Promotional materials included ad-printed matchbooks (a strange choice for a film delineating the dangers of smoking pot).
The earlier title, "Marihuana", was changed to avoid confusion with the earlier, similar anti-drug pic Marihuana (1936).
According to an item in the August 20, 1937, issue of The Film Daily, this film began shooting on or around August 19 at space leased at Grand National Studios.
Four years before this film was released, cast members Luana Walters and Dorothy Short were among 38 potential candidates who competed to be a WAMPAS Baby Star for 1934. Neither actress was ultimately selected to be one of the thirteen Baby Stars for that year.