" NARCOTICS PIT OF DESPAIR " 1967 ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM HEROIN ADDICTION DRUG ABUSE XD39104

[@unbrokenandalive1089]

Ah - this timeless film brings back such sweet and carefree recollections of that day I finally left the surly bonds of Earth and blasted off for Kicksville...

[@ocstrangeness]

I wanna go to Kicksville, too! Can you introduce me to Wolverine? I love his comics.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Love how the dealer is dressed in a suit and tie.

[@diablo666541]

A d his wolverine sideburns

[@jimkon5767]

They do the same in the casinos too ...

[@Carter-je9kb]

Cool daddy o , I’m hip.

[@Carter-je9kb]

That’s sounds like the Dave Clark five

[@tompotter5981]

Dig that crazy music at the party.

[@thomasgary1219]

As Corny as this might be, they made the withdrawals very realistic. If you have never experienced it I hope you never do, that tossing and turning and the screaming in unimaginable agony is exactly what happens to you. Except imagine going through that all alone for several days and nights with no sleep. I mean none. Unfortunately I have been there. I'm so thankful I made it through.

[@davidabdollahi7906]

Shit is crazy I know. But it's not the pain that makes heroin addiction so scary. It's the everlasting temptation of using again whenever things go south, knowing nothing in life can produce the same feeling of high, forever leaving you stranded in the world of relapse and quit agains

[@thomasgary1219]

@@davidabdollahi7906 The longer you stay clean, you'll notice the temptations/cravings something that crosses your mind less and less. The first 2 years is extremely difficult, but you have to stick with it and that takes a lot of work. Everytime you are tempted just cast your memory back to your lowest point your rock bottom that has always helped me. By the time you have like 5 or 6 years clean I promise you will hardly think it much anymore. And I guarantee you that you will find joy in your life again. Just takes time. Hang in there my friend.

[@tomtroy3792]

Withdrawal is unbearable at least on methadone I had to wean myself down to two and a half milligrams just to make the withdrawals bearable and it really sucked it was barely bearable

[@thomasgary1219]

@@tomtroy3792 How long did it take to taper down?

[@tomtroy3792]

@@thomasgary1219 15 years it was a very slow process when I didn't have to work I stayed in bed sick but I had to work and sometimes I had to up my dose depending on how hard of a day it was

[@tomclark3206]

I think the fact that he’s taking amphetamine at school is a way bigger issue then smoking weed at a party

[@bishopjoansie7416]

😂😂😂

[@johnthompson3664]

I think in many ways this video is trying to portray marijuana as the so called gateway drug ( which I believe to be true in many cases ) ,but in those days the use of amphetamines were generally accepted to the general public to lose or control weight problems .I knew of a 350 pound man who was prescribed these drugs and he did not lose a single pound but was highly addicted to his yellow jackets.

[@lanceseymour3916]

@@ofHerWord lmao

[@diablo666541]

Amphetamine based pills were widely available back then

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

If you saw the movie my dad had in his bottom drawer with real live beatniks and bearded folk singers, you would understand a whole different approach to the bongos.

[@JohnEglick-oz6cd]

"KICKS " a great tune by Mark Lindsy's Paul Revere ,vAnd his Raiders came out with that tune in spring of 1965 ,bans was an anti- drug tune .

[@dd776]

They made this to appeal to the 1960s teenagers, so obviously it seems funny. In fact, the narrator does make some very valid points, some that I have never heard in modern PSA's.

[@Unsolvedfanatic]

"Peddlers of misery"....I had no idea there'd be a shout out to my ex-in-laws....

[@lokjaw30]

Great Name For A Band!!!!

[@davebartosh5]

What John doesn't know is that Pete is moonlighting as Wolverine.

[@russellschaeffler]

He looks like the child of the Quaker Oats man to me.

[@adammarquez5203]

?

[@sameermahajan2202]

@@adammarquez5203 hugh Jackman is pete in this video

[@diablo666541]

What Jon also doesn't know is that wolverine also has metal claws .and plans to stick m in jon

[@diablo666541]

@@sameermahajan2202 Jackman was probably a infant when this came out

[@whoomill]

Luckily John was able to get into the LA County Paramedic program a few years later......

[@baxter6504]

Good catch!! That's Roy Desoto (Kevin Tighe) in this film. But he must've teamed up with John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) at some point! 😆

[@johnceglick8714]

@@baxter6504 Was he in that paramedic show produced by Jack Webb ; who also, produced Adam 12?

[@baxter6504]

@@johnceglick8714 Yes, "Adam 12" and "Emergency".

[@paulmiranda7612]

I thought that was him

[@Brian-nl1ok]

I knew I saw him someplace before

[@otter4206]

To be honest these films just show how much more they understood about mental health than i thought back then. They always point out the problems of young people and why they get addicted...

