places.
1052
00:58:39,926 --> 00:58:42,962
To me, it's a question
of the rights to life,
1053
00:58:42,962 --> 00:58:44,797
liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
1054
00:58:44,797 --> 00:58:47,499
You know, who owns me?
1055
00:58:47,499 --> 00:58:48,800
Sign up here!
1056
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:52,737
As smoking marijuana became
increasingly mainstream,
1057
00:58:52,737 --> 00:58:54,939
pro-pot activists began
organizing support
1058
00:58:54,939 --> 00:58:58,108
for decriminalization.
1059
00:58:58,108 --> 00:59:00,844
Last year in this country,
there were 226,000
1060
00:59:00,844 --> 00:59:02,912
marijuana related arrests.
1061
00:59:02,912 --> 00:59:04,280
And although the police
sometimes tell us that
1062
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:06,615
they're only interested in
the pusher, or the seller,
1063
00:59:06,615 --> 00:59:08,850
as they say, the fact is
that only 7 percent of
1064
00:59:08,850 --> 00:59:10,918
those arrests were
against the seller.
1065
00:59:10,918 --> 00:59:13,987
93 percent of those arrested
for possession and use.
1066
00:59:13,987 --> 00:59:16,556
Now, what that means is,
that there were about
1067
00:59:16,556 --> 00:59:18,524
200,000 young people in
this country last year who
1068
00:59:18,524 --> 00:59:20,225
were given an unnecessary
criminal record, and all
1069
00:59:20,225 --> 00:59:22,727
that involved for the
rest of their life,
1070
00:59:22,727 --> 00:59:24,295
simply because they
smoked grass.
1071
00:59:24,295 --> 00:59:26,964
Something which is a relatively
harmless thing to do.
1072
00:59:26,964 --> 00:59:29,132
So we're not trying to
encourage the use of the drug.
1073
00:59:29,132 --> 00:59:32,235
But we're trying to get the
country to understand that
1074
00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:34,937
there are other means to
discourage the use of drugs
1075
00:59:34,937 --> 00:59:38,006
And in this case, the use
of the criminal law
1076
00:59:38,006 --> 00:59:39,574
causes more harm than
the drug itself.
1077
00:59:39,574 --> 00:59:42,777
♪ ♪
1078
00:59:42,777 --> 00:59:46,847
became a symbol for
the movement.
1079
00:59:46,847 --> 00:59:49,649
He'd received a jail
sentence of ten for two.
1080
00:59:49,649 --> 00:59:52,050
Ten years in prison for
possession of two joints.
1081
00:59:54,685 --> 00:59:55,886
This song I wrote
for John Sinclair.
1082
00:59:55,886 --> 01:00:02,125
♪ ♪
1083
01:00:02,125 --> 01:00:04,927
♪ It ain't fair,
John Sinclair ♪
1084
01:00:04,927 --> 01:00:07,896
♪ In the stiff for
breathing air ♪
1085
01:00:07,896 --> 01:00:11,199
♪ Won't you care
for John Sinclair? ♪
1086
01:00:11,199 --> 01:00:14,569
♪ In the stiff for
breathing air ♪
1087
01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:16,771
♪ Let him be, set him free ♪
1088
01:00:16,771 --> 01:00:19,106
♪ Let him be like you and me ♪
1089
01:00:19,106 --> 01:00:23,076
♪ ♪
1090
01:00:23,076 --> 01:00:25,578
♪ They gave him ten for two ♪
1091
01:00:25,578 --> 01:00:28,847
♪ What else can judge
Colombo do? ♪
1092
01:00:28,847 --> 01:00:36,120
♪ We gotta gotta gotta gotta
gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta ♪
1093
01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:38,822
♪ Gotta set him free ♪
1094
01:00:38,822 --> 01:00:47,630
[cheering]
1095
01:00:47,630 --> 01:00:49,164
♪ ♪
1096
01:00:49,164 --> 01:00:53,868
Consistent with the changing
times, the city of Ann Arbor,
1097
01:00:53,868 --> 01:00:57,137
Michigan, passed an ordinance
taking marijuana possession
1098
01:00:57,137 --> 01:01:01,141
out of the criminal code and
making it a minor offence.
