Keith Stroup, the founder of the reform group NORML, found a worn print of Reefer Madness at the Library of Congress, learned that the film was in the public domain and bought a copy for 297 dollars.[1] He showed it on college campuses after his lectures to raise money for reform.[1] Students who were meant to be frightened laughed, the film became a midnight cult movie, and "reefer madness" became a name for exaggerated drug scares.[2][3]
In the cultural atlas
People · American lawyer and founder of NORMLKeith StroupAn American lawyer who in 1970 founded NORML, a lobby for marijuana smokers modelled on Ralph Nader's consumer campaigns. Eleven states decriminalised during his first decade in charge, which ended when he exposed a White House adviser.
Language · American English slangReeferAmerican slang of the jazz age for a cannabis cigarette, and the word that gave its name to the most famous anti-drug film ever made.
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