The Dangers of Marijuana Addiction (in 1951) | Flashback | History

In the midst of post-war suburban life, one green plant threatens this pristine utopia: marijuana. This film warns of the drug’s danger—how it can transform an all-American boy like “Marty” into a dope fiend.
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50 Comments

  1. drift drako on September 11, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    that was terrible ouch



  2. Felix Bruyns on September 11, 2020 at 11:32 pm

    Cannabis was first abused, in liquid form, by worshippers of Shiva trying to destroy the universe. It spread to Persia, where it was used by Shia to brainwash the Assassins into committing murders. Aleister Crowley then used it to drug his cult into being unable to resist his acts of vampirism on them. The truth is *more* disturbing than any movie.



  3. A God on September 11, 2020 at 11:33 pm

    Bullsittery…



  4. Crimson Nosmirc on September 11, 2020 at 11:34 pm

    Rollin up one as i watch



  5. shoesprite on September 11, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    it really isn’t bad alcohol is worse than weed



  6. Juicy James on September 11, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    Idk lol I do think weed is a gateway drug getting high on anything is a gateway drug



  7. Grey_blue on September 11, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    If I was going on a double date I wouldnt need weed lmao



  8. BladeAddict on September 11, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    I honestly think there are fewer people not smoking to this



  9. Balistic Ren on September 11, 2020 at 11:40 pm

    3 for a buck is a great deal



  10. A Duh on September 11, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    3 joints for a buck



  11. Lorenzo Burton on September 11, 2020 at 11:43 pm

    That was awesome. I’m high right now.



  12. Neil Fallon on September 11, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    Yet everyone took pills drank and smoked cigs



  13. Г-н. Славия on September 11, 2020 at 11:46 pm

    The last I checked a bottle of rum can kill you. While a fat pillow lf weed leaves u warm, happy, and tired.



  14. Raini Parker on September 11, 2020 at 11:50 pm

    Most of you don’t even see the forest for the trees. Wake up GOD’S children. All you know are lies/liars and YOU ARE the biggest one.



  15. Darkopi 03 on September 11, 2020 at 11:51 pm

    Thats how our society thinks about pot in Germany😐



  16. Dant'e Stackz on September 11, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    Let me try..



  17. Murphy moe on September 11, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    Does’nt look dangerous to me



  18. IDK on September 11, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    Sad thing is that many people still believe this…

    Can’t watch this video without laughing



  19. Jbelli 12 on September 11, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    3 joints for a 1 what world are this kids livening in I wish I new some one that had those prices



  20. My Puritanical Opinion on September 11, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    Much truth in this. Weed makes its user into a slave.



  21. MoneyMindMusic on September 11, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    Lol weeks later they came up with the idea to break bottles and drink from them 😂



  22. Off The Booftv on September 11, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    I’m kinda impressed when they said they were going to rehabilitate him in alittle to no time to compared life sentences we usually hear about.



  23. BornToBeAlive on September 11, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    This is hilarious 😂😂



  24. Chris Hartman on September 11, 2020 at 11:58 pm

    DID HE SAY 3 FOR A BUCK!?!? JESUS!!!



  25. Mike on September 11, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    The truth isn’t at the extremes. Some people do experience negative consequences from pot. Sometimes it’s later in life.



  26. Red Forsberg on September 12, 2020 at 12:00 am

    Good ol harmless cigarettes lol



  27. Aloysius Pelly on September 12, 2020 at 12:01 am

    this is what my mom thinks weed does smh



  28. Johnny Morphine on September 12, 2020 at 12:02 am

    Meth was a real rx drug for depression at this time. Tf was wrong with people



  29. vada schoonover on September 12, 2020 at 12:05 am

    Me with my bong rn



  30. Cozysaucer on September 12, 2020 at 12:05 am

    Ima smoke weed while watching this to disrespect the video



  31. Stevie Johnson on September 12, 2020 at 12:05 am

    If Americans were all hooked on weed, they would have lost WWII



  32. Alfredo Solorio on September 12, 2020 at 12:06 am

    Wow



  33. Call Me Madame on September 12, 2020 at 12:08 am

    I spent 3 years addicted mind, body, and soul to methamphetamine. It smoked it, snorted it, and always shot it. I had abused nearly everything other than heroin. And I am now 100% clean and sober. One thing remains – my pack a day smoking habit. For those who liked weed (I personally did not) it’s all they still crave. I know many who no longer think about heroin but thoughts of marijuana are pervasive in their minds. I speak from first hand experience and wisdom, yet only being 21 years old. It’s all bad – some is just worse. Yes the meth was worse than the cigarettes are and that’s why I still smoke and don’t feel too bad. But it’s still killing me with hundreds of known carcinogens.



  34. herointec on September 12, 2020 at 12:08 am

    I’m 13 and weed makes me snooze and hungry nun else 😋



  35. tobinakatarx on September 12, 2020 at 12:09 am

    Pwahahahahahahaha what horseshite



  36. Dennis LePorte on September 12, 2020 at 12:09 am

    My mother used to keep Paragorha medicine in the fridge to rub on my sisters gums when she was teething. I loved the stuff….Morphine based lol



  37. Kush-Smoker751 on September 12, 2020 at 12:11 am

    1950: Smoke Cigarets! Weed is a drug, that’s bad!

    2020: Cigarets KILL, but we legalize weed! What you gonna do now?

    Doc: Marty!! I again need to back to the future!



  38. Eric Loyd on September 12, 2020 at 12:11 am

    Still rings true today.. with heroin and sometimes marijuana cigarette smoking too. Mostly bath salts doh..



  39. Leo Pratt on September 12, 2020 at 12:14 am

    Isn’t this in a capital STEEZ song ?? Rip steelo



  40. alex Martin on September 12, 2020 at 12:15 am

    3 for a dollar? Now that’s a deal



  41. Loukus Goodwin on September 12, 2020 at 12:16 am

    I don’t think that the Medical or even Recreational Purposes of Marijuana is Addictive or Unhealthy, at all. It was only a Flowering-Herb, kinda just misinformed.



  42. Plague on September 12, 2020 at 12:16 am

    1:40 several weeks later while smoking reefers



  43. df gg on September 12, 2020 at 12:16 am

    Meanwhile, doctors are prescribing meth, as the pharmacist are giving it to psych patients right down the street from where they are recording the p.s.a.



  44. Keenan Lennox on September 12, 2020 at 12:18 am

    Can you grow weed better in a oldschool polio polo machine i still have my great grandfathers.



  45. jack happy on September 12, 2020 at 12:20 am

    Funny marijuana song



  46. ちゃるず on September 12, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Im watching this while high lol.



  47. Stoney Vision on September 12, 2020 at 12:28 am

    Legalize it everywhere!💚💨



  48. Obed Torres Drums on September 12, 2020 at 12:28 am

    We tend to forget what we smoke now is not what they smoked in the 70s and what they had in the 70s is not what they had in the 40s. Makes me wonder if bud was actually this different back then.



  49. Hunter D. on September 12, 2020 at 12:29 am

    The think dawin was at work here not weed.



  50. kullu mountains on September 12, 2020 at 12:29 am

    Weed is gud but limet not overdose drugs nd alcahol baned….