1099
01:01:01,141 --> 01:01:03,009
The equivalent of
a parking ticket.
1100
01:01:03,009 --> 01:01:05,378
♪ ♪
1101
01:01:05,378 --> 01:01:09,948
♪ Taking it to the street ♪
1102
01:01:09,948 --> 01:01:11,082
♪ Taking it to... ♪
1103
01:01:11,082 --> 01:01:18,722
♪ ♪
1104
01:01:18,722 --> 01:01:20,323
A year later, after a
ground-breaking vote
1105
01:01:20,323 --> 01:01:22,825
in its legislation, Oregon
became the first State
1106
01:01:22,825 --> 01:01:24,927
to completely decriminalize
marijuana.
1107
01:01:27,062 --> 01:01:30,265
Here is a State that is not
afraid to plough new ground
1108
01:01:30,265 --> 01:01:33,968
in an area where there
is a lot of hysteria.
1109
01:01:33,968 --> 01:01:36,403
It's not going to be very
widely understood, but I
1110
01:01:36,403 --> 01:01:39,305
think, as you look back over
the handling of drugs,
1111
01:01:39,305 --> 01:01:41,840
if you can keep it in for
a few years, you'll see
1112
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:43,341
it was landmark legislation.
1113
01:01:43,341 --> 01:01:49,879
♪ Taking it to the street ♪
1114
01:01:49,879 --> 01:01:55,918
♪ ♪
1115
01:01:55,918 --> 01:01:58,687
In 1974, with legal
problems of his own,
1116
01:01:58,687 --> 01:02:00,855
Richard Nixon resigned
from the presidency.
1117
01:02:00,855 --> 01:02:10,931
♪ ♪
1118
01:02:17,703 --> 01:02:20,338
We smoke pot!
We smoke pot!
1119
01:02:20,338 --> 01:02:30,414
♪ ♪
1120
01:02:32,382 --> 01:02:35,418
We don't want any penalty
for the private possession
1121
01:02:35,418 --> 01:02:37,920
and use and cultivation
of marijuana.
1122
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:41,890
[cheering]
1123
01:02:41,890 --> 01:02:44,325
A study in Oregon, four years
after decriminalization,
1124
01:02:44,325 --> 01:02:47,394
showed no increase in
marijuana use and
1125
01:02:47,394 --> 01:02:49,896
a substantial savings
of tax dollars formerly
1126
01:02:49,896 --> 01:02:51,964
spent on law enforcement.
1127
01:02:51,964 --> 01:02:55,934
By that time, ten other States
had decriminalized marijuana.
1128
01:02:55,934 --> 01:03:06,009
♪ ♪
1129
01:03:06,275 --> 01:03:09,444
Continuing Nixon's war on
drugs, fill-in President
1130
01:03:09,444 --> 01:03:11,946
Gerald Ford, ordered U.S.
forces to spray Mexican
1131
01:03:11,946 --> 01:03:15,381
marijuana fields with the
military defoliant paraquat.
1132
01:03:18,283 --> 01:03:20,118
But in the upcoming
Presidential election,
1133
01:03:20,118 --> 01:03:22,820
he found himself running
against an unexpected opponent.
1134
01:03:22,820 --> 01:03:24,888
Appreciate your vote.
1135
01:03:30,893 --> 01:03:33,929
I do favour the
decriminalization of marijuana.
1136
01:03:33,929 --> 01:03:37,132
[applause]
1137
01:03:37,132 --> 01:03:40,268
♪ Can our government be
competent? ♪
1138
01:03:40,268 --> 01:03:45,839
♪ Jimmy Carter says, yes ♪
1139
01:03:45,839 --> 01:03:47,907
Tonight on Headline News.
1140
01:03:47,907 --> 01:03:49,975
President Carter
proposes major changes
1141
01:03:49,975 --> 01:03:51,476
to Federal drug laws.
