Dragnet Season 2 Episode 8

As in "The LSD Story" (aka "The Blue Boy" episode), the first episode of the Dragnet revival, this one deals with drugs, and a concerned parent, only this time the drug in question is marijuana, or "pot". By itself it's not as harmfull as LSD, cocaine, or heroin, but, as Friday explains in another famous lecture (even though he says it isn't a lecture), every addict of the harder stuff starts out with marijuana. He tells this to a young couple at their home, a visit prompted by a visit to LAPD headquarters by the bride's concerened father, concerened primarily about his baby grandchild. The bride and groom are arrogant in their defense of the drug. The man prophesies that marijuana will soon be legalized, and hails the "new moraility". Unfortunately, his prediction is not entirely off the mark. But neither was Friday's, who foresaw tragedy if this couple kept on the way they did. The couple otherwise seem well off, and the child well cared for, while compassionate lady cop Dorothy Miller has her hands full with cases of child abuse already occurring, so there isn't much Friday and Gannon can do- until it's too late.