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Drugs Abuse and Drug Use-2 DVD Set - Marijuana, Tobacco, Heroin, Coffee, LSD and More | DVD

Also With: www.yumheart.com (Producer)

List Price:

$11.95

Binding:

DVD

Rating:

Run Time:

360 minutes

Format:

Color, Black & White, NTSC

Studio:

www.yumheart.com

Number of Discs:

Sales Rank:

93,607rd

FEATURES

Classic Drug use and abuse films from early to late 20th century
Good quality transfers to digital format
This DVD is Region Free - Produced on DVD-R Media
Classroom filmstrips, educational shorts, PSA's and other public domain sources
Experience the origins and early development of the war on some drugs.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
Narcotics: Pit of Despair (Parts I&II) 1967 13:44 14:51 Dark vision of drug use. * The Terrible Truth 1951 10:03 Early film on marijuana use. * Opium Destruction, San Francisco 1914 2:14. * Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness 1972 22:12. Traces the history of opium and heroin. * Day In The Death Of Donny B. 1969 14:10. Docudrama, Cinema-Verite style, which follows a junkie on his never-ending quest for money, and ultimately, his fix. * Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb 1969. Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. * Drug Addiction 1951 21:02. Classic 'slippery slope' narrative of post-World War II stoned slackerdom. * Subject: Narcotics 1951 21:01. Produced for police orientation and training.. * The Pharmacist 1946 9:37. Career opportunities. * Keep Off The Grass 1969-Tom gets in trouble when his mom finds a joint in his room. * The Relaxed Wife 1957 13:27-Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting 'Atarax,' a tranquilizer. * Hemp for Victory 1942 13:51-US government propaganda film made during WWII touting the virtues of hemp. * This is Coffee 1961 11:56-Loving tribute to America's favorite stimulant. * Time For Coffee-Fly from America to Columbia to follow the production of coffee. Now pour me a cup. * Social Seminar: Bunny 1971 16:00-Portrays a young college student who smokes marijuana from time to time. * Social Seminar: Tom 1972 18:48-Presents Tom, a 26-year-old who has dropped out and has dropped everything. * Time Pulls the Trigger (Part II) 14:14-Anti-Cigarette Classroom film from the 60's * Carson High School - Nicotine PSA 2004 1:00 * Tobacco and the Human Body 1954 14:11. Early film on tobacco's physical effects. * Up In Smoke 1960 20:35-Dramatized portrait of greedy tobacco company executives. * Cigarette Montage 2004 02:25. * You Are the Switchman 1951 11:09-Ironic film about smoking * Reefer Madness 1938 1:08:17-The archetypal anti-drug movie.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 2 reviews)

Good Luck With This Guy... by B. Roschen

1 Stars
August 17, 2007
I understand this is supposed to be a place to review the product, but this product is a little different. This is not a commercial DVD. Yumheart (the seller, really a guy named Peter) has gathered these videos and burns them onto DVDs. At first I was annoyed that he didn't mention this in his description (I'm an avid DVD collector and never buy burned/bootleg/former rental movies), but then I figured if I enjoy the videos why should it matter if its not a commercially made dvd? I wish I had noticed this when making the purchase...Yumheart is labled the producer. Yumheart is the only one to review the product (not anymore) and you guessed it, Yumheart is the only person selling it. He shipped the DVD's in a broken case (the peices that hold the DVD in the center and the case dosen't close all the way). The second DVD was very scratched on the bottom toward the end of the disc stopping playback (since the disc was in its "seat" when I opened it I have to assume the scratching was done before shipping). Also on the second disc right channel audio completely drops out after the fourth video and I assume all the way to the end of the disc. He didn't respond to a week and a half of e-mails until the day I left negative feedback...that got his attention. He then said if I wanted a replacement I would have to remove the negative feedback. I really do like the videos and wanted a working copy so I removed the feedback. Later that week I recieved a replacment that had the exact same problem (audio drops out). I really don't appriciate the fact that this guy forced me to remove negative feedback (which I still feel he totally deserves) so he could ship me another defective item...knowing that I couldn't leave more feedback since Amzaon has the genius policy if you delete feedback you can't leave new comments in its place. This is my work around. I don't know if this is the same with all the sets or if I just happened to get two fluke sets. This time he didn't respond to e-mails so I filed a claim with Amazon. The videos are great; I don't dispute that. I would give it a five if I'd got a working set...but I can't in good consciousness let this guy jerk around other people without giving them a heads up seeing as he is the "manufacturer" and only seller of the disc.

