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"Marijuana": A 1968 Government Anti-Drug Film Starring a Spaced-Out Sonny Bono

This short film warning against marijuana use among teenagers is spiked, fittingly, with doses of fear-mongering paranoia, nonsensical argument and Sonny Bono's dazed commentary. The dramatizations are over the top, but the opposing interviews with...

This short film warning against marijuana use among teenagers is spiked, fittingly, with doses of fear-mongering paranoia, nonsensical argument and Sonny Bono’s dazed commentary. The dramatizations are over the top, but the opposing interviews with teenagers about drug use, as wooden as they are, make up a charming and unusual little portrait of the existential tune-in-turn-on-drop-out moment. See also this b-side:

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Connections:
White House Office of National Drug Policy
Wikipedia: Effects of cannabis
Cracked: The Five Most Ineffective Anti-Drug PSAs of All Time