1142
01:03:51,476 --> 01:03:53,945
I support a change
in law to end Federal,
1143
01:03:53,945 --> 01:03:55,913
criminal penalties for
possession of up to one ounce
1144
01:03:55,913 --> 01:03:58,482
of marijuana, leaving
the States free
1145
01:03:58,482 --> 01:04:03,153
to adopt whatever laws they
wish concerning marijuana.
1146
01:04:03,153 --> 01:04:05,889
♪ ♪
1147
01:04:05,889 --> 01:04:07,957
Due in part to advocacy by the
decriminalization movement,
1148
01:04:07,957 --> 01:04:10,993
the government was finally
1149
01:04:10,993 --> 01:04:12,761
preparing to abandon its
war on marijuana smokers.
1150
01:04:12,761 --> 01:04:20,768
♪ ♪
1151
01:04:20,768 --> 01:04:30,844
[beeping]
1152
01:04:42,822 --> 01:04:49,828
♪ ♪
1153
01:04:49,828 --> 01:04:54,132
[evil laughter]
1154
01:04:54,132 --> 01:04:59,904
♪ ♪
1155
01:05:05,241 --> 01:05:08,010
Is that a joint, man?
1156
01:05:09,978 --> 01:05:12,981
Look like a quarter
pounder, man.
1157
01:05:13,514 --> 01:05:15,482
Led Zeppelin.
1158
01:05:15,482 --> 01:05:17,584
Be careful with
that shit, man.
1159
01:05:20,053 --> 01:05:22,355
Toke, toke it out, man.
1160
01:05:26,525 --> 01:05:28,960
Kind of grabs you by
the boo boo, don't it?
1161
01:05:29,961 --> 01:05:31,862
What's in this, man?
1162
01:05:31,862 --> 01:05:33,096
Mostly Maui Wowi, man.
1163
01:05:33,096 --> 01:05:34,263
Yeah?
1164
01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:37,199
But it's got some
Labrador in it.
1165
01:05:38,167 --> 01:05:39,268
What's Labrador?
1166
01:05:39,268 --> 01:05:40,535
It's dog shit.
1167
01:05:40,535 --> 01:05:41,536
What?
1168
01:05:41,536 --> 01:05:44,939
Yeah, my dog ate
my stash, man.
1169
01:05:45,706 --> 01:05:47,708
So I had to follow him
around with a little baggie
1170
01:05:47,708 --> 01:05:50,977
for three days
before I got it back.
1171
01:05:52,111 --> 01:05:55,480
That's some
heavy shit, man.
1172
01:05:56,514 --> 01:05:58,549
Hey, man.
1173
01:05:58,549 --> 01:06:00,350
Am I driving
okay?
1174
01:06:03,019 --> 01:06:05,087
I think we're
parked, man.
1175
01:06:05,087 --> 01:06:06,354
♪ Well, all right you squares ♪
1176
01:06:06,354 --> 01:06:08,122
♪ It's time you smoked ♪
1177
01:06:10,023 --> 01:06:11,224
♪ Everybody get high ♪
1178
01:06:11,224 --> 01:06:13,025
♪ ♪
1179
01:06:13,025 --> 01:06:16,161
marijuana seemed to be
everywhere.
1180
01:06:16,161 --> 01:06:18,129
Through movies and
television, it had entered
1181
01:06:18,129 --> 01:06:20,397
the popular culture.
1182
01:06:20,397 --> 01:06:22,599
The FBI claims that a
huge shipment of grass,
1183
01:06:22,599 --> 01:06:24,734
which they are
calling killer dope,
1184
01:06:24,734 --> 01:06:27,470
has been smuggled
into New York City.
1185
01:06:27,470 --> 01:06:30,072
The bureau urges users
not to smoke the weed,
1186
01:06:30,072 --> 01:06:33,175
which is greenish brown in
colour, not particularly seedy,
1187
01:06:33,175 --> 01:06:35,477
and contains mostly
cannabis buds.
