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Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb
Source | Archive Films by Getty Images |
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Title: | Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb |
File Number: | PA-0567 Digibeta |
Color: | Color |
Type: | Educational Industrial |
Year: | 01/01/1969 |
Subjects: | Safety |
Description: | Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb Stresses the dangers of becoming physically and emotionally dependent on drugs even after limited use and instills a desire, based on knowledge derived from accurate information, never to experiment More sociologically oriented than Narcotics: Pit of Despair (also on this program), The Chemical Tomb condemns drugs for inhibiting the new mass mind, a nowness as it takes place Stating that a nation in turmoil needs the newness of its young, it praises the impulses leading to social change This is a pretty liberal message, and the film continues: Drugs are not the proper tools with which to change a society that somehow hasn't fulfilled all its promise None of this theorizing prevents the film from being entertaining, and it contains a teenage drug party and the usual bogus psychedelia Visuals include: Marijuana (pot) party (good) VS college campuses VS newspaper headlines of protests and dissent at colleges and universities during the 1960s VS pot smoking VS teenagers' party with drugs (good) Good LSD trip sequence, very tacky psychedelia 04:28:13 CU Hands rolling joint 04:28:31 Man lights joint, passes it around circle 04:28:53 Another man smoking from pipe 04:29:47 EXT college campus scenes filmed at University of Texas (Austin), famous clock tower in background Very good VO: These people no longer feel constrained by the social rules of the past 04:20:39 VO: This exploration, this search for new values has led into new and dangerous area, the use of narcotics and hallucinogens The brain, the body, indeed the freedom to do can be so jeopardized by these drugs 04:31:09 The turned on people, who seem to set so many of today's lifestyles, are not the only one smoking grass, popping bennies or dropping acid 04:31:36 VO: These substances are extremely dangerous This trend, toward drugs, has alarmed every responsible segment of the community Scene of blue car driving down street 04:31:52 VO: Aside from its illegality, there is a medical risk to the brain and body Perhaps, the biggest risk is the placing of the psyche in peril 04:32:55 CU Money, drugs change hands Scene of drug deal on the street in a suburban area 04:33:50 Voice overs with CUs of various drugs 04:33:51 Red Devils - red Seconal pills 04:33:55 Nembutal or yellow jackets - yellow pills 04:33:58 Tuinals or rainbow - pills CU 04:34:30 CU Hands opening bottle of pills VO: Under the effects of the drug, there tends to be a distortion of time and of course, the person is confused and the person may accidentally take more drug than he had anticipated Forgetting that he had just taken a dose a few minutes before 04:35:36 CU Nurse putting drugs into syringe 04:36:02 CU Syringe 04:36:06 CU Person shooting up 04:37:50 Three boys on suburban curbside 04:38:03 CU Glue-sniffing preparations VO: An increasing number of children are showing up with brain damage, and what we call chronic brain disease 04:38:50 CU Joints 04:38:53 CU Teen boy smoking joint Several shots of joints being smoked 04:39:35 CU Mortar and pestle with white powder Home prep of pills 04:40:22 Boy sits next to teen girl, offers her pills 04:40:24 She says no 04:40:27 CU Pills 04:40:34 She accepts pill 04:40:50 CU Girl's face looking confused Colored lights flash on her faceairline, carnival flashes VO: He is virtually, very alive in a chemical tomb More drug taking scenes 04:42:06 Inside police car POV from back seat 04:42:49 Scene of kids getting arrested in suburban area Scenes of kids in court 04:43:59 CU Woman taking pills out of bottle, looks at herself in mirror 04:44:47 CU Drug sale 04:44:51 Scene of two nurses in hospital 04:45:02 Nurse feeds man in traction More drug taking scenes 04:42:06 Inside police car - POV from back seat 04:42:29 Scene of kids getting arrested in suburban area Scenes of kids in court 04:43:59 CU Woman taking pills out of a bottle, she looks at herself in mirror 04:44:47 CU Drug sale 04:44:51 Scene of two nurses in hospital 04:45:02 Nurse feeds man in traction Ken Smith makes preliminary notes and says this: This is the now generation They feel disenchanted with the world around them They are a part of the wave of the future They represent a new mass mind, a nowness as it takes place The age of bobbysox and ice cream sodas is gone These people no longer feel constrained by the social rules of the past An older generation could learn about fresh thinking from them free thinking but many have simply dropped out They have made their own peace with America and are now involved in finding out who they are A nation in turmoil needs the newness of its young DRUG DEALERS ALWAYS HAVE ACNE SCARS AND SUNGLASSES The brain, the body, indeed the freedom to do can be so jeapordized by these drugs, that new politics, more realistic values, and a meaningful, less materialistic society may never have the opportunity of becoming a reality drug abuse is not limited to the turned-on people placing of the psyche in peril they may become total drop-outs try and cut through the undue propaganda John T Burroughs, MD, Medical Director of Narcotics Education, Los Angeles District Attorney's Youth Advisory Council warns us about psychic dependence red devils, yellow jackets, rainbows barbiturates smoking typical pot usually produces mind-altering or hallucinogenic experiences In high doseage it parallels LSD an ever increasing abyss vicious cycle party of teen boys wearing short sleeve shirts with collar buttons and girls wearing plaid skirts to avoid the reality of his failures by using drugs he has lost his capability to be responsible, he's lost his ability to be a worthwhile, successful studentand down and down he spinsvirtually buried alive in a chemical tomb drugs thwart the teenager's yen to make his own decisions to become a mature adult In taking drugs he is putting himself into a position where he cannot make decisions, where he is only irresponsible He is cutting his life off It must've been great to have been a kid then, and get to participate in all these party scenes inhaling deeply, closing your eyes on the hemp-paper joints It is not, as many seem to believe today, an unenlightened law Is the gamble of drug exploration worth this? as helmeted riot police lead handcuffed fresh-scrubbbed teens down a suburban driveway of a good home to their squad car (they thoughfully parked in the street) Courts are crowded with young offenders Tragically, many of them sre from good homesand have opportunities that are available in no other country in the world immature and irresponsible actions A criminal record is never an asset It can mean the end of a fine future this is a time of change drugs have been used as a principal means of rebellion against authority drugs are not the proper tools with which to change a society that somehow hasn't fulfilled all its promise The ability to work for effective changes of any kind depends on clear and disciplined minds find themselves snared and deluded Illicit drugs are sold for a price: the price of helplessness and suffering for the buyer However many of today's young people are 'turning on' to world that needs more involvement More self-less-ness fresh-scrubbed candystripers feeding traction patient with a straw The extreme danger today is that which is caused by the closed mind the need for clear-thinking young people with common sense |