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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,367 --> 00:00:10,643 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:21,387 --> 00:00:31,463 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,069 Marijuana, the dried leaves and flowers of the Indian 4 00:00:38,069 --> 00:00:42,640 hemp weed, is used in the form of a cigarette. 5 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,075 Marijuana smoking, experts point out, can make a 6 00:00:45,075 --> 00:00:47,710 helpless addict of its victim within weeks, 7 00:00:47,710 --> 00:00:51,546 causing physical and moral ruin, and death. 8 00:00:53,481 --> 00:00:55,449 Should you ever be confronted... 9 00:00:56,249 --> 00:00:59,318 with the temptation of taking that first puff 10 00:00:59,318 --> 00:01:02,454 of a marijuana cigarette, don't do it! 11 00:01:02,454 --> 00:01:07,058 [dramatic music] 12 00:01:07,058 --> 00:01:13,798 [glass shattering] 13 00:01:13,798 --> 00:01:15,299 ♪ ♪ 14 00:01:15,299 --> 00:01:16,533 ♪ Anything to get a kick ♪ 15 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:18,067 ♪ Anything to get a blast ♪ 16 00:01:18,067 --> 00:01:20,569 ♪ Anything to bomb his mind ♪ 17 00:01:20,569 --> 00:01:22,237 ♪ Potheads ♪ 18 00:01:22,237 --> 00:01:32,313 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:41,355 --> 00:01:43,323 They think they can go out and get high. 20 00:01:43,323 --> 00:01:45,758 They think they can get turned on with pot. 21 00:01:45,758 --> 00:01:47,826 They can get loaded, they can get stoned. 22 00:01:47,826 --> 00:01:57,501 ♪ ♪ 23 00:01:57,501 --> 00:02:01,771 57 percent of the student body was smoking pot. 24 00:02:01,771 --> 00:02:03,839 Smoking pot, pot, pot. 25 00:02:03,839 --> 00:02:06,775 It fascinates and then assassinates. 26 00:02:06,775 --> 00:02:08,810 And then it kills. 27 00:02:08,810 --> 00:02:11,646 A drug epidemic that's sweeping our nation. 28 00:02:11,646 --> 00:02:21,155 ♪ ♪ 29 00:02:21,155 --> 00:02:22,356 ♪ Anything to get a kick ♪ 30 00:02:22,356 --> 00:02:24,458 ♪ Anything to get a blast ♪ 31 00:02:24,458 --> 00:02:26,426 ♪ Anything to bomb his mind ♪ 32 00:02:26,426 --> 00:02:30,663 ♪ ♪ 33 00:02:30,663 --> 00:02:34,767 ♪ Quit playing games with God ♪ 34 00:02:38,837 --> 00:02:46,877 ♪ ♪ 35 00:02:46,877 --> 00:02:49,679 [gunshots] 36 00:02:49,679 --> 00:02:59,755 ♪ ♪ 37 00:04:09,757 --> 00:04:13,427 smoking marijuana for thousands of years, 38 00:04:13,427 --> 00:04:15,462 the custom only reached the United States at the 39 00:04:15,462 --> 00:04:18,465 beginning of the 20th century, when it arrived 40 00:04:18,465 --> 00:04:21,868 in the southwest with a wave of Mexicans looking for work. 41 00:04:21,868 --> 00:04:25,238 Papers, please. Next. 42 00:04:25,238 --> 00:04:27,473 To these poor labourers, smoking marijuana was a way 43 00:04:27,473 --> 00:04:30,909 to relax after a long day of working in the fields. 44 00:04:30,909 --> 00:04:32,744 But white Americans along the border didn't much like 45 00:04:32,744 --> 00:04:36,814 these foreigners or their strange customs. 46 00:04:36,814 --> 00:04:38,782 Marijuana, it was rumoured, gave the Mexicans 47 00:04:38,782 --> 00:04:40,884 superhuman strength, and turned them into 48 00:04:40,884 --> 00:04:43,486 blood-thirsty murderers. 49 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,555 One evening, in El Paso, some white Texans were 50 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:50,457 allegedly attacked by a Mexican that went crazy on 51 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:52,258 the killer weed. 52 00:04:52,258 --> 00:04:54,526 Moving swiftly, the El Paso city council passed a law 53 00:04:54,526 --> 00:04:57,328 banning possession of marijuana. 54 00:04:57,328 --> 00:04:59,530 Supposedly designed to control marijuana, 55 00:04:59,530 --> 00:05:01,465 the law quickly became a way for the city 56 00:05:01,465 --> 00:05:03,533 to control Mexicans. 57 00:05:03,533 --> 00:05:12,642 ♪ ♪ 58 00:05:16,679 --> 00:05:18,914 Unlike the people of El Paso, most Americans had 59 00:05:18,914 --> 00:05:20,749 never even heard of marijuana. 60 00:05:20,749 --> 00:05:22,884 They were more concerned about the rising addiction 61 00:05:22,884 --> 00:05:25,987 to opium, morphine, cocaine and heroin, 62 00:05:25,987 --> 00:05:29,790 which were all serious public health issues. 63 00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:31,925 But instead of treating drug addiction as a public 64 00:05:31,925 --> 00:05:34,394 health problem, the Federal government put control of 65 00:05:34,394 --> 00:05:37,430 these drugs in the hands of the Treasury Department, 66 00:05:37,430 --> 00:05:39,865 who created the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. 