Keep Off the Grass (1970)

J. Edward McKinley: Tom's Dad

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• Tom's dad : It is illegal. Every time you blow a marijuana cigarette, you take a chance on blowing your future.

  Tom : Oh, come on, pop. All my friends smoke pot and they're not criminals.

  Tom's dad : Only because they haven't been caught yet.

• Tom's dad : Tom, these are yours?

  Tom : Yeah, they're mine.

  Louise, Tom's mom : Oh, Tom, how could you?

  Tom : Mother! It's only grass. I'm not a dope fiend.

• Tom : Mom smokes like a chimney. And you have a drink everyday and smoke too.

  Tom's dad : It's not the same.

  Tom : Why not? It's easy for you to stand there with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in another and tell us not to blow pot.

• Tom : There's not a shred of evidence that marijuana's any worse than nicotine or alcohol. You can get cancer! Your liver can rot away.

  Tom's dad : Well, let's say you're right. You'd rather look down on my generation for getting hung up on smoking and drinking, knowing it's bad for us. You think we're stupid! Maybe you're right. But, does that make you're generation so all fired smart for getting all hung up on grass? You can be harmed by that too! Or, do you have double standards when it comes to our smoking and drinking and you're blowing pot?

• Tom's dad : It may not be physically addictive, but, it is habituating. You can come to depend upon it psychologically. And that might be even worst! There's no cold turkey for that.