Reefer Madness

out into the US in search of work and opportunity; the pursuit of the American Dream”( thedea.org/prohibhistory.html). The Hispanics brought along many traditions food, music, and Marijuana. “The conservative Midwest was about to be introduced to marijuana” (thedea.org/prohibhistory.html). About thirty years later Marijuana becomes a way for the white people to promote racism and the segregation of poor Mexican- Americans as well as African-Americans. Early add films like “Reefer Madness” start a nationwide hysteria of the effects of Marijuana on colored people and the crimes against whites, when using Marijuana. The film makes some outrages claims such as "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the U.S., and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." “Reefer makes darkies think they 're as good as white men."(Reefer Madness: Tell your children. Dir. Louis Gasnier. Writers. Lawerence Meade, Arthur Hoerl. Perf. Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles. 1936. Film). At first Marijuana was enforced at small local or state levels it wasn’t until 1937 when “Congress passes the Marijuana Tax Act that mandated excise taxes and enforced penalties on the commercial handling of marijuana. The act limits possession of the drug to authorized medical and industrial uses. In 1956, the Narcotics Control…

One major thing that caught my attention in the documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster” was the comparison of people being allergic to peanuts. We are so quick to ban things when we can attach a personal moral wrongness to it, and scare tactics are put into effect to further the ban of such things. “Bigger Stronger Faster” compared the reefer madness movie to the scare tactics that were used about steroids, which I think was a good comparison. If there is the possibility of ill effects of the use…

Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in The American Black In this book, Eric Schlosser examines three unrelated aspects of the vast black market. The book states many facts surrounded with even more opinions. However, facts are backed up with the required research. Reefer Madness could have been three books, since all the last two essays seems rushed and thrown together with only one related theme, the black market. The first essay, ‘Reefer Madness’, successfully covers the laws,…

In the introduction of Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser, he explains how the black market, also known as the underground, has been growing in not only the United States but also in many other countries over the last forty years. When most people think about the black market they automatically think of a gangster who is smuggling guns, immigrants, and drugs. What most don't realize is, even when a bartender gets tipped in cash and doesn't report it in their taxes, thats tax evading. The reason…

The movie Reefer Madness was produced in the 1930s as propaganda, in order to make people believe that smoking marijuana would make them go insane or commit violent crimes. There was no proof of the accusations, but it scared enough people to keep them from smoking marijuana. The movie was intended to give marijuana a negative reputation, and it succeeded. In today’s society there is a stigma surrounding the use of marijuana, which I believe the movie helped to create. Over the last hundred…

He claims that inspiration comes at the cost of the minds of men being consumed by a divine influence. He then illustrates that Ion, being the rhapsode that he is, must be possessed by the maddening control of the Muse. The logic behind this is that Gods will first pass their words down to a poet, who would then pass them down to rhapsode. The rhapsodist would recite the poet’s, and thus the Gods’, words to the people, who would share them to other and creating a large chain the allows the…

Through imagery, anaphoras, and irony surrounding madness and tragedy, Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet”, demonstrates how anarchy is created within one’s own psyche, which challenges the mental stability of one's attitude and ultimately camaraderie offers people with the sense of belonging. In the texts below, the topics of madness and tragedy exist to represent how Hamlet's madness creates tragedy throughout the story, suggesting the madness continues to be fictitious which is created within…

Since I was a kid running around Spiller Elementary getting excited for Run for The Wall I never truly knew the important meaning about it until a few years ago. Thousands of veterans or everyday people ride their motorcycles sometimes across the countries for those who simply can’t. My grandfather J.R. Grubb commonly known as Squeekie is one of those thousands who take the time from his everyday life and rides for the ones that sacrificed their lives for our country and can’t ride anymore. I…

adds a new sense of depth with a critique of critics brought about by madness and facing one’s identity. The parallels drawn between the two plays do not mimic one another so much as present a multitude of ideas in a similar fashion. One of the major similarities between the two is that of the “hall of mirrors” effect. Within both plays, the frame play includes an interior play typically with actions and characters separate of the frame play: the traditional “play-within-a-play” motif.…

The title of the book I read is The Madness Underneath. It was written by Maureen Johnson. This book was published by The Penguin Group, and was originally published on February 26, 2013. There are two hundred ninety pages. The Madness Underneath was written by a New York Times Bestselling Author. The setting of this story is London at Wexford University. It is always raining and is not very nice. In the book it takes place in present time. The narrator of the story is the main character. Her…