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Tell Your Children 1938

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.

Directed by: Louis J. Gasnier
Written by: Arthur Hoerl
Runtime: 66 minutes
Critics score:
46 / 100
Tagline: Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
Cast:
Dorothy Short Dorothy Short
Mary 
Kenneth Craig Kenneth Craig
Bill 
Lillian Miles Lillian Miles
Blanche 
Dave O'Brien Dave O'Brien
Ralph 
Thelma White Thelma White
Mae 
Carleton Young Carleton Young
Jack 
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Also known as:
  • Dope Addict
  • Doped Youth
  • Love Madness
  • The Burning Question
  • Reefer Madness: Tell Your Children
  • Reefer Madness (In Color)
  • Requiem for a Dream