The Perfect Drug Film

Duration: 31

Year Published: 1971

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Dramatizes the effects a cheap, non-addictive, socially acceptable pill that eliminates the need to cope with problems and tensions would have on society. Illustrates how many materials developed for pain relief or other medical purposes have been abused by those looking for kicks or ways to "escape." Recounts the history of drug usage from antiquity to modern times, pointing out that each new drug was supposedly safer and more improved than its predecessors.

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