" NARCOTICS: THE DECISION " 1960S GATEWAY TO HARD DRUG USE & ADDICTION EDUCATION FILM XD66084

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    “Narcotics The Decision” (1964) is an anti-drug educational film produced by United Research and Training alongside the Pasadena Narcotics Education Committee, founded by J.J. Engholm. It was used both for police training, and to educate the general public. Directed by Robert W. Larsen and narrated by Marvin Miller, the film warns against the harrows of gateway drugs. The scripted film follows a young woman as she experiments with marijuana before becoming a heroin addict who will do anything, even kill, to get a fix.
    Evolution of man from child to adult, changes to nervous system depicted via abstract animation (1:12). Mother in wheelchair holds baby as nurse wheels her out of maternity ward (3:29). Toddler girl jumps excitedly while walking along tree-lined sidewalk (3:43). School teacher reads picture book aloud to young students (3:51). Now adolescent, girl from other scenes walks along college campus (3:55). Protagonist comes home to empty house, takes liquor from cabinet and drinks on sofa (4:05). Vinyl record player spins, living room filled with adolescent coeds / teenagers dancing, smoking, drinking (5:26). Close-up colorful pills in palm of hand (5:48). Party scene continues, narrator details various types of prescription drugs (Nembutal, Luminal, Barbiturates) (5:52). Abstract animation depicts effect of barbiturates, PEPA pills on nervous system (6:18). Protagonist smokes cigarette as party continues (7:07). Cannabis plant (7:47). Dried cannabis packed into tobacco can (7:47). Rolled joint compared to cigarette (8:06). Joint is lit, protagonist takes first puff (8:19). Abstract animation, illustration depicting effect of marijuana on nervous system (8:30). Protagonist and young man stumble along driveway in front of mid-century modern home (9:21). The couple speed along street in perhaps red 1960s Ford Thunderbird convertible (9:38). Music blares from jukebox at retro diner, group of friends gather in booth and sneakily pass drugs (9:49). Police officer steps out of pharmacy on street corner (10:08). Group of young men drive down alley to find place to “hotbox” their car - “tea party” (10:17). Protagonist meets dealer at retro diner, slides into booth (10:44). Police officers walk down alley to break up “tea party” (11:42). Protagonist arrives behind alley as the smokers are being arrested (12:09). Protagonist hurries back to diner and warns the dealer of the drug bust, dealer hands her his stash (12:26). Protagonist walks with coke addict to his home to hide - pair seen walking along sidewalk towards decrepit row houses with wood facades (13:21). Interior of addict’s home - dust cakes walls, messy bed, single room; paranoid addict checks to make sure they weren’t followed (13:45). Police officer arrests dealer driving red convertible at traffic stop (14:59). Addict introduces girl to heroin - unrolls “heroin kit” w/ spoon, capsules. Medicine dropper, small wad of cotton (15:31). Close-up preparing solution on spoon (16:24). Needle placed on medical dropper, addict begins rolling up shirt sleeve, has girl tie tourniquet (17:27). Addict shoots up (18:05). Dealer in police interrogation room, police identify addict and look at his mugshot (18:50). Addict begins to tie tourniquet around girl’s arm (19:26). Police car dispatches from station, drives along Pasadena road towards addict’s home (19:45). Close-up needle entering girl’s arm (19:52). Close-up girl’s face, eyes roll back and sweat drips down forehead (20:10). Abstract animation, illustration depicting effect of heroin on central nervous system and brain (20:33). Close-up girl’s eyes, dilated pupils and sagging eyelids (21:29). Woman junkie, perhaps prostitute, in sparkling dress knock’s on addicts door in search of a fix (21:47). Junkie sits beside protagonist, begins coughing and displaying withdrawal symptoms, close-up of her eyes (22:34). Flashback of junkie before drugs, walking through park with fiancé (23:29). Addict ushers protagonist out of house while junkie stays back to shoot up (24:14). Police bust in, find junkie about to shoot up, struggle ensues (25:04). Close-up, officers check for tracks on arms (25:54). Junkie wretches, experiences extreme chills (27:21). Protagonist pawns items for money for next fix (28:28). Protagonist places gun into purse, next scene of dead shop owner (29:02). Protagonist’s fingerprints taken at police station (29:20).
    This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

КОМЕНТАРІ • 82

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n Рік тому +20

    It was films like this that made drugs exciting as a young child.

