{"id":38119,"date":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/a-brief-history-of-marijuana-in-the-movies\/"},"modified":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"a-brief-history-of-marijuana-in-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/a-brief-history-of-marijuana-in-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of Marijuana in the Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-m721xtzzFE\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With marijuana having successfully permeated mainstream culture thanks to the legalization of either medical or recreational weed in 28 states, the leaf has also found a more prominent place in cinema in recent years. &#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>Whether you &#x201C;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=meaJYMni-D4\" rel=\"nofollow\">wanna talk to Samson<\/a>&#x201D; or just enjoy watching Seth Rogen and James Franco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8TUTxAK1EqQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">burn cross-joints<\/a> and run from a vicious drug lord, there&#x2019;s no denying that Hollywood has come out in favor of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>However, it wasn&#x2019;t always that way, as one film in particular, &#x201C;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sbjHOBJzhb0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reefer Madness<\/a>,&#x201D; strongly contributed to the demonization and subsequent prohibition of our favorite herb.<\/p>\n<p>Watch MERRY JANE News&#x2019; &#x201C;A Brief History of Marijuana in The Movies&#x201D; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-m721xtzzFE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> and get woke.&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen class=\"giphy-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"263\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/vuCZqF1ZLJW1O\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From \u201cReefer Madness\u201d to \u201cInherent Vice,\u201d MERRY JANE News takes a look at weed in film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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