67 00:05:40,832 --> 00:05:43,501 Rolling. 68 00:05:44,368 --> 00:05:45,869 This is Harry J. Anslinger, Commissioner 69 00:05:45,869 --> 00:05:49,505 of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. 70 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,308 The Treasury Department intends to pursue a 71 00:05:53,308 --> 00:05:57,545 relentless warfare against the despicable, 72 00:05:57,545 --> 00:06:00,814 dope-peddling vulture who preys on the weakness 73 00:06:00,814 --> 00:06:03,516 of his fellow man. 74 00:06:03,516 --> 00:06:04,016 Halt! 75 00:06:04,016 --> 00:06:07,819 [dramatic music] 76 00:06:07,819 --> 00:06:11,589 America's first drug Czar was Harry J. Anslinger. 77 00:06:11,589 --> 00:06:13,791 A law-and-order Evangelist, Anslinger would shape 78 00:06:13,791 --> 00:06:16,093 America's attitude towards marijuana 79 00:06:16,093 --> 00:06:17,894 for generations to come. 80 00:06:17,894 --> 00:06:20,930 ♪ ♪ 81 00:06:20,930 --> 00:06:25,434 ♪ Onward Christian soldiers... ♪ 82 00:06:25,434 --> 00:06:29,037 Like many Americans, Anslinger was a prohibitionist. 83 00:06:29,037 --> 00:06:31,572 These morally correct citizens sincerely felt 84 00:06:31,572 --> 00:06:33,974 that progress could only be achieved by controlling 85 00:06:33,974 --> 00:06:36,710 the depraved impulses of the masses. 86 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:37,844 [knocking] 87 00:06:37,844 --> 00:06:38,778 Swordfish. 88 00:06:38,778 --> 00:06:44,816 ♪ ♪ 89 00:06:44,816 --> 00:06:46,484 He believed that if the laws were tough enough, 90 00:06:46,484 --> 00:06:49,487 America could be rid of alcohol. 91 00:06:49,487 --> 00:06:51,522 Put enough people in jail, and eventually, 92 00:06:51,522 --> 00:06:53,891 the public will learn to behave. 93 00:06:54,791 --> 00:06:56,692 And he applied this same philosophy to mounting the 94 00:06:56,692 --> 00:06:58,960 government's war on drugs. 95 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,429 Special Treasury agents are part of a massive force 96 00:07:02,429 --> 00:07:05,832 created solely to control the traffic of narcotics. 97 00:07:05,832 --> 00:07:07,767 Any merchandise obtained in Canada or aboard? 98 00:07:07,767 --> 00:07:08,801 No. 99 00:07:08,801 --> 00:07:09,835 Have you any liquor? 100 00:07:09,835 --> 00:07:10,802 No. 101 00:07:10,802 --> 00:07:12,970 Let's take a look at it. 102 00:07:19,776 --> 00:07:21,110 Come on. 103 00:07:21,110 --> 00:07:22,811 ♪ ♪ 104 00:07:22,811 --> 00:07:24,679 Move over J. Edgar Hoover. 105 00:07:24,679 --> 00:07:27,815 Here come the agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. 106 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:32,819 Like J. Edgar Hoover, Anslinger posed for the cameras 107 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:34,787 creating the impression he was smashing 108 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:37,556 one major dope ring after another. 109 00:07:37,556 --> 00:07:39,824 But he found out pretty quickly that policing 48 States 110 00:07:39,824 --> 00:07:44,495 on a depression-strapped budget was impossible. 111 00:07:45,028 --> 00:07:46,796 His solution was to try and convince the States 112 00:07:46,796 --> 00:07:49,665 to police local drug traffic themselves. 113 00:07:49,665 --> 00:07:52,768 Campaigning tirelessly, he lobbied each State to sign a 114 00:07:52,768 --> 00:07:56,938 joint agreement to commit State resources to fighting drugs. 115 00:07:56,938 --> 00:07:59,540 But only 9 States signed on. 116 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:01,508 The other 39 viewed it as Federal 117 00:08:01,508 --> 00:08:03,610 interference in their affairs. 118 00:08:03,610 --> 00:08:05,945 It was a major defeat for the young drug commissioner. 119 00:08:05,945 --> 00:08:08,013 But he wasn't the type to give up. 120 00:08:08,013 --> 00:08:11,082 ♪ ♪ 121 00:08:18,923 --> 00:08:20,724 Meanwhile, marijuana, carried by West Indian 122 00:08:20,724 --> 00:08:23,493 sailors, arrived in port cities like New Orleans. 123 00:08:23,493 --> 00:08:28,197 ♪ ♪ 124 00:08:28,197 --> 00:08:31,066 Known as muggles, tea or reefer, it was popular with 125 00:08:31,066 --> 00:08:34,936 the jazz crowd because it made music sound so good. 126 00:08:34,936 --> 00:08:37,939 From here, musicians carried it up the Mississippi to 127 00:08:37,939 --> 00:08:39,840 urban centres in the north. 