1188
01:06:35,477 --> 01:06:38,646
Warning symptoms are a mild
euphoria, a slight rise in
1189
01:06:38,646 --> 01:06:41,148
the pulse rate, some
hallucination,
1190
01:06:41,148 --> 01:06:43,416
and death by laughter within
15 minutes of ingestion.
1191
01:06:43,416 --> 01:06:47,286
[laughter]
1192
01:06:47,286 --> 01:06:50,188
In an effort to aid the
FBI in its investigation,
1193
01:06:50,188 --> 01:06:52,690
Weekend Update is
undertaking its own
1194
01:06:52,690 --> 01:06:55,492
analysis of marijuana sent
to us anonymously by any
1195
01:06:55,492 --> 01:06:57,727
viewers who may be worried.
1196
01:06:57,727 --> 01:07:00,763
Simply place a small sample
of the suspected cannabis
1197
01:07:00,763 --> 01:07:03,665
in an envelope, and
send it immediately to:
1198
01:07:09,570 --> 01:07:11,204
[laughter]
1199
01:07:11,204 --> 01:07:13,339
But not everyone was
laughing.
1200
01:07:13,339 --> 01:07:15,574
Worried about teenage
marijuana use,
1201
01:07:15,574 --> 01:07:17,642
a number of concerned parents
organized pressure groups
1202
01:07:17,642 --> 01:07:19,777
to fight the new drug culture.
1203
01:07:21,445 --> 01:07:23,580
This is a dashboard pipe
that fits onto the dashboard
1204
01:07:23,580 --> 01:07:25,481
of your car so you can put
pot in here and then
1205
01:07:25,481 --> 01:07:27,449
the driver and his
date can get stoned as
1206
01:07:27,449 --> 01:07:30,118
they're tooling
down the freeway.
1207
01:07:30,118 --> 01:07:33,754
This is designed to put
some pot in and then
1208
01:07:33,754 --> 01:07:36,656
you smoke the pot out of here.
1209
01:07:36,656 --> 01:07:40,092
Now, you can toss a smoke
to a friend if you want to.
1210
01:07:40,092 --> 01:07:41,460
There are things like bongs.
1211
01:07:41,460 --> 01:07:45,430
You put the pot in here,
light it, smoke travels
1212
01:07:45,430 --> 01:07:47,465
down here, collects, and
then you get a concentrated
1213
01:07:47,465 --> 01:07:50,534
volume of smoke by
sucking in like this.
1214
01:07:50,534 --> 01:07:52,435
I think the label
is instructive.
1215
01:07:52,435 --> 01:07:54,437
Bong, the only
thing wasted is you.
1216
01:07:54,437 --> 01:07:56,038
This, too, is a bong.
1217
01:07:56,038 --> 01:07:57,372
It's called a power hitter.
1218
01:07:57,372 --> 01:07:59,640
And it works by sticking
a joint here and then
1219
01:07:59,640 --> 01:08:03,510
blasting it into your
lungs, like this.
1220
01:08:04,310 --> 01:08:07,079
Now, it comes as a Star
Wars space gun, also.
1221
01:08:17,822 --> 01:08:21,258
Can you please leave.
1222
01:08:21,258 --> 01:08:23,193
You're all going to have
to leave, I'm sorry.
1223
01:08:23,193 --> 01:08:24,494
And you are?
1224
01:08:24,494 --> 01:08:26,762
Officially
closed, as of now.
1225
01:08:26,762 --> 01:08:30,365
Most of the afternoon was
spent trying to decide what
1226
01:08:30,365 --> 01:08:33,835
actually were head shops and
drug-related paraphernalia.
1227
01:08:33,835 --> 01:08:35,837
Managers and owners from
head shops around the area
1228
01:08:35,837 --> 01:08:39,440
testified that the law
is now so ambiguous that
1229
01:08:39,440 --> 01:08:41,842
possibly as much as 80
percent of their inventory
1230
01:08:41,842 --> 01:08:43,743
could now be
considered illegal.
1231
01:08:43,743 --> 01:08:47,413
One owner admitted he may
be out of work within the week.
