“ DRUGS: THE CHILDREN ARE CHOOSING ” 1969 DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS & DISCUSSION FILM 91194

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This educational film is presented by the University of California and Dr. James Fadiman, who is an American Ph.D. and writer, known for his research on micro-dosing psychedelics. The film contains footage from an panel discussion on drugs. Participants consist of 6th- and 7th-grade students, their teachers, and a set of experts, with the goal of creating a dialogue about drug use and abuse. It was created as part of a seven film series. Title banner “Drugs” (00:28) “The Children are Choosing (00:34) “The Need for Dialogue” (00:39). Dr. James Fadiman introduces the educational film from a studio (00:47). Participants from the experiment are seated in a room with chairs and couches (01:25). One teacher opens the first segment of the panel-discussion between teachers and students (01:38). Close-up footage of the students’ expressions while listening to their teacher (02:16). The students state their opinions on by one (02:43). The conversation about drugs continues between teachers and students (04:01). Dr. James Fadiman presents the second part of the panel-discussion between the experts and teachers (09:53). The children observe while the teachers and experts discuss the precious segment of the panel, and the experts comment on their observations and provide guidance on how to improve the dialogue (10:11). Dr. James Fadiman introduces an improvised panel between only the students and one expert for guidance, per request of the students (18:02). The students are seated in a circle on the floor for a relaxed set-up (18:43). Dr. James Fadiman introduces the final segment of the experiment (23:43), where teachers and experts discuss the result of the improvised panel between only the students (24:13). Dr. Fadiman concludes this educational film by commenting on the problems and improvements in the dialogue, and the attitudes towards drugs of both the teachers, students, and experts (29:12). The film is produced by KQED – Educational Services, in San Francisco to function as a manual to guide teachers and parents on talking about drugs with children, with Joanne M. Mock as producer-director and Carol Vander Ende as assistant producer. Sound is by Barry Brown and cameras are by Blair Stapp and Allen Willis. The film is edited by Lela Smith. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit