STREET LIFE: Drugs & Violence

The Children Are Choosing Drugs In Our Culture (1969): Examines the widespread use of drugs in American society and presents experts discussing different reasons for increased drug abuse by youth. Focuses on the varying opinions of a judge, researcher, child psychologist, minister, and drug user toward increased drug abuse. Emphasizes the need for helping children make proper choices about drugs. Highlight: JIM NABORS and unidentified woman do operatic duet to "Figaro" with lyrics changed to drug references; Jim Nabors pops pills in the sequence!! ALSO: Good hippie sequence in Haight-Ashbury.

Episode from KRON-TV's Bay Area History series made in 2003 by Executive Producer Jim Swanson which uses original news footage and contemporary interviews to reflect on San Francisco's 'Summer of Love'. This was regarded as a form of social experiment led by the counterculture movement and widely recognized in the popular media by the summer of 1967. This film provides perspective on a cultural phenomenon that was really in effect throughout the mid to late 1960s and focused in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. Includes issues relating to: social trends in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood; the San Francisco rock scene; Jefferson Airplane; Big Brother and the Holding Company; Janis Joplin; The Grateful Dead; the Monterey Rock Festival; the use of drugs such as marijuana and LSD; Ken Kesey's Acid Tests; the 'Flower' children and how the social experiment was eventually perceived to have failed, leading to widespread disillusionment. Also features interviews with: Michael McClure; Dennis McNally; Alison Osborn; Allen Cohen; Mickey Hart; Dr. David Smith; Carolyn Adams Garcia; Peter Albin and Richard Wilmot.

KPIX-TV documentary film from 1967 narrated by Frank Dill, which examines the use and effect of mind altering drugs in San Francisco's youth counter culture, focusing on why young people are taking lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Includes interviews with Dr Allan Cohen (clinical psychologist at UC Berkeley), Hank Harrison (Director of the LSD Rescue Mission), youths who endorse the positive impact of drugs and a lady who is under the influence of LSD and tries to decribe her experience. Also features views of the Monterey Pop Festival and the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco. This film was produced by Alan Goldberg, written by Larry Russell and directed by Dick Williams. The music is by The New Salvation Army Band.

The Maze [Produced by KPIX-TV, 1967]. A short film that was first broadcast in February 1967 on local TV in San Francisco. It features Michael McClure taking the audience on a tour of the Haight-Ashbury. Some indoor scenes of the Psychedelic Shop, the Straight Theater and the Drogstore Cafe located at Masonic and Haight. In one scene in that coffee shop we see Stephen Gaskin looking professorial before his messianic phase. One scene shows an early morning kirtan ritual at the Krishna Temple on Frederick Street. And we are taken into the Grateful Dead house on Ashbury Street where Jerry Garcia tells the story of the burn hole in their communal tabletop as a result of someone leaving the house with candles lit. #newagenostalgia #hippieculture #psychedelicresearch

During a party a drug pusher slips PCP in Jeffers' drink. Coach Reeves and a woman who is a narcotics cop work together to figure out who is behind this ring. Episode aired Feb 5, 1980

Schizophrenogens: Pharmaceuticals and toxins that produce acute states of schizophrenia e.g. methedrine, Ritalin (methylphenidate), methamphetamine #lsd #psychedelicresearch #redpill

Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock often referred to as Gang Bangin' in Little Rock is a 1994 HBO documentary about street gangs in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was released as part of the series America Undercover. The documentary painted a hopeless and pessimistic view of the violence in the city. At the time Little Rock was one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Sitting at the intersection of two major interstates from Los Angeles and New York, Little Rock had become a haven for drug trafficking. There were prominent gang presences of Bloods, Crips and Hoover's Folk Nation.

From 1948 to 1975, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps conducted classified human subject research at the Edgewood Arsenal facility in Maryland. These experiments began after the conclusion of World War II, and continued until the public became aware of the experiments, resulting in significant outcry. The purpose was to evaluate the impact of low-dose chemical warfare agents on military personnel and to test protective clothing, pharmaceuticals, and vaccines. A small portion of these studies were directed at psychochemical warfare; grouped under the title "Medical Research Volunteer Program" (1956–1975), driven by intelligence requirements and the need for new and more effective interrogation techniques. Overall, about 6,720 soldiers took part in these experiments that involved exposures to more than 250 different chemicals, according to the Department of Defense (DoD). Some of the volunteers exhibited symptoms at the time of exposure to these agents but long-term follow-up was not planned as part of the DoD studies. The experiments were abruptly terminated by the Army in late 1975 amidst an atmosphere of scandal and recrimination as lawmakers accused researchers of questionable ethics. Many official government reports and civilian lawsuits followed in the wake of the controversy. The chemical agents tested on volunteers included chemical warfare agents and other related agents: Anticholinesterase nerve agents (VX, sarin) and common organophosphorus (OP) and carbamate pesticides Mustard agents Nerve agent antidotes including atropine and scopolamine Nerve agent reactivators, e.g. the common OP antidote 2-PAM chloride Psychoactive agents including LSD, PCP, cannabinoids, and BZ Irritants and riot control agents Alcohol and caffeine

West 57th is a newsmagazine television program that aired on CBS from August 13, 1985, through September 9, 1989. West 57th originally premiered as a summer show, and took its name from the New York City address of the CBS Broadcast Center, 524 West 57th Street. The original correspondents were Jane Wallace, Bob Sirott, Meredith Vieira and John Ferrugia. Later contributors included Steve Kroft, Selina Scott, Karen Burnes and Stephen Schiff.