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Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

1956•23m
Documentary

An educational film sponsored and distributed by the Los Angeles-based Narcotic Educational Foundation of America and directed by Gilbert Lasky with financial assistance of the Woman’s Relief Corps targets teachers as well as junior and senior high school students in the war on drugs. Narcotics are classified and effects of opiates, stimulants, and barbiturates are summarized and dramatized

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Lowell Thomas

Lowell Thomas

Narrator

Ronald Trujillo

The Boy

Jim Raymond

The Teacher

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