Originally financed by a church group under the title Tell Your Children, the film Reefer Madness was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use. However, soon after the film was shot, it was purchased by producer Dwain Esper, who re-cut the film for distribution on the exploitation film circuit. The film did not gain an audience until it was rediscovered in the 1970s and gained new life as a piece of unintentional comedy among advocates of cannabis policy reform. Today, it is in the public domain in the United States and is considered a cult film which is to be downloaded here. It inspired a musical satire, which premiered off-Broadway in 2001, and a film based on the musical in 2005.
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