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There's even a poster for Reefer Madness, the earnestly lunatic, 1930s antimarijuana film that was revived in the irony-drenched '60s and '70s. "We wanted to show how hokey [the movie] was," says Sean Fearns, of the DEA public-affairs section. "It was so naive to think that this kind of thing would keep kids off drugs...
...REEFER MADNESS Tune in, aging hippies. Middle-aged and elderly marijuana users may increase their risk of a heart attack fivefold in the first hour after lighting up. The danger--like the high--seems to subside by the second hour. Pot raises the heart rate by about 40 beats a minute, scientists say, and this is especially problematic for folks with undiagnosed coronary disease. For someone in good physical shape, marijuana is about twice as risky...
...only bands named for a brand of chewy, peanut-flavored sweets, the Squirrel Nut Zippers epitomize the ultralounge sound. Expect them to play some of their perennial favorites, like "Santa Claus is Smoking Reefer" and "St. Louis Cemetary Blues." With Chapel Hill roots, they are a college favorite. 7 p.m., The Roxy, 279 Tremont Street, Boston...
...became boutiques--but right now it looks as if there's no other place he'd rather spend the weekend than a staid Midwestern city hours from the nearest beach. "Saturday night in Cincinnati--it don't get no better than this!" Buffett yelps as his 13-piece Coral Reefer Band takes the stage in Mardi Gras costumes and towering headdresses. The crowd at the Riverbend amphitheater roars its agreement: 18,500 otherwise respectable people, many in full tropical regalia--foam parrot hats, grass skirts and coconut-shell bras. And that's just the men. (Let's not even discuss...
...serious study of dementia praecox. Esper used the old carny come-on--it's so sinful you have to pay to see it--in Tell Your Children, a silly antidrug screed produced by a Los Angeles church group. After he added some skin, Esper retitled the film Reefer Madness and made a bundle...