128 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:45,144 ♪ ♪ 129 00:08:45,144 --> 00:08:51,082 ♪ Have you ever met that funny reefer man? ♪ 130 00:08:51,082 --> 00:08:52,783 ♪ If he says he swam to China ♪ 131 00:08:52,783 --> 00:08:54,751 ♪ Wants to sell you South Carolina ♪ 132 00:08:54,751 --> 00:08:56,486 ♪ Then you know you're talking to that reefer man ♪ 133 00:08:56,486 --> 00:08:57,753 ♪ Reefer man ♪ 134 00:08:57,753 --> 00:08:59,721 ♪ Have you ever met that funny reefer man? ♪ 135 00:08:59,721 --> 00:09:02,757 ♪ Oh, that funny, funny, funny reefer man ♪ 136 00:09:02,757 --> 00:09:03,991 ♪ Reefer man ♪ 137 00:09:03,991 --> 00:09:05,892 ♪ If he trades you dimes for nickels ♪ 138 00:09:05,892 --> 00:09:07,460 ♪ He says watermelons are pickles ♪ 139 00:09:07,460 --> 00:09:10,129 ♪ You know you're talking to that reefer man ♪ 140 00:09:10,129 --> 00:09:12,731 ♪ Have you ever met that funny reefer man? ♪ 141 00:09:12,731 --> 00:09:13,965 ♪ Reefer man ♪ 142 00:09:13,965 --> 00:09:15,766 ♪ Oh, that funny, funny, funny reefer man ♪ 143 00:09:15,766 --> 00:09:17,467 ♪ Reefer man ♪ 144 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:18,768 ♪ He smokes a reefer, he gets high ♪ 145 00:09:18,768 --> 00:09:20,803 ♪ Then he flies to the sky ♪ 146 00:09:20,803 --> 00:09:23,872 ♪ That funny, funny, funny reefer man ♪ 147 00:09:23,872 --> 00:09:33,948 ♪ ♪ 148 00:09:42,823 --> 00:09:44,724 With marijuana showing up in the big cities, 149 00:09:44,724 --> 00:09:48,494 Anslinger realized it might be the answer to his problem. 150 00:09:48,494 --> 00:09:50,929 If he could persuade white America that marijuana was a 151 00:09:50,929 --> 00:09:52,864 deadly menace, frightened voters might push their 152 00:09:52,864 --> 00:09:56,634 State legislators to sign on to his uniform Narcotics Act. 153 00:09:59,837 --> 00:10:09,913 [dramatic music] 154 00:10:15,685 --> 00:10:19,088 ♪ ♪ 155 00:10:19,088 --> 00:10:21,156 Faster. 156 00:10:21,156 --> 00:10:22,557 ♪ ♪ 157 00:10:22,557 --> 00:10:24,258 Faster. 158 00:10:24,258 --> 00:10:26,994 ♪ ♪ 159 00:10:26,994 --> 00:10:28,795 Play it faster. 160 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:32,865 ♪ ♪ 161 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,867 Faster. 162 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:36,602 Play it faster. 163 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:37,035 ♪ ♪ 164 00:10:37,035 --> 00:10:38,137 Faster. 165 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:43,976 ♪ ♪ 166 00:10:50,948 --> 00:10:53,817 I know what you want. 167 00:10:53,817 --> 00:10:55,318 You want to kill me. 168 00:10:55,318 --> 00:10:57,953 Ah! 169 00:10:58,420 --> 00:11:01,923 [screams] 170 00:11:01,923 --> 00:11:07,261 [hysterical laughter] 171 00:11:07,261 --> 00:11:09,029 In this case, the State waives trial with the 172 00:11:09,029 --> 00:11:13,666 It is convinced that he is hopelessly and incurably insane. 173 00:11:13,666 --> 00:11:15,768 A condition caused by the drug marijuana, 174 00:11:15,768 --> 00:11:17,436 to which he was addicted. 175 00:11:17,436 --> 00:11:19,805 It is recommended, Your Honour, that the defendant 176 00:11:19,805 --> 00:11:21,673 be placed in an institution for the criminally insane 177 00:11:21,673 --> 00:11:23,408 for the rest of his natural life. 178 00:11:23,408 --> 00:11:26,144 I see no reason why the request should not be granted. 179 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:31,849 ♪ Wrap your chops round this stick of tea ♪ 180 00:11:31,849 --> 00:11:36,220 ♪ Blow this gauge, and get high with me ♪ 181 00:11:36,954 --> 00:11:38,989 Determined to get the Act passed, Anslinger 182 00:11:38,989 --> 00:11:41,124 unleashed a media campaign to make the public believe 183 00:11:41,124 --> 00:11:42,925 that this little known plant growing 184 00:11:42,925 --> 00:11:44,960 at the side of rural roads was the 185 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,995 biggest threat America had ever faced. 186 00:11:48,930 --> 00:11:50,932 Parents, beware. 187 00:11:50,932 --> 00:11:53,100 Your children, homeward bound from school, 188 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:56,736 are being introduced to a new danger in the form 189 00:11:56,736 --> 00:11:57,970 of a drugged cigarette: marijuana. 190 00:11:57,970 --> 00:12:01,106 A Chicago mother watching her daughter die as an 191 00:12:01,106 --> 00:12:03,741 indirect result of marijuana addiction 192 00:12:03,741 --> 00:12:07,010 told officers that at least 50 of the girls' young friends 193 00:12:07,010 --> 00:12:10,380 were slaves to the narcotic, continuing addiction until 194 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:13,750 they deteriorate mentally, become insane, and turn to 195 00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:15,885 violent crime and murder. 