Reefer Madness (1936)

Joseph Forte: Dr. Carroll

Quotes 

• Mr. Wayne - Federal Bureau Investigator : Here is an example: A 16 year old lad apprehended in the act of staging a holdup - 16 years old and a marijuana addict. Here is a most tragic case.

  Dr. Carroll : Yes. I remember. Just a young boy... under the influence of the drug... he killed his entire family with an axe.

• [last lines] 

  Dr. Carroll : We must work untiringly so that our children are obliged to learn the truth. Because, it is only through knowledge that we can safely protect them. Failing this, the next tragedy may be that of your daughter - or your son - or yours - or yours...

  [points to camera] 

  Dr. Carroll : or yours!

• Dr. Carroll : I'm going to ask you a straightforward question: isn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly, acquired a certain habit through association with certain undesirable people?

• [first lines] 

  Dr. Carroll : It must be stopped! You and other parent groups around the country. And you must stand united on this and stamp out this frightful assassin of our youth.

• Dr. Carroll : It is only through enlightenment that this scourge can be wiped out. Out of the trafficking of these drugs, a lawlessness that we can scarcely estimate has grown and is now flourishing. It exist in almost every city and hamlet in the country.

• Bill's Lawyer : Did you, during the last three months, notice any changes in the demeanor and attitude of your student, William Harper?

  Dr. Carroll : Yes, in a number of things. For example, at times a disassociation of ideas. In another instance, I happened to attend the recent interscholastic tennis matches. And while Bill Harper had been considered an exceedingly good player, I saw him miss the ball by as much as three or four feet. This, I understand, could be contributed to the use of marijuana. It causes errors in time and space.

• Prosecuting Attorney : Did you notice any changes that would lead you to believe, as an educator, that he was under some severe mental strain, which might possibly have been induced by some drug?

  Dr. Carroll : Yes. I recall distinctly a few weeks ago. It was during a class of English literature. There was a serious discussion of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" when he suddenly burst into an uncontrollable fit of hysterical laughter.