https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/53ff3229-5fcd-4b12-ae16-631428d226c3 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Dating to 1966 and produced by Charles Cahill and Associates, "Narcotics: Why Not" features interviews with individuals, who share their experiences with drug addiction, testimony about why they wished they were never involved with drugs, and the challenges they face. All are young adults who have taken narcotics for "kicks," "association," or "curiosity." The film includes personal stories of how they started using drugs, the impact on their lives, and their struggles with addiction. The film also highlights the efforts of a rehabilitation center in California to treat and control addiction, emphasizing the difficulty of overcoming this sickness and the grim statistics of recovery rates. It portrays the harsh realities of addiction and the hope for recovery. 00:00 Three young men recount drug use. One describes an overdose experience and feeling like a problem child since starting drug use. :52: various drugs are shown, including glue, pills, marijuana, and heroin. 1:23: Introduction to addicts at the Department of Corrections California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Corona, California. Images of the prison buildings. (This prison is sometimes referenced as "Norco" or "Norco Prison".) • 2:03: Prisoners discuss various reasons for arrests, including possession, addiction, and crimes to support their habits. Re-enactment of an addict passed out at the wheel of his car, being found by a police officer. 2:15: Drugs found concealed in the shoe of a user. A dealer sells drugs to a couple in broad daylight. 2:30: A woman steals another woman's handbag in a parking lot. 2:41: Prison gate is closed. 2:46: body of a deceased drug user is moved on a gurney. 2:57: Elementary school kids are shown at a nice, clean school. Discussion on why individuals start using narcotics, often seeking acceptance or escape. More in-person interviews with casual drug users about how their addictions grew. 5:10: A user slips into a bathroom to get high. 5:44: Descriptions of the dangerous behaviors and consequences of drug use, such as accidents and health issues. 6:28: a boy uses a paper bag to get high off of glue fumes. 7:01: Close-up of fingers knitting. The continuous search for a better high and the rapid progression of addiction. 8:01: The impact of addiction on the speaker's life, including loss of job and respect. Visual: man walks down a street past a pawn shop. 8:40: man and woman smoke pot in a parked car. 9:26: The challenges of being hooked on heroin and the criminal activities to support the habit. 10:01: The realization of being hooked and the futile spending on drugs. 10:23: "Born to Raise Hell" tattoo visible on the arm of an addict. 10:37: a drug party with drinking, smoking pot, etc. 11:01: a user is arrested by a policeman. 11:30: The grim statistics of addiction treatment success rates in the United States. A federal hospital is shown, but the narrator mentions that only 6% of users are cured. 11:49: The speaker's reflection on the impact of addiction and the desire to change. 12:21: The importance of freedom and the determination to stay off drugs. 13:01: The misery of addiction and the difficulty of escaping it. Visual: pills are placed into the open hand of a woman. Final image: a man is led off to jail by a policeman with his hands cuffed behind his back. 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