196 00:12:15,885 --> 00:12:22,924 ♪ ♪ 197 00:12:22,924 --> 00:12:24,258 Extra, extra, playground dope addicts. 198 00:12:24,258 --> 00:12:25,425 Read all about it. 199 00:12:25,425 --> 00:12:28,728 ♪ ♪ 200 00:12:28,728 --> 00:12:30,463 Anslinger's campaign was tailor-made for the lurid 201 00:12:30,463 --> 00:12:33,966 tabloid press, and supported by an army of moralist groups, 202 00:12:33,966 --> 00:12:36,902 it captured the public's imagination. 203 00:12:36,902 --> 00:12:39,871 Movietone News covering the world to bring you the news. 204 00:12:39,871 --> 00:12:41,873 ♪ ♪ 205 00:12:41,873 --> 00:12:44,342 ♪ He's the man that smokes that jive ♪ 206 00:12:44,342 --> 00:12:47,945 ♪ That jive will take you for a dive ♪ 207 00:12:47,945 --> 00:12:50,013 ♪ Wonders if he's still the top ♪ 208 00:12:50,013 --> 00:12:52,782 ♪ When you smoke that killin' jive ♪ 209 00:12:52,782 --> 00:12:55,317 America is threatened by a new drug menace. 210 00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:58,286 Street corner vendors whose stock in trade is the 211 00:12:58,286 --> 00:13:03,791 deadly local weed marijuana, pass it out in cigarette form. 212 00:13:03,791 --> 00:13:07,394 From ingeniously concealed containers, the reefers goes 213 00:13:07,394 --> 00:13:10,196 to the waiting hands of deluded youngsters. 214 00:13:10,196 --> 00:13:12,932 ♪ When you smoke that killin' jive ♪ 215 00:13:14,466 --> 00:13:16,468 Police find a city backyard full of dope. 216 00:13:16,468 --> 00:13:19,871 This innocent looking weed is Mexican marijuana 217 00:13:19,871 --> 00:13:22,073 which, when smoked, produces more nightmares than opium. 218 00:13:22,073 --> 00:13:23,908 Captain Moonie of the Narcotics Squad 219 00:13:23,908 --> 00:13:26,176 will tell us something about it. 220 00:13:26,176 --> 00:13:30,079 The constant use of these marijuana cigarettes 221 00:13:30,079 --> 00:13:33,148 causes temporary insanity. 222 00:13:33,148 --> 00:13:35,984 [screaming, window smashing] 223 00:13:35,984 --> 00:13:38,085 Let's go, Jack. I'm red hot. 224 00:13:40,887 --> 00:13:42,889 [thudding sound] 225 00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:52,965 [laughter] 226 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:57,535 ♪ ♪ 227 00:13:57,535 --> 00:13:59,169 Our State voted for the uniform Narcotic Act, 228 00:13:59,169 --> 00:14:01,504 and so should yours. 229 00:14:01,504 --> 00:14:04,874 ♪ ♪ 230 00:14:04,874 --> 00:14:06,475 The propaganda campaign was successful 231 00:14:06,475 --> 00:14:09,244 beyond Anslinger's wildest dreams. 232 00:14:09,244 --> 00:14:12,046 One by one, State after State signed on. 233 00:14:12,046 --> 00:14:14,314 ♪ When you smoke that killin' jive ♪ 234 00:14:14,314 --> 00:14:17,116 ♪ ♪ 235 00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:20,285 Gentlemen, take your seats. 236 00:14:21,119 --> 00:14:24,989 the American public demanded that the Federal 237 00:14:24,989 --> 00:14:28,225 government pass new laws to fight marijuana. 238 00:14:28,225 --> 00:14:33,263 Terrified voters wanted action, and their government responded. 239 00:14:33,930 --> 00:14:37,199 [gavel pounding] 240 00:14:37,199 --> 00:14:39,935 Without any public debate, scientific inquiry, 241 00:14:39,935 --> 00:14:43,004 or political objection, the Marijuana Tax Act was signed 242 00:14:43,004 --> 00:14:46,040 into law by President Roosevelt. 243 00:14:48,008 --> 00:14:49,909 The act prohibited possession of marijuana 244 00:14:49,909 --> 00:14:51,944 anywhere in the United States without a special 245 00:14:51,944 --> 00:14:54,012 tax stamp from the Treasury Department. 246 00:14:54,012 --> 00:14:56,547 And the Treasury Department didn't give out any stamps, 247 00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:59,116 effectively making marijuana illegal. 248 00:14:59,116 --> 00:15:01,184 ♪ ♪ 249 00:15:01,184 --> 00:15:03,019 Overnight, a new class of criminals was created. 250 00:15:03,019 --> 00:15:13,095 ♪ ♪ 251 00:15:20,334 --> 00:15:22,936 To the Treasury agents of the Bureau of Narcotics 252 00:15:22,936 --> 00:15:25,939 comes the job of wiping out this traffic. 253 00:15:25,939 --> 00:15:32,145 And in 1937, we smashed ten major narcotic rings. 