Gateway Drug Facts: Drug Addiction (1951) [DVD] – Marijuana Propaganda Film

Published August 27, 2010

Gateway Drug Facts: Drug Addiction (1951) [DVD] – Marijuana Propaganda Film

Title: Drug Addiction
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 21:02

Drug Addiction is a scare tactics video which attempts to illustrate the dangers of marijuana as a gateway drug for callow youths such as the main character, Marty, who we see spiral down from one hit of reefer to heroin and jail time. Slippery slope arguments follow a litany on the dangers of marijuana and the bad side effects of marijuana. Featuring great shots of Chicago’s Juvenile Protection Association, this film captures stoners and drug addicts drinking from broken Pepsi bottles, buying d

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