thing be different down at the malt shop in small town lily white america . seem some surly gent be turn kid on with mind alter mary jane aka marijuana . the iniquitous soul steal substance popular among urban hep cat negro and sex craze mexican be make it final push into the white suburban middle class target it child . before our eye we see kid as fine a a may morning degenerate into crazed lunatic with uncontrollable appetite for nostalgie de la boue . reckless behavior follow and comic scene of debauchery ensue a the kid get existential and crave faster music and drive recklessly and become overtly more lustful . it all come to a head when sweet mary find herself compromise by a craven bogarter and then murder . law and order ultimately set thing straight but not before a guilt ridden member of the dealer haunt by flashback jump through a ten story window to her death . this cautionary tale of blatant lie and unintentional hilarity about demon weed be one of the first broad side in the war on drug . amateurishly and clumsily patch together with sensationalistic blather and mad tokers it irresponsibly condemn what would turn out to be a medicinal panacea use by million . have extensively research and observe the herb in use during my college year i find none of the deleterious effect dramatize in the film . on the contrary i find among colleague a more subdued good natured mood fuel a penchant to consume vast quantity of carbohydrate ( as well a a more restrained appreciation of sex and music ) . by ignore this munchies factor tell your child lose a golden opportunity to dramatize and publicize the great threat that face this country obesity . but in it day these insipid raving allow then kinda drug czar harry anslinger to develop a cottage industry to employ jobless revenue agent who lose their meal ticket with the end of prohibition . they need a demon and find it in a benign plant that could avoid be regulate and tax and be pervasive among second class ( black and latino ) citizen who be already be institutionally abuse of their right . when it creep into white society film like tell your child warn of the impending apocalypse . it must have work because the disaster thus far have be avert . but a the stern narrator soberly warn we must remain vigilant . pass the hagen daz .