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Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

NR

1956

23 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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

Top Cast

Lowell Thomas headshot

Lowell Thomas

Narrator

Ronald Trujillo headshot

Ronald Trujillo

The Boy

Jim Raymond headshot

Jim Raymond

The Teacher