  • @georgemaranville3305
    @georgemaranville3305 Рік тому +16

    I asked and I received. More “drugs are bad” content. Nice animation and opening score too!

  • @urbexandbrokenthings4806
    @urbexandbrokenthings4806 Рік тому +6

    It would be nice if today's drug users were this classy

  • @tavishmcdonell6615
    @tavishmcdonell6615 Рік тому +9

    We need a part two where she meets John from Narcotics: Pit of Despair and they really throw down.

  • @RaysLaughsAndLyrics
    @RaysLaughsAndLyrics Рік тому +11

    Cigarettes and alcohol have had more destructive effects on mental and physical health, relationships, employment and social stability than all illegal drugs combined.

    • @SleepingSoldier
      @SleepingSoldier Рік тому

      ​@AnthroImperzia Crazy thing is, I know a few people who actually thinks hard drugs should be legal. Like you said, get all of it outta here.

    • @RaysLaughsAndLyrics
      @RaysLaughsAndLyrics Рік тому +2

      @@Suddenlyits1960 For your information.. I don't smoke, drink alcoholic beverages or consume cannabis. I have never consumed any drug stronger than an aspirin. Neither do I drink beverages that contain caffeine or sugar. However I have witnessed people close to me die horrible deaths from tobacco use. I have seen close friends of mine have their health, families and employment destroyed by alcohol addiction. Making a substance legal does not make it moral. Corporate interests that promote and profit from alcohol and tobacco sales are no better than the pushers of opiates exposed in the video. As are the pharmaceutical corporations that promote products their own research has found harmful. Merely stating the facts behind alcohol and tobacco use does not make me an advocate of illegal substances.

    • @cartoonhippie6610
      @cartoonhippie6610 Рік тому +2

      @AnthroImperzia When they decriminalized drugs in Portugal drug related deaths and HIV cases plummeted. It's almost as if it's easier to treat addiction when addicts aren't terrified of going to prison.

    • @The1trueking1966
      @The1trueking1966 9 місяців тому

      ​@anthroimperzia3927 AND YOU ARE STOOPID!!!! LEAVE MY MARIJUANA ALONE

    • @sunshinedaydream70
      @sunshinedaydream70 18 днів тому

      ​@anthroimperzia3927not that you asked my opinion, but I believe that we should legalize and regulate all drugs. In California we have dispensaries for marijuana . Now, if we had dispensaries for all illegal drugs, I believe that it would cut down the amount of deaths that we see each and every day from overdoses, especially those from Fentanyl

  • @missfeliss3628
    @missfeliss3628 Рік тому +3

    interesting how this is the most education ive received about drugs even tho i grew up with the internet. im 30 and went thru all of public school in so cal... i never was shown such a realistic film showing the reality of drugs... in health class my teacher said she was gonna do a bunch of drugs one day lmfao...

  • @tictac8737
    @tictac8737 Рік тому +2

    True & still Disturbing in ways... I love the abstract music & visuals feel, the melodrama tho, haha

  • @alphonsocarioti512
    @alphonsocarioti512 Рік тому +2

    Nice nostalgic message.

  • @user-jj3ep2md7m
    @user-jj3ep2md7m 10 місяців тому +1

    Love the drums, man.

  • @MoonShadowWolfe
    @MoonShadowWolfe Рік тому +3

    This uses some footage from Narcotics: The Whole Truth (or something like that). That was over an hour, black and white and it wasn't exactly made for reuse like this. It was a training video for police. I'm surprised to see some of its footage and script reused.

