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Oh, it's all right to talk about education, but we educators can't do anything until the public is sufficiently aroused.

10 seconds sound clip from the Reefer Madness (1936) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But do you realize that marihuana is not like other forms of dope?

- You see, it grows wild in almost every state in the Union.

- Therefore, there is practically no inter-state commerce in the drug.

- As a result, the government's hands are tied.

- And frankly, the only sure cure is a widespread campaign in education.

- Oh, it's all right to talk about education, but we educators can't do anything until the public is sufficiently aroused.

- Let me show you something.

- In 1930, the records on marihuana in the Washington office of the Narcotics Division scarcely filled a small folder like this. Today, they fill cabinets.

- All of these, devoted to marihuana records.

- Here is an example.

- A 16-year-old lad, apprehended in the act of staging a holdup, 16 years old and a marihuana addict.

[...]

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Actors: Dorothy Short (Mary Lane), Kenneth Craig (Bill Harper)

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