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This late-60s film explores the use of drugs in American society and attempts to answer why young people are turning to drugs in ever-increasing numbers. Its actually pretty sensible in that it points out how drug-saturated our culture is and how drug use is not confined to the illegal use of addicts, but is something just about everybody is involved with. The film is also refreshing in classifying use of alcohol as being drug use no more and no less than use of illegal recreational drugs, and in pointing out the big bucks that the drug companies make. This all makes drug use among young people a lot less surprising. And it doesnt provide any simplistic answers to the problem either. It makes its points rather dryly, though, mainly through the talking heads of various experts. And the flow of the film is rather rambling, going from one thought to another. Still, this is a historically interesting portrait of how the drug abuse problem was conceived of during the 60s.

Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****.

- October 9, 2005Boy, I'm Glad I'm Clean and Sober. Anyone for Coffee and Cigarettes?