  • @bok..
    @bok.. Рік тому +8

    I'm glad our understanding has improved alot of substance use disorder. Crazy how they just blame a drugs user as a personal failure and it's their fault lol.

    • @TwistedFister88
      @TwistedFister88 11 місяців тому +1

      Well, it kinda is. Using drugs is a character flaw. One we all have on one level or another unfortunately. But it's still a fact.

    • @sunshinedaydream70
      @sunshinedaydream70 18 днів тому

      Yes, thank God we've evolved

  • @antony716
    @antony716 Рік тому +6

    She had a busy 3 days

  • @tompotter5981
    @tompotter5981 8 місяців тому +1

    I served as a juror in federal drug court. I don't condone what drug trafficers do but it's amazing how ingenious and sneaky they are.

    • @wtconroe879
      @wtconroe879 3 місяці тому +1

      Depends on what they're selling. Cannabis nor psychedelics have ever directly killed anyone.

  • @diablo666541
    @diablo666541 7 місяців тому +1

    Them getting busted I can see why pulling into a alley sitting in the cars with the windows rolled up in warm weather . I was always one who used to score my pot and go home

  • @larrybest-bh4ld
    @larrybest-bh4ld Рік тому +1

    I'm an old hippie mised 60's by one year !

  • @characterunderconstruction5891

    The beginning is not perfection, the end result of the saved is perfection.

  • @Christopherurich33
    @Christopherurich33 Рік тому +3

    I'm the authority of my thoughts and actions

    • @devenbs1993
      @devenbs1993 Рік тому +1

      Said every addict ever. I know this film is goofy and dated, but I have lost close friends to opiate addiction.

    • @Christopherurich33
      @Christopherurich33 Рік тому +2

      @@devenbs1993 sorry for your loss I too have loss friends due too addiction one just got drunk and hung herself last week I see so much death it doesn't phase me anymore

    • @A3Kr0n
      @A3Kr0n Рік тому

      Your mind is not for rent to any God or government?

    • @sunshinedaydream70
      @sunshinedaydream70 18 днів тому

      Are you really? Trust me, addiction doesn't discriminate. It doesn't care about your educational level, wealth, social status, religion, colour, etc. It can (and does) affect everyone the same.

    • @Christopherurich33
      @Christopherurich33 18 днів тому

      @sunshinedaydream70 yeah I know me I turn down drugs all the time I drink alcohol when I please I'm a grown man who works and I use medical cannabis for a medical reason I have a state issued card I use too be someone who used meth I simply don't I don't want too and I have a great job

  • @pacmann.
    @pacmann. Рік тому +2

    Alcohol and pharmacy drugs are the ultimate gateways!!!

    • @countessratzass5408
      @countessratzass5408 Рік тому +1

      You are right. That’s an argument for legalization of MJ. Buying MJ from a dealer was my exposure to meth. If there was a store I could have gone to instead I’d never have seen it at a dealers house.

  • @alejonin
    @alejonin Рік тому +1

    I learned more about how to shoot heroin than how to avoid it. Haha. This is like a junkie how-to

  • @fer581
    @fer581 Рік тому +1

    LOVE British pathe, they no censor me , in this Channel yes , censura in state pure

    • @Luiz-pt2bf
      @Luiz-pt2bf 11 місяців тому

      Me too, LOVE you my beby . 🎉

  • @Christopherurich33
    @Christopherurich33 Рік тому +1

    Nice cop car I would like an old one like that

  • @countessratzass5408
    @countessratzass5408 Рік тому +1

    Girl goes from alcohol to pills to reefer to shooting heroin in a week. This is a good scare flick, even teaches you how to shoot up.

  • @marklauzon186
    @marklauzon186 4 місяці тому +1

    ....."how does this happen when the beginning is Perfection?". Wtf. As we NOW KNOW the Addict IS formed from the Family of Origin and experiences. HARDLY perfect.

