Jimmy, however, is intercepted my Jack, who found out where Jimmy was before even the police did, and offers to take him back to the Reefer Den. Jimmy refuses the offer, and knocks a marijuana joint out of Jack's hand. Jack, understandably upset, reaches into his jacket, and asks Jimmy if he likes brownies. The schoolroom audience becomes confused, as they are not familiar with “pot brownies,” in which the marijuana is baked into the brownie. Jimmy, also perplexed by this brownie offer, accepts and becomes instantly inebriated. Jack then convinced Jimmy to go back to the Reefer Den, all without Mary knowing. Mary does, however, see their car back out, and follows them to the Reefer Den.
Upon coming to the Den, Mary is spotted by Ralph through the door's peephole, leading him to say, “Hey diddle diddle, a cat for my fiddle,” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10) and kicking everyone else out of the room, and up the stairs. When Mary asks where Jimmy is, Ralph convinces her he went out to buy bibles for their “prayer breakfast.” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10) Mary soon finds out Ralph was once a college student, and he fools her into believing Jimmy has been pledged into the fraternity “Phi Beta Cannabis” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10) at a young age. Ralph also manages to con Mary into smoking marijuana, telling her “it's all the rage with college girls… in Paris!” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10) Once again, naïve Mary believed everything she heard, smoked the marijuana and became a scary sadist/masochist monster, “yearn[ing] for dirty love.” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10)
Once again, Mr. Paul Kochinski chimes in, doubting all that is happening in the movie, claiming it all to be “far-fetched.” The quick-witted lecturer instantly references William Randolph Hearst's article in “The San Francisco Examiner,” which said that three-fourths of crimes committed in the United States were done so by “dope slaves.” Mr. Kochinski reminds the lecturer that you can't believe everything you read and, in a disturbed manner, assures the lecturer that Mr. Kochinski's statement “don't make [Mr. Kochinski] a commie!” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 10) The lecturer, noticing Mr. Kochinski's recognition of propaganda, tells the audience that Mr. Hearst attended Harvard University, and asks where Mr. Kochinski matriculated. Mr. Kochinski sadly says he did not attend any college thus destroying his peer's respect for his argument.
Back at the Den, Jimmy comes down stairs and finds Mary in a promiscuous position with Ralph. Jimmy fiercely attacks Ralph, causing Jack to attempt to murder Jimmy. Instead, however, Jack accidentally shoots Mary, and knocks Jimmy out. He plants the gun in Jimmy's hand and convinces Jimmy that he killed Mary. Jack explains to Ralph and Sally that they need to leave, and stay quiet about everything that has happened. Authorities soon arrive, and believe everything Jack says about Jimmy killing Mary. Jimmy is arrested, sentenced, found guilty, and put on death row for his murder of Mary Lane. Then, in a dues ex machina-type fashion, Ralph and Sally return to the home. Ralph is clearly heavily inebriated and believes he sees Jimmy outside, in the marijuana fields, as a scarecrow, singing about how his life was about to be cut short. Ralph continues to see these illusions throughout the house. Mae tells Jack that Ralph's losing his mind, and Jack considers murder, but Mae convinces him that it is a bad idea. Ralph tells Jack that he's unbearably hungry, and while Jack and Mae are out retrieving some Chinese take out, Ralph eats Sally. At this point, Mae and the audience in the schoolroom agree strongly that Ralph needs to be murdered. Propaganda at it's finest, cannibalism is often seen as one of the most immoral things a human can do. Jack murders Ralph, and appears to be undeterred by this act, prompting the highly perturbed Mae to murder Jack with a garden hoe.
While wrapping Jack's heart in a newspaper, Mae noticed the headline, “President to visit sick child…arrives at 6:00 PM today,” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 12) giving her an outrageous plan. Mae does, however, manage to convince president Roosevelt to pardon Jimmy of his crime.
Not surprisingly, the final song is most likely the biggest jumble of propaganda to ever roll off of anyone's tongue. With lines like, “Our children teeter on the brink/we need to teach them what to think,” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 13) and the Statue of Liberty singing, “Give me your tired/give me your poor/give me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free of reefer smoke,” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 13) it's clear that the propaganda here is mostly political, and stronger than most propaganda ever published in any form.
Propaganda is a powerful tool, when used correctly it can seemingly change peoples' opinions on just about any topic. Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical captures the true essence of propaganda, and turns it into a hysterical musical. Fear and other strong senses, when stimulated, can often achieve almost any desired result. The movie is truly summed up in the last stanza, “It's time for parents to take a stand/for the preservation of this great land/'till the things that scare us are burned or banned/or smashed to smithereens/and once the reefer has been destroyed/we'll start on/Darwin and Sigmund Freud/and sex depicted on celluloid/and communists and queens/when danger's near, exploit their fear/the end will justify the means!” (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical scene 13)
