“ NARCOTICS PIT OF DESPAIR “ 1967 ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM HEROIN ADDICTION DRUG ABUSE XD39104

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1967 color film dramatizes the dangers of casual drug use by telling the story of a young student who tries marijuana at a party and later becomes addicted to heroin. It was directed and produced by Mel Marshall, narrated by Patrick Miller, and stars Gerald LeRoy, Kevin Tighe (debut), Patrick Miller, and Julie Conners. It was written by Edward Brennan. A cobra snake stands erect, turning its head to show its spotted hood, it is mesmerizing and deadly (0:08). Title card: “Narcotics, Pit of Despair” (0:48). A heroin user’s “works.” A man’s hands produce a capsule from a plastic bag and open it into a spoon. “Cooking” the spoon, with credits overlaid (0:53). A syringe is filled and a hypodermic needle is attached (1:52). Smiling 1960’s school children stroll around a school campus. A laughing crowd of young women (1:57). Young moviegoers enter a cinema lobby (2: