Reefer Madness Is Spreading! An Analysis of the Controversial Film of the late 1930's "Reefer Madness"

In the late 1930's a film was released to supposedly educate society on the horrible epidemic that the drug marijuana had created. The film Reefer Madness hit the theaters in hopes to steer people away from using marijuana. The film starts by showing headlines about how marijuana abuse is spreading across the United States of America rapidly and must be halted. Parents are told to learn about the evils of marijuana and to steer their …

…stop it. It won't ever stop because it grows naturally. They need to focus on anti-meth commercials or anti-cocaine commercials which are really starting to take a toll on society. In conclusion, we will continue to have propaganda driving movies, and commercials, or magazine adds to try and steer us to believe what the message is portraying. It goes back to the saying about the media which is, "Don't believe everything you see on TV!"