Jimmy, our young and naive teenage boy, becomes seduced by the perilous clutches of the pot pusher Jack and his dangerous wacky weed and, driving at break-neck speed, runs over an elderly pedestrian trying to cross the street. A little while later, Jimmy sobers up and realizes his crime. He could be sent up the river for his little mishap! Later, Jack informs Jimmy that the elderly man he ran over passed away in the hospital and Jack will keep his mouth shut about the whole affair as long as Jimmy cooperates with him. While Jimmy tries to keep his cool, ol' Jack gets killed by crazy Ralph Wiley and the lone witness (besides the nearby onlookers who were only able to provide some of the license plate numbers) that could of lead Jimmy to the big house is silenced forever. Overjoyed, Jimmy is in a full smile when we see him next. However, his sister Mary is less fortunate and winds up shot in the back during a scuffle between Jack and Mary's drug-induced boyfriend, Bill. So...what might become of our good pal Jimmy and his deep, dark secret that could land him a position at the nearby prison chiseling rocks and mopping up floors?

Simple...by employing the use of a cheap screenwriter who doesn't pay attention to details, the subplot never found an ending and Jimmy led the rest of his life with the burden of a murdered man on his shoulders until he left this world at the healthy age of 74 from accidentally suffocating himself to death by tying his bow tie too tight. Sounds like a happy ending, eh? From the writer's perspective...well, I doubt they ever had a "perspective" since this little inconvenience in the story went unchecked by the film crew, the actors and basically everyone else involved in the shoot.

Yep, the "hit and run" subplot is never resolved on-screen and even with the combined efforts of three (count 'em, three) writers, this gaping-wide hole in the script went unnoticed...until now.

So in short, my hat is off to you Lawrence Meade, Arthur Hoerl and Paul Franklin for doing the seemingly impossible by leaving this subplot unresolved and, as an extra piece of credit, for helping make Reefer Madness the hilarious joke that it is today!