254 00:15:32,145 --> 00:15:35,982 Only the cooperation of an awakened public 255 00:15:35,982 --> 00:15:37,883 can make-- will make-- Oh, the hell with it. 256 00:15:37,883 --> 00:15:40,018 ♪ ♪ 257 00:15:40,018 --> 00:15:42,286 ♪ The latest craze the country raves is jive, jive, jive ♪ 258 00:15:42,286 --> 00:15:44,454 ♪ This modern treat makes life complete ♪ 259 00:15:44,454 --> 00:15:47,156 ♪ Jive, jive, jive ♪ 260 00:15:47,156 --> 00:15:51,660 ♪ All the jive is gone ♪ 261 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:54,462 ♪ I'm sorry, Gabe, but you got here late ♪ 262 00:15:54,462 --> 00:16:01,668 ♪ All the jive is gone ♪ 263 00:16:01,668 --> 00:16:04,504 ♪ So come on in and drink some gin ♪ 264 00:16:04,504 --> 00:16:05,571 ♪ All the jive is gone ♪ 265 00:16:05,571 --> 00:16:07,239 [explosion] 266 00:16:07,239 --> 00:16:17,015 ♪ ♪ 267 00:16:17,015 --> 00:16:19,417 The first person to be convicted was Samuel R. Caldwell, 268 00:16:19,417 --> 00:16:21,986 a 58-year-old Denver man. 269 00:16:21,986 --> 00:16:24,355 Sentencing him to four years hard labour at Leavenworth, 270 00:16:24,355 --> 00:16:27,324 Judge J. Foster Simes, said, "I consider marijuana 271 00:16:27,324 --> 00:16:29,192 the worst of all narcotics. 272 00:16:29,192 --> 00:16:33,129 Under its influence, men become beasts. 273 00:16:33,129 --> 00:16:36,232 In the future, I will impose the heaviest penalties. 274 00:16:36,232 --> 00:16:38,534 The government is going to enforce this 275 00:16:38,534 --> 00:16:39,468 new law to the letter." 276 00:16:39,468 --> 00:16:41,303 ♪ All the jive is gone ♪ 277 00:16:41,303 --> 00:16:46,941 ♪ ♪ 278 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:58,685 Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason 279 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:02,588 that the majority of the American people do not want 280 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:07,159 it enforced and are resisting its enforcement. 281 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:11,696 That being so, the orderly thing to do, 282 00:17:11,696 --> 00:17:16,967 under our form of government, is to abolish a law which 283 00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:20,971 cannot be enforced, a law which the people of the country 284 00:17:20,971 --> 00:17:23,173 do not want enforced. 285 00:17:23,173 --> 00:17:27,010 New York's prohibition-fighting mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, 286 00:17:27,010 --> 00:17:28,978 was somewhat skeptical of the government's claims 287 00:17:28,978 --> 00:17:31,447 that marijuana was causing murder, rape, and the 288 00:17:31,447 --> 00:17:34,516 destruction of America's youth. 289 00:17:34,516 --> 00:17:36,718 Wanting to get the facts, he commissioned a study 290 00:17:36,718 --> 00:17:39,253 by a group of 31 impartial scientists. 291 00:17:39,253 --> 00:17:49,329 ♪ ♪ 292 00:17:52,332 --> 00:17:55,435 After six years of medical and sociological research, 293 00:17:55,435 --> 00:17:58,671 the La Guardia Commission found smoking marijuana did 294 00:17:58,671 --> 00:18:03,242 not lead to violent or anti-social behaviour. 295 00:18:04,109 --> 00:18:07,512 Smoking marijuana did not cause uncontrollable sexual urges. 296 00:18:09,313 --> 00:18:11,148 Smoking marijuana did not alter a person's basic 297 00:18:11,148 --> 00:18:12,716 personality structure. 298 00:18:14,284 --> 00:18:16,019 Item by item, the Commission's report disproved 299 00:18:16,019 --> 00:18:20,722 every negative effect claimed by Harry Anslinger. 300 00:18:23,658 --> 00:18:26,560 Furious, Anslinger used his influence with the press 301 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,362 to have the report discredited, and destroyed every copy 302 00:18:29,362 --> 00:18:31,163 he could get his hands on. 303 00:18:31,163 --> 00:18:33,398 And by restricting the supply of marijuana, 304 00:18:33,398 --> 00:18:35,600 he put a stop to any further research. 305 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:45,675 ♪ ♪ 306 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:51,046 Not taking any chances, Anslinger ordered his men 307 00:18:51,046 --> 00:18:53,715 to dig up dirt on anyone who disagreed with him. 308 00:18:53,715 --> 00:18:55,783 And going on the offensive, he targeted the 309 00:18:55,783 --> 00:18:58,252 entertainment industry, which he saw 310 00:18:58,252 --> 00:19:00,287 as a degenerate, immoral influence. 311 00:19:00,287 --> 00:19:10,363 ♪ ♪ 312 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,768 I told you I'd wait until he's grown. 313 00:19:50,768 --> 00:19:52,836 Well now he's growed, and he gets his legacy, 314 00:19:52,836 --> 00:19:54,270 only it's made out of hemp. 315 00:19:54,270 --> 00:20:02,778 [dramatic music] 316 00:20:04,479 --> 00:20:06,814 ♪ Dreamed about a reefer five feet long ♪ 317 00:20:06,814 --> 00:20:08,515 Not wanting any trouble with the government, 318 00:20:08,515 --> 00:20:10,350 the Hollywood studios agreed to give Anslinger 319 00:20:10,350 --> 00:20:12,819 personal control over all movie scripts 320 00:20:12,819 --> 00:20:14,687 that mentioned drugs. 