Full list of films on this DVD by Yumheart (the warm wet womb of the world: Pacific Northwest, WA)

5 Stars
November 24, 2006
Disc 1 Narcotics: Pit of Despair (Part I) 1967 13:44 Narcotics: Pit of Despair (Part II) 1967 14:51 Dark vision of drug use and its effect on American youth.. The Terrible Truth 1951 10:03 Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction. Opium Destruction, San Francisco 1914 2:14. Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness 1972 22:12. Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of America. Includes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh. Day In The Death Of Donny B. 1969 14:10. Docudrama, shot Cinema-Verite style, which follows a junkie on his never-ending quest for money, and ultimately, his fix. Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb 1969. Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck Bowman. . Drug Addiction 1951 21:02. Classic 'slippery slope' narrative of post-World War II stoned slackerdom. . Subject: Narcotics 1951 21:01. Produced for police orientation and training, this film presents drug addiction not simply as a crime but as a deepseated social problem. With dramatized sequences of addicts in shooting galleries and excellent footage of pre-renewal downtown Los Angeles, a neighborhood now lost. Produced and directed by renowned filmmakers Denis and Terry Sanders, who wrote this film with Jay Sandrich. . The Pharmacist 1946 9:37. Career opportunities. . Keep Off The Grass 1969 . Tom gets in trouble when his mother finds a joint in his room. Instead of punishing Tom, his father challenges him to learn more about marijuana.s evil effects on society. Nobody gets killed in this Sid Davis film, yet Tom still learns a harsh lesson after being mugged by druggies and learning that his best friend sells pot to school children . The Relaxed Wife 1957 13:27. Remarkable, surreal industrial film promoting 'Atarax,' a tranquilizer, and asserting how 'ataraxic medicines' can help us all to achieve the relaxed state we long for. Created by Coni Johnston, Mel London, Joseph Cole, Bert Spielvogel, Tracy Ward (a pseudonym for Virginia Bell) and by Rune Hagman, Delores Phox, Jeanne Sharp, Dick Brophy, M. Opelle, Herb Hagens. . Hemp for Victory 1942 13:51. US government propaganda film made during WWII touting the virtues of hemp. The film was aimed at farmers at a time when the miltary was facing a shortage of hemp, it shows how hemp is grown and processed into rope and other products. Disk 2: This is Coffee 1961 11:56. Loving tribute to America's favorite stimulant. Time For Coffee. Fly down from black and white America to faded color Columbia to follow the production of coffee from peasants planting trees in the rich red soil to the 'modern, up-to-date, and eager to trade' businessmen shipping the dried beans to New York. Enjoyable. Now pour me a cup. . Social Seminar: Bunny 1971 16:00. Portrays a young college student who smokes marijuana from time to time, usually with friends, for social relaxation. Raises such questions as why does she turn on, how does she view the drug culture and to what extent does the occasional use of marijuana effect her lifestyle, ambitions and self-perception. Social Seminar: Tom 1972 18:48. Presents Tom, a 26-year-old who has dropped out and has dropped everything, LSD, mescaline, psilocybin and some things familiar only to obscure chemists in Berkeley. Time Pulls the Trigger (Part II) 14:14. Anti-Cigarette Classroom film from the 60's Carson High School - Nicotine PSA 2004 1:00. A PSA on the hazards of nicotine to discourage smoking. Tobacco and the Human Body 1954 14:11. Early film on tobacco's physical effects. Up In Smoke 1960 20:35. Dramatized portrait of greedy tobacco company executives who put money over health concerns. Cigarette Montage 2004 02:25. You Are the Switchman 1951 11:09. The ironic thing about this film is that the dad is constantly smoking and gets lip cancer, yet there is no mention made of the connection. It is his refusal to see a doctor, rather than his smoking habit, that puts the future of his family in jeopardy. Once he's cured, he goes right back to his pipe. . Reefer Madness 1938 1:08:17. The archetypal sensationalized anti-drug movie. This propaganda film dramatizes the 'violent narcotic's ... soul destroying' effects on unwary teens, and their hedonistic exploits enroute to the bottom. Its later audience for its campiness has far exceeded its original propaganda targets.

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