From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
Emilio (Jairo Osuna) is a Mexican teenager who tries to save his younger sister after she's abducted by relatives who cross into the United States. But Emilio's own attempt at an illegal crossing lands him in the clutches of a ruthless drug smuggler (James Bardo). When he finally reaches the U.S., Emilio gets help from a sympathetic car mechanic (Damian Chapa) but still faces daunting odds in the violent world that the border has created.