  • @dont-want-no-wrench
    @dont-want-no-wrench Рік тому +3

    they used to tell us back then, that MJ was the doorway and you would be sure to become a junkie.

  • @ccooper8040
    @ccooper8040 3 місяці тому

    I seen the needle and the damage done. N Young

  • @jimmyj5035
    @jimmyj5035 Рік тому +16

    😂 the Good Old Days... when America was extremely prosperous, the Music was Great and the worst problem in America was just young people wanting to be Hippies...

    • @bok..
      @bok.. Рік тому +9

      let's not bother to think about the other stuff regarding race at the time then lol

    • @GerstBladeworks
      @GerstBladeworks Рік тому +3

      @@bok.. segregation was over by then

    • @dcjway
      @dcjway Рік тому +5

      The Vietnam war, assignations, civil unrest, and let’s not forget the college students killed. Ah yes, the good old days.

    • @antony716
      @antony716 Рік тому +2

      ​@@GerstBladeworksyep, only in a matter of a couple of years everything was integrated 🙄

    • @waynemontpetit8181
      @waynemontpetit8181 Рік тому +4

      ​@@bok..you'll be ok snowflake

  • @christophermurdock6327
    @christophermurdock6327 Рік тому

    11:56, them cops be sniffer dogs lmao

  • @flouisbailey
    @flouisbailey Рік тому +2

    A needle and a spoon 🥄 a trip the moon

  • @alejonin
    @alejonin Рік тому +1

    What the hell were they smoking in the 60s.

  • @THEBATMANCOSTUMECHANNELANDMORE
    @THEBATMANCOSTUMECHANNELANDMORE Місяць тому

    1958.

  • @Christopherurich33
    @Christopherurich33 Рік тому +1

    I break the laws of physics

  • @manhoot
    @manhoot Рік тому +1

    Just say no to drugs

    • @sunshinedaydream70
      @sunshinedaydream70 18 днів тому

      How'd that work for 'Merica

    • @manhoot
      @manhoot 18 днів тому

      @@sunshinedaydream70 quite well for those who made good decisions.

  • @sheriff0017
    @sheriff0017 Рік тому +2

    4:29
    "Your affectionate mother,
    Mrs Smith"

  • @DrMatey215
    @DrMatey215 Рік тому +4

    What a grim piece of propaganda. Fast forward to 2023 when any drug can be tainted with fentanyl and a few micrograms could be the hotshot that takes a life. A $100 a day habit in the early 60's is staggering. Minimum wage back then was $1.10-$1.50.

  • @fer581
    @fer581 Рік тому +1

    LOVE lou reed & jimbo 😅😅😅 the humanity is over

  • @TrapperAaron
    @TrapperAaron 3 місяці тому

    My god I thought someone got high and just let the intro soundtrack run. Wtf is going on?

  • @lastotallyawesomebleach204
    @lastotallyawesomebleach204 Рік тому

    I like how they say that marijuana is a step further into becoming an addict than popping pills. That's the same logic as "the homosexual and you."

  • @UnkleBot
    @UnkleBot Рік тому

    this is wild hahha

  • @Christopherurich33
    @Christopherurich33 Рік тому

    I have complete control even while using substances I choose not too use them that's what makes me better

    • @austin8760
      @austin8760 Рік тому +1

      Yes, you are the better person. If I could give you a pat on the back, I would. Your complete lack of empathy shines bright and your ignorance to how complex addiction is literally burns.

  • @DMBall
    @DMBall Рік тому

    Look out! You nearly fell off the curb!

  • @flouisbailey
    @flouisbailey Рік тому

    Want some Bennies or Hunters

  • @blazzin12
    @blazzin12 Рік тому +2

    ya heroin is bad but the rest is bs...

  • @idiotwind2248
    @idiotwind2248 3 місяці тому

    1950 propaganda
    Legalize it

  • @The1trueking1966
    @The1trueking1966 9 місяців тому +1

    Marijuana is not a drug