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Since today is 4/20, it seems appropriate that today's 4:20 movie is all about anti-reefer madness. Thanks to this government-funded film from the 50s, I now know that pot is "jive talk" for marijuana. And what effects will it have on users? "Everything speeds up to 100 miles per hour. You think you're real sharp, and you laugh a lot. You feel like you're the biggest person in the world."