[ Man ] l welcome you...
to the third National D.A# s Convention...
on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
And now, without further ado...
the man who will define this cancer eating at the heart of America...
Dr. L. Ron Bumquist.
l saw these bastards in Easy Rider, but l didn't believe they were real.
Not like this, man, not hundreds of them.
They're actually pretty nice people once you get to know them.
Know them ? l know these people in my goddamn blood.
Don't say that word around here. You'll get them excited.
- You're right. - The most efficient way for us to do this...
is for each one of us...
to try and attempt...
to imagine what it is like inside...
- of the possessed mind of the addict. - Hmm ?
For example...
a dope fiend...
refers to the reefer butt...
as a ''roach''...
because...
it resembles a cockroach.
What the fuck are these people talking about ?
You've got to be crazy on acid to think a joint looks like a goddamn cockroach.
You will notice that l have distinguished...
four-- four distinct states of being...
in the cannabis or marijuana society.
They are cool, groovy...
hip and square.
Seldom, if ever--
- Too crazy, man. Too crazy. - [ Grunting ]
We should get the hell out. What a fucking nightmare.
lf he figures out what is happening...
then he can rise one notch...
and become hip.
And then if he can convince himself...
to approve of what is happening...
then he becomes groovy.
Groovy.
And then, after that, he can actually raise himself...
to the rank of cool.
He can become one of those...
cool guys.
[ Man ] Dr. Bumquist.
You think the anthropologist Margaret Mead's strange behavior of late...
could be explained by a private marijuana addiction ?
Good question.
- [ Murmuring ] - l'm not really sure l can answer that.
But what l can tell you, sir, is if Margaret Mead...
at her age...
smoked grass...
she'd have one hell of a trip.
[ Hysterical Laughing ]
One more layer of deviance to the woman.
This is fuckin' bullshit.
l'll be out in the casino.