321 00:20:14,687 --> 00:20:19,224 And movies he felt sent the wrong message were just banned. 322 00:20:19,224 --> 00:20:21,158 ♪ I'm the queen of everything ♪ 323 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,263 [footsteps marching] 324 00:20:27,263 --> 00:20:30,399 [whistle blowing] 325 00:20:30,399 --> 00:20:33,802 [sirens wailing] 326 00:20:33,802 --> 00:20:37,805 [footsteps marching] 327 00:20:39,873 --> 00:20:50,149 ♪ ♪ 328 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:58,623 Youth is a time for fun, pranks and jokes. 329 00:20:58,623 --> 00:21:01,960 Of ice cream cones and chocolate sodas. 330 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,929 Youth is a time for getting a job, for finding one's 331 00:21:04,929 --> 00:21:08,332 place in the world. 332 00:21:08,332 --> 00:21:10,600 But sometimes, in these trouble days, the very 333 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,870 thoughtlessness of youth has led to a living nightmare: 334 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:17,572 addiction to drugs. 335 00:21:17,572 --> 00:21:18,906 ♪ ♪ 336 00:21:18,906 --> 00:21:20,340 What's that? 337 00:21:20,340 --> 00:21:21,774 H. 338 00:21:21,774 --> 00:21:22,775 H? 339 00:21:22,775 --> 00:21:23,942 What's H? 340 00:21:23,942 --> 00:21:25,944 Shh, not so loud. 341 00:21:25,944 --> 00:21:28,012 It's heroin. 342 00:21:28,012 --> 00:21:30,848 Will it make me sick like the reefers did? 343 00:21:30,848 --> 00:21:33,050 Marty's story is like many of the others. 344 00:21:33,050 --> 00:21:35,886 It started with marijuana cigarettes. 345 00:21:35,886 --> 00:21:37,587 Come on, it's my turn next. 346 00:21:37,587 --> 00:21:38,854 Gee, Duke, where'd you get 'em? 347 00:21:38,854 --> 00:21:41,590 I know a guy. 348 00:21:41,590 --> 00:21:42,791 Three for a buck. 349 00:21:42,791 --> 00:21:48,329 He was determined to be one of the gang if it killed him. 350 00:21:48,329 --> 00:21:50,397 And it almost did. 351 00:21:50,397 --> 00:21:53,366 Several weeks later, after smoking reefers, 352 00:21:53,366 --> 00:21:56,936 Marty's befogged brain hit on a clever way 353 00:21:56,936 --> 00:21:58,904 to open pop bottles. 354 00:22:03,008 --> 00:22:05,677 Later, Stan went to the hospital for 355 00:22:05,677 --> 00:22:07,311 swallowing broken glass. 356 00:22:07,311 --> 00:22:10,013 Marty badly cut the inside of his mouth, 357 00:22:10,013 --> 00:22:12,849 though he didn't even know it at the time. 358 00:22:13,850 --> 00:22:16,886 Before long, Marty was hooked, physically 359 00:22:16,886 --> 00:22:19,421 dependent on heroin. 360 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:23,558 Nothing mattered by the ever present craving for the drugs. 361 00:22:23,558 --> 00:22:25,993 He had given up interest in everything else. 362 00:22:25,993 --> 00:22:32,032 ♪ ♪ 363 00:22:32,032 --> 00:22:34,934 ♪ I get no kick from champagne ♪ 364 00:22:34,934 --> 00:22:37,836 ♪ ♪ 365 00:22:37,836 --> 00:22:39,838 By the early 1950s, concern about marijuana was 366 00:22:39,838 --> 00:22:43,641 overshadowed by a new media scare, rising heroin addiction 367 00:22:43,641 --> 00:22:45,776 among teenagers who were drifting into crime 368 00:22:45,776 --> 00:22:47,878 to support their habit. 369 00:22:47,878 --> 00:22:53,049 ♪ ♪ 370 00:22:53,049 --> 00:22:54,417 ♪ That I should get a kick-- ♪ 371 00:22:54,417 --> 00:22:56,652 I want some money, Sam. 372 00:22:57,486 --> 00:22:58,119 You're, you're crazy. 373 00:22:58,119 --> 00:22:59,887 The money! 374 00:22:59,887 --> 00:23:01,355 I know you. 375 00:23:01,355 --> 00:23:02,089 They put you in jail. 376 00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:03,957 Just get the money! 377 00:23:03,957 --> 00:23:08,460 ♪ ♪ 378 00:23:08,460 --> 00:23:09,360 Oh! 379 00:23:10,027 --> 00:23:11,728 No, no, please, no! 380 00:23:11,728 --> 00:23:13,029 [glass smashing] 381 00:23:14,897 --> 00:23:16,932 This heroin scare gave an aging Anslinger a new way 382 00:23:16,932 --> 00:23:19,067 to attack marijuana, and respond to anyone 383 00:23:19,067 --> 00:23:21,803 who might doubt its terrible danger. 384 00:23:21,803 --> 00:23:24,872 ♪ ♪ 385 00:23:24,872 --> 00:23:26,607 Smoking marijuana, he declared, was a direct 386 00:23:26,607 --> 00:23:28,809 steppingstone to heroin addiction. 