It was very outlandish. I found it to be more of a comedy instead of a drama

First you said "meth." Then "crack." The two are different, ya know. Yeah, this film seems to be depicting something other than pot, lol. Hell, even worse than trying out meth or crack (as bad as they can be). The craziness reminds me of bad reactions I've heard from truly nutty drugs like bath salts or Flakka.
The other poster is right too. Ironically enough, legal amphetamines were being taken then, but pot was "oh so bad." Thank you, beep like Hearst and "moral groups" for peddling BULL SHlT. (I've never tried THC, but the propaganda about it was such a joke. Just make its distribution a federal law already.)

lmaoo amphetamines were more accepted in that time actually