Marijuana Use and Heroin Addiction: The Gateway Drug Theory – The Terrible Truth (1951)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The gateway drug theory (also called gateway theory, gateway hypothesis and gateway effect) is the hypothesis that the use of less deleterious drugs may lead to a future risk of using more dangerous hard drugs and/or crime. It is often attributed to the use of several drugs,… Continue reading
1951 Amazing Anti-Drug Film – Part 2 of 3
www.webalice.it Drug Addiction (1951) Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. Marty, a “good boy,” experiments with marijuana and experiences “profound mental and emotional disturbances”. As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to “H”, and Marty’s decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction’s stilted… Continue reading
Subject: Narcotics – 1951
A declassified vice squad training film, Subject: Narcotics, produced in the 1950’s, takes an unflinching look at the lifestyle of heroin users during. Made in the pre-rock & roll era, the junkie flophouse depicted here resembles a scenario more out of beatnik novel than the more glamorous goth-punk facade we’ve… Continue reading
The Terrible Truth (1951, Anti-drug film)
Anti-drug film about marijuana “junkies” whose gateway habits lead them down the obvious route to heroin addiction, contributing to America’s drug epidemic. When all else fails, blame the Commies… Producer: Sir Davis Productions, 1951 Use common sense…
Gregory Isaacs – Story Book Children (July 15, 1951 – October 25, 2010)
Gregory Isaacs (July 15, 1951 – October 25, 2010) was a Jamaican reggae musician. This morning Jamaican reggae legend Gregory Isaacs died in London aged 59, after a battle with liver cancer. Also known as the Cool Ruler, Isaacs made his name on the reggae circuit in the 1970s, and… Continue reading
The Terrible Truth (1951) (Part 2 of 2)
The Terrible Truth (1951)
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