387 00:23:28,809 --> 00:23:30,811 ♪ ♪ 388 00:23:30,811 --> 00:23:34,114 ♪ Satan is real ♪ 389 00:23:34,114 --> 00:23:37,450 ♪ Working in spirit ♪ 390 00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:40,886 ♪ You can see him and hear him ♪ 391 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:44,923 ♪ In this world every day ♪ 392 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:48,493 ♪ Satan is real ♪ 393 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:51,796 ♪ Working with power ♪ 394 00:23:51,796 --> 00:23:53,597 ♪ He can temp you ♪ 395 00:23:53,597 --> 00:23:57,967 ♪ And lead you astray ♪ 396 00:23:58,934 --> 00:24:01,503 An individual lad who tries the drug just for fun, 397 00:24:01,503 --> 00:24:05,406 or experiments with it, acts exactly like a person who 398 00:24:05,406 --> 00:24:09,176 loads the gun, puts a bullet in, 399 00:24:09,176 --> 00:24:13,747 puts it up to his head... 400 00:24:13,747 --> 00:24:16,549 very carefully, hopes for the best, 401 00:24:16,549 --> 00:24:17,783 and pulls the trigger. 402 00:24:17,783 --> 00:24:18,784 [gunshot] 403 00:24:18,784 --> 00:24:20,786 [tone] 404 00:24:20,786 --> 00:24:21,787 Please stand by. 405 00:24:21,787 --> 00:24:25,457 ♪ ♪ 406 00:24:25,457 --> 00:24:27,692 Teenage narcotic addiction. 407 00:24:27,692 --> 00:24:28,826 Is there an answer? 408 00:24:28,826 --> 00:24:32,529 ♪ ♪ 409 00:24:32,529 --> 00:24:37,066 Robert M. Conlan, Commander of the Detective Bureau, 410 00:24:37,066 --> 00:24:39,068 Culver City Police Department, Culver City, California. 411 00:24:39,068 --> 00:24:41,537 Is there any general personality traits 412 00:24:41,537 --> 00:24:42,905 that would apply to addicts? 413 00:24:42,905 --> 00:24:47,776 Most of these addicts are very sick, and they are a 414 00:24:47,776 --> 00:24:50,111 menace, and have to be arrested. 415 00:24:50,111 --> 00:24:51,946 I get a lot of self-satisfaction of 416 00:24:51,946 --> 00:24:53,047 arresting those people. 417 00:24:53,047 --> 00:24:54,948 And what about teenage addiction? 418 00:24:54,948 --> 00:24:56,616 How does that come about, usually? 419 00:24:56,616 --> 00:24:58,918 They start out by using marijuana. 420 00:24:58,918 --> 00:25:02,721 And do most marijuana users finally go on the hard stuff? 421 00:25:02,721 --> 00:25:03,955 Yes. 422 00:25:03,955 --> 00:25:05,890 What kind of changes could be made to improve the 423 00:25:05,890 --> 00:25:09,860 narcotics situation, based on present knowledge, Bob? 424 00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:13,963 Well, Paul, the addict is a sick guy. 425 00:25:13,963 --> 00:25:15,998 And anything that can be done through legislation 426 00:25:15,998 --> 00:25:18,900 to make the penalty far greater, I'm sure would be 427 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:21,135 appreciated by every cop on every beat, 428 00:25:21,135 --> 00:25:22,870 throughout the country. 429 00:25:22,870 --> 00:25:23,904 Your name, please? 430 00:25:23,904 --> 00:25:25,572 Harry J. Anslinger. 431 00:25:25,572 --> 00:25:26,839 And your position and occupation? 432 00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:29,541 Federal Commissioner of Narcotics. 433 00:25:29,541 --> 00:25:31,676 Appearing at the Kefauver Crime Hearings, 434 00:25:31,676 --> 00:25:33,978 Anslinger backs senator Hale Boggs' proposal 435 00:25:33,978 --> 00:25:37,614 to increase penalties for all drug offences. 436 00:25:37,614 --> 00:25:39,616 Tougher penalties were needed, he said because 437 00:25:39,616 --> 00:25:41,951 behind every narcotics peddler, there was a 438 00:25:41,951 --> 00:25:45,788 communist preparing to overthrow our government. 439 00:25:45,788 --> 00:25:54,229 ♪ ♪ 440 00:25:54,229 --> 00:25:56,631 According to all the documents that 441 00:25:56,631 --> 00:26:01,035 we have been examining today, 442 00:26:01,035 --> 00:26:03,904 the major source is Red China. 443 00:26:03,904 --> 00:26:07,107 Do you see a marked increase in the amount of drugs 444 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:08,975 circulating in this country, which you believe come from 445 00:26:08,975 --> 00:26:12,011 Red China, since China went communist in 1949? 446 00:26:12,011 --> 00:26:14,513 Oh, very much so. 447 00:26:14,513 --> 00:26:16,648 Under the Nationalists, they had the situation pretty 448 00:26:16,648 --> 00:26:22,987 There were about a thousand executions a year under 449 00:26:22,987 --> 00:26:25,856 the Nationalist Chinese government. 450 00:26:25,856 --> 00:26:29,025 I haven't heard of anyone being wounded under this regime. 451 00:26:29,925 --> 00:26:31,893 Even though there was absolutely no proof 452 00:26:31,893 --> 00:26:34,962 of a communist plot to dope up America, 453 00:26:34,962 --> 00:26:37,864 the country was in the grip of cold war hysteria, and 454 00:26:37,864 --> 00:26:42,134 no politician could afford to look soft on communism. 