1956 “ THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ” ANTI-DRUG FILM ON BARBITURATES AND AMPHETAMINE ABUSE XD46704

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website The Narcotic Educational Foundation of America presents (0:46) “The Dangerous Drugs” (0:53), a 1956 anti-drug movie in which pre-presidential narrator Ronald Reagan examines the health risks and growing societal problem of barbiturate and amphetamine abuse. Drugs in dark bottles (1:48). Barbiturate pills processed in industrial machines (1:54). A lady purchases drugs from a pharmacy (1:58). A montage of women and men taking drugs with water (2:08). A man takes barbiturates at a party (3:12). He shares the pills with friends (3:51). They take the barbiturates with alcohol, increasing the stupor and intoxication (4:46). A doctor (5:07) explains that barbiturate is a derivative of barbituric acid, and acts as a depressant on the central nervous system. They were prescribed to induce sleep, anesthesia, and as an anticonvulsant. A nurse prepares the drugs (5:35); a d