1232
01:08:47,413 --> 01:08:48,814
But Judge--
1233
01:08:48,814 --> 01:08:50,582
Okay.
1234
01:08:50,582 --> 01:08:52,684
Most of the afternoon was
spent trying to decide what
1235
01:08:52,684 --> 01:08:56,420
actually were head shops and
drug-related paraphernalia.
1236
01:08:57,387 --> 01:08:58,855
Okay.
1237
01:08:58,855 --> 01:09:01,289
Most of the afternoon
was spent trying--
1238
01:09:04,759 --> 01:09:09,697
were head shops and
drug-related paraphernalia.
1239
01:09:09,697 --> 01:09:11,699
Owners and managers
of head shops--
1240
01:09:11,699 --> 01:09:13,634
Toke, toke.
1241
01:09:15,202 --> 01:09:19,272
♪ ♪
1242
01:09:19,272 --> 01:09:21,340
In the midst of this
backlash,
1243
01:09:21,340 --> 01:09:23,809
Dr. Peter Bourne, Carter's
chief drug policy advisor,
1244
01:09:23,809 --> 01:09:26,812
was caught up in a scandal
involving alleged cocaine use.
1245
01:09:27,145 --> 01:09:29,380
As the press had a field
day, the President could
1246
01:09:29,380 --> 01:09:32,750
no longer afford to
appear soft on drugs.
1247
01:09:32,750 --> 01:09:35,252
His proposal to
decriminalize marijuana
1248
01:09:35,252 --> 01:09:36,786
would die in Congress.
1249
01:09:36,786 --> 01:09:41,323
♪ She don't lie, she don't
lie, she don't lie ♪
1250
01:09:41,323 --> 01:09:43,725
♪ Cocaine ♪
1251
01:09:43,725 --> 01:09:45,393
♪ ♪
1252
01:09:45,393 --> 01:09:48,562
[applause]
1253
01:09:48,562 --> 01:09:50,764
I'm sick and tired of hearing
about all of the radicals,
1254
01:09:50,764 --> 01:09:54,534
and the perverts, and the
liberals, and the leftists,
1255
01:09:54,534 --> 01:09:56,903
and the communists coming
out of the closet.
1256
01:09:58,437 --> 01:10:01,873
It's time for God's people
to come out of the closet,
1257
01:10:01,873 --> 01:10:04,742
out of the churches,
and change America.
1258
01:10:04,742 --> 01:10:06,577
We must do it.
1259
01:10:07,411 --> 01:10:11,515
the religious right
mobilized into a potent,
1260
01:10:11,515 --> 01:10:13,683
political force.
1261
01:10:13,683 --> 01:10:15,785
After a brief period of
tolerance, America was poised
1262
01:10:15,785 --> 01:10:19,621
for a major swing
the other way.
1263
01:10:22,590 --> 01:10:25,793
Leading medical researchers
are coming to the conclusion
1264
01:10:25,793 --> 01:10:29,830
that marijuana, pot, grass,
whatever you want to call it,
1265
01:10:29,830 --> 01:10:32,899
is probably the most dangerous
drug in the United States,
1266
01:10:32,899 --> 01:10:36,836
and we haven't begun to find
out all of the ill effects,
1267
01:10:36,836 --> 01:10:39,772
but they're permanent
ill effects.
1268
01:10:39,772 --> 01:10:42,374
The loss of memory,
for example.
1269
01:10:42,374 --> 01:10:43,775
♪ ♪
1270
01:10:43,775 --> 01:10:45,843
This is your brain on drugs?
1271
01:10:45,843 --> 01:10:47,444
Any questions?
1272
01:10:47,444 --> 01:10:50,846
Just say no.
1273
01:10:51,813 --> 01:10:53,915
In her crusade for
a drug-free America,
1274
01:10:53,915 --> 01:10:55,716
Mrs. Reagan led school
children --
1275
01:10:55,716 --> 01:11:01,821
-Ordered mandatory drug testing
for all Federal employees.