455 00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:45,904 Taking Anslinger's advice, President Truman signed 456 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:48,606 the Boggs' Act, which dramatically increased 457 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:50,307 penalties for position, and ordered mandatory 458 00:26:50,307 --> 00:26:52,942 minimum sentences. 459 00:26:52,942 --> 00:26:54,710 [dart thuds] 460 00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:56,278 [bell dinging] 461 00:26:56,278 --> 00:26:59,581 [darts thudding] 462 00:27:00,815 --> 00:27:04,051 There's a considerable amount of heroin coming out of China. 463 00:27:06,686 --> 00:27:08,821 You mean Red China? 464 00:27:08,821 --> 00:27:10,656 Red China, yes, sir. 465 00:27:10,656 --> 00:27:14,192 On a roll now, Anslinger agitated for even tougher laws, 466 00:27:14,192 --> 00:27:17,861 and got President Eisenhower to push them through Congress. 467 00:27:19,929 --> 00:27:29,904 [explosions] 468 00:27:30,237 --> 00:27:39,879 [siren blaring] 469 00:27:39,879 --> 00:27:42,348 The Narcotic Control Act put marijuana in 470 00:27:42,348 --> 00:27:44,850 the same category as heroin, and made it subject 471 00:27:44,850 --> 00:27:46,818 to the same penalties. 472 00:27:46,818 --> 00:27:48,853 A first conviction for possession was punished 473 00:27:48,853 --> 00:27:51,856 with the mandatory prison term of two to ten years. 474 00:27:51,856 --> 00:27:55,993 In addition, a number of States added their own penalties. 475 00:27:55,993 --> 00:27:57,794 In Missouri, a second conviction for possession 476 00:27:57,794 --> 00:27:59,862 could get you life. 477 00:27:59,862 --> 00:28:01,363 [door slamming] 478 00:28:01,363 --> 00:28:05,066 This is Lieutenant McGee, Atlanta Police. 479 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,270 This is Lieutenant McGee of the Atlanta Police Department. 480 00:28:10,270 --> 00:28:12,905 We got the stuff right away before 481 00:28:12,905 --> 00:28:14,840 the man had a chance to distribute it. 482 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,742 Do you think this stopped the entire operation? 483 00:28:17,742 --> 00:28:19,810 Yes, sir, I'm sure of it. 484 00:28:19,810 --> 00:28:21,344 Have you ever seen anything like it before? 485 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. 488 00:28:30,684 --> 00:28:31,918 Is the sound pretty good? 489 00:28:33,152 --> 00:28:40,925 ♪ ♪ 490 00:28:40,925 --> 00:28:43,928 Setting his sights higher, Anslinger went to the U.N. 491 00:28:43,928 --> 00:28:45,963 and used America's influence to persuade 492 00:28:45,963 --> 00:28:48,131 over a hundred countries to consolidate their various 493 00:28:48,131 --> 00:28:51,701 drug agreements into a single, inflexible 494 00:28:51,701 --> 00:28:54,203 convention outlawing marijuana around the world. 495 00:28:54,203 --> 00:28:56,371 This was the ultimate achievement in Anslinger's 496 00:28:56,371 --> 00:28:58,973 relentless crusade to criminalize marijuana use. 497 00:28:58,973 --> 00:29:09,049 ♪ ♪ 498 00:29:12,185 --> 00:29:22,260 [roar of flames] 499 00:29:23,794 --> 00:29:28,032 [applause] 500 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:31,268 To Harry Jacob Anslinger, distinguished citizen. 501 00:29:31,268 --> 00:29:34,971 In your dedicated efforts to combat the illegal traffic 502 00:29:34,971 --> 00:29:37,239 in narcotic drugs, your fashioned and effective 503 00:29:37,239 --> 00:29:40,008 organization to pursue this objective. 504 00:29:40,008 --> 00:29:42,910 Your noteworthy achievements in this field have earned 505 00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:45,279 for you the respect of the world community. 506 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:47,814 Signed John F. Kennedy. 507 00:29:48,514 --> 00:29:50,549 In leaving the Bureau he'd built up under five 508 00:29:50,549 --> 00:29:53,485 different Presidents, Anslinger warned his successors of 509 00:29:53,485 --> 00:29:56,855 an impending drug revolution, which he felt would be 510 00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:59,924 nothing less than an assault on the foundations 511 00:29:59,924 --> 00:30:01,892 of Western civilization. 512 00:30:01,892 --> 00:30:04,127 ♪ ♪ 513 00:30:06,129 --> 00:30:16,205 [eerie music] 514 00:30:18,006 --> 00:30:19,974 [sirens wail] 515 00:30:19,974 --> 00:30:22,009 [cartoon music] 516 00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:25,045 ♪ ♪ 517 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 --> 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