1276
01:11:02,788 --> 01:11:06,625
-The Supreme Court has given
school principals the right
1277
01:11:06,625 --> 01:11:10,828
to strip search any student
suspected of drug possession.
1278
01:11:12,496 --> 01:11:14,531
-Citing a threat to national
security, the President
1279
01:11:14,531 --> 01:11:18,301
today signed legislation
1280
01:11:18,301 --> 01:11:20,603
allowing law enforcement
agencies to seize property--
1281
01:11:20,603 --> 01:11:22,738
-Under President George Bush's
new zero tolerance policy,
1282
01:11:22,738 --> 01:11:24,940
marijuana smokers--
1283
01:11:25,740 --> 01:11:27,708
Using illegal drugs
is against the law.
1284
01:11:27,708 --> 01:11:29,509
Go, go!
1285
01:11:30,343 --> 01:11:33,912
And when you're caught,
you will be punished.
1286
01:11:35,647 --> 01:11:37,715
Some think there won't
be room for them in jail.
1287
01:11:37,715 --> 01:11:40,350
[knocking]
1288
01:11:40,750 --> 01:11:41,817
We'll make room.
1289
01:11:41,817 --> 01:11:44,519
The rules have changed.
1290
01:11:44,519 --> 01:11:46,621
-In a speech to the
Coast Guard today,
1291
01:11:46,621 --> 01:11:48,789
George Bush said that drug
trafficking should be
1292
01:11:48,789 --> 01:11:49,990
grounds for the death penalty.
1293
01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:56,862
I'm proposing a quarter
of a billion dollars.
1294
01:11:56,862 --> 01:11:59,431
$2.2 billion.
1295
01:11:59,431 --> 01:12:01,332
$8 billion dollars.
1296
01:12:01,332 --> 01:12:03,434
The largest
increase in history.
1297
01:12:03,434 --> 01:12:09,806
♪ ♪
1298
01:12:09,806 --> 01:12:10,840
♪ Everybody must get stoned ♪
1299
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:20,916
[manic music playing]
1300
01:12:24,819 --> 01:12:34,895
[static signal]
1301
01:12:48,274 --> 01:12:52,043
[toilet flushing]
1302
01:12:55,546 --> 01:12:58,815
We smoke pot.
1303
01:12:58,815 --> 01:13:03,553
♪ ♪
1304
01:13:03,553 --> 01:13:04,921
Since President
Clinton took office,
1305
01:13:04,921 --> 01:13:06,989
over 3 million people
have been arrested
1306
01:13:06,989 --> 01:13:09,324
for possession of
marijuana, more than under
1307
01:13:09,324 --> 01:13:11,826
any previous administration.
1308
01:13:11,826 --> 01:13:14,028
The United States government
continues to wage a war
1309
01:13:14,028 --> 01:13:17,731
on grass that time and time
again has proven itself
1310
01:13:17,731 --> 01:13:22,468
misguided and completely
ineffective.
1311
01:13:24,403 --> 01:13:28,907
That being so the orderly
thing to do, under our form
1312
01:13:28,907 --> 01:13:35,546
of government, is to abolish a
law which cannot be enforced.
1313
01:13:35,546 --> 01:13:40,584
A law which the people of the
country do not want enforced.
1314
01:13:40,584 --> 01:13:43,720
♪ ♪
1315
01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:47,757
♪ Soothe me with your courage ♪
1316
01:13:47,757 --> 01:13:49,725
♪ Sweet marijuana ♪
1317
01:13:49,725 --> 01:13:53,962
♪ Marijuana ♪
1318
01:13:55,763 --> 01:13:59,901
♪ Help me in my distress ♪
1319
01:13:59,901 --> 01:14:02,870
♪ Sweet marijuana ♪
1320
01:14:02,870 --> 01:14:05,806
♪ Please do ♪
1321
01:14:05,806 --> 01:14:07,440
♪ ♪
1322
01:14:07,440 --> 01:14:10,943
♪ You alone can bring
my lover back to me ♪
1323
01:14:10,943 --> 01:14:12,945
♪ ♪
1324
01:14:12,945 --> 01:14:17,048
♪ Even though I know
it's all a fantasy ♪
1325
01:14:17,048 --> 01:14:20,584
♪ ♪
1326
01:14:20,584 --> 01:14:23,920
♪ And then, put me
to sleep ♪
1327
01:14:24,921 --> 01:14:28,157
♪ Sweet, marijuana ♪
1328
01:14:28,157 --> 01:14:29,858
♪ Marijuana ♪
1329
01:14:29,858 --> 01:14:39,934
♪ ♪
1330
01:15:14,634 --> 01:15:17,103
Potheads.
1331
01:15:17,103 --> 01:15:18,737
♪ Anything to get a kick ♪
1332
01:15:18,737 --> 01:15:20,238
♪ Anything to get a blast ♪
1333
01:15:20,238 --> 01:15:22,173
♪ Anything to get a kick ♪
1334
01:15:22,173 --> 01:15:24,275
♪ Anything to get a blast ♪
1335
01:15:24,275 --> 01:15:26,010
♪ Anything to get a kick ♪
1336
01:15:26,010 --> 01:15:28,545
♪ Anything to get a blast ♪
1337
01:15:28,545 --> 01:15:30,113
♪ Anything to bomb his mind ♪
1338
01:15:30,113 --> 01:15:40,189
♪ ♪
1339
01:15:50,098 --> 01:15:52,600
They think they can
go out and get high.
1340
01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:55,102
They think they can
get turned on with pot.
1341
01:15:55,102 --> 01:15:57,104
They can get loaded,
they can get stoned.
1342
01:15:57,104 --> 01:16:07,180
♪ ♪
1343
01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:25,864
57 percent of the student
body was smoking pot.
1344
01:16:25,864 --> 01:16:27,932
Smoking pot, pot, pot.
1345
01:16:27,932 --> 01:16:30,968
It fascinates and
then assassinates.
1346
01:16:30,968 --> 01:16:33,070
And then it kills.
1347
01:16:33,070 --> 01:16:36,807
A drug epidemic that's
sweeping our nation.
1348
01:16:36,807 --> 01:16:38,642
We need to legalize pot.
1349
01:16:38,642 --> 01:16:39,676
Pot.
1350
01:16:39,676 --> 01:16:47,316
♪ ♪
1351
01:16:47,316 --> 01:16:49,785
Man, I didn't dig that.
1352
01:16:49,785 --> 01:16:59,861
♪ ♪
1353
01:17:39,700 --> 01:17:42,936
Smoking pot.
1354
01:17:42,936 --> 01:17:44,871
♪ ♪
1355
01:17:44,871 --> 01:17:46,906
Cold turkey withdrawal.
1356
01:17:46,906 --> 01:17:47,873
♪ ♪
1357
01:17:47,873 --> 01:17:51,676
Smoking pot.
1358
01:17:51,676 --> 01:17:53,678
♪ ♪
1359
01:17:53,678 --> 01:17:55,680
Anything to bomb his mind.
1360
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:56,414
♪ ♪
1361
01:17:56,414 --> 01:17:59,749
Smoking pot.
1362
01:17:59,749 --> 01:18:01,117
♪ ♪
1363
01:18:01,117 --> 01:18:03,319
Anything to get a blast.
1364
01:18:03,319 --> 01:18:04,386
♪ ♪
1365
01:18:04,386 --> 01:18:07,422
Smoking pot.
1366
01:18:07,422 --> 01:18:09,657
♪ ♪
1367
01:18:09,657 --> 01:18:12,926
Quit playing games with God.
1368
01:18:12,926 --> 01:18:14,794
Potheads.
1369
01:18:16,996 --> 01:18:20,799
If what you see and hear in
this picture will keep one
1370
01:18:20,799 --> 01:18:24,235
of you, only one person
from taking that first step,
1371
01:18:24,235 --> 01:18:28,839
our purpose has been
accomplished,
1372
01:18:28,839 --> 01:18:31,141
and we are humbly thankful.
1373
01:18:31,141 --> 01:18:39,983
♪ ♪
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