[@3martiniplaydate]

Ya....it.s the parents fault. 🍸🍸🍸

[@alphahuskyy]

yep, no trannies, no non binary, no pronouns, no nothing, no they/them/xey/xem/frog/frogself etcetc. so its clearly as of todays 'Murica, its a mental health crisis of huuuuge proportions. i think its no way back for them tbh... but its facinating as well.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

“Blast off for kicksville”

[@foureyedchick]

Last train to Clarksville

[@RobotoSan]

I'm really glad they gave that helpful tutorial by Hank about how to prepare a proper solution. Always wanted to try Heroin but could never figure it out, and was too proud to ask for help. Thank Hank!

[@DS-hy6ld]

I've been binge-watching these old "anti"-drug films, and I've noticed this same sort of thing in practically _all_ of them. Whereas on the surface they have an _anti_ drug pretense, what they _really_ seem to do is subconsciously entice kids to actually use drugs, and inform them on how to do it. I cannot believe that this is either accidental, or unintentional. I grew up during the 80s and the whole "Just Say No" thing. This phrase in particular seems crafted by those well-versed in human psychology to create in children a reflexive desire to _actually do_ drugs. There is no doubt, after all, that truly massive fortunes have been gained through the illegal drug trade -- and those who sit atop the pyramid NEVER get arrested.

[@bromisovalum8417]

@@DS-hy6ld Definitely, and not just the illegal drug trade. Look into who got rich from oxycontin. Or even from before the drug laws, the elite families that got rich from opium trade.

[@diablo666541]

@@DS-hy6ld there are actually people that want to sue intervention now because their kids have learned off that

[@diablo666541]

Well the thing he doesn't show you how much dope to put in the spoon, everyone had a tolerance. Also he didn't show how much water he needs to cook up his dope.

[@angelandres1130]

​@@diablo666541 i once showed my mom an episode of intervention, & I'm a stoner, & she literally said, "oh you're learning how to do that now" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@alley28]

This clip needs more bongos. I felt they did not explore the bongos enough to convey its message.

[@issuma8223]

Bill Gate's Masters thesis was titled, The Association Between Beatniks, Heroin and Bongos: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Gates argued that the specific frequencies of bongo music performed in the beatnik cafes of New York's East Village lowered dopamine activity, thus setting the listener up for a lifetime of addiction, self-abuse, and junk food consumption. His proposal for mind-controlling death rays to combat this serious problem was, however, ultimately discontinued after several beatniks spontaneously combusted in lumber yards and gas stations, causing millions of dollars in property damage.

[@waynemontpetit8181]

And cowbell.

[@Disinterested1]

@@issuma8223 at least Bill got to harvest some souls :)

[@donellmuniz590]

And cowbell!

[@donellmuniz590]

@@waynemontpetit8181 Aargh, ya beat me to it! 😂

[@andrewhazenberg3398]

I have a 36 year old nephew that has been battling heroin / fentanyl addiction for years now . That shit is a life destroyer . 💔😢

[@SkunkApeMeg]

I’m sorry 💔

[@mayaamis]

4:17 that zoom to the evil dealer in the bushes.. that music 🤣

[@wavealip8059]

I love the tutorial on how to cook up your works at the beginning. Lol. Good video to vape up a bowl and watch high AF.

[@soft_serve_666]

I wish people still danced like this.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Moral of the story: don't join the track team

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

2:48 "The pot needle"? Yeah, I'm pro-legalization of drugs, but I have to admit- Anyone injecting pot has a serious problem.

[@gaon2wheels]

Right 😂 this is hilarious

[@issuma8223]

Pop needle, as in "Betty popped a stiff dose of horse while listening to pop music and drinking pop, then her Pop came by and popped her one in the jaw."

[@donellmuniz590]

Is that even possible?🤔 I've never used pot, even though it's legal here now, and I don't know anything about it.

[@donellmuniz590]

@@issuma8223 You are a highly intelligent and creative comedian.

[@sswcustomsewing4276]

@@donellmuniz590 I laughed because its legal in Oregon where I am and I have never heard of a "pot needle" or anybody injecting pot.

[@kushmoosh4171]

I like the bit where it teaches people how to shoot. Very educational

[@diablo666541]

Intervention does a better job of doing that

[@SwingJugend]

12:34 "Forget it, man, and get with the countdown. Shake this square world and blast off for Kicksville."

[@royferguson3909]

you speak my language....lol

[@tw2204_]

15 years to find this Also... 13:55 "The natural defences are crumbling. The barriers of caution are beaten down."

[@bryanburnap4537]

Shit makes my laugh my ass off !

[@bensmitt7088]

Drugs sell themselves. Nobody has ever found themselves in the predicament where they’re like, “what em I gonna do with all this crack??”

[@royferguson3909]

true story

[@Frenchman27801]

I was in the 3rd grade during the late 70s and we saw a lot of these films. Some required parental permission. These types of films helped me make the choice to stay clear of.drugs, alcohol and even smoking.I am really grateful for that especially since I was a victim of child abuse . I could have easily stepped onto the wrong path

[@bromisovalum8417]

What I always get from these old films is that they assume "bennies" to be more harmless than weed. Bennies are amphetamine (speed), and back then they seemed to be easily available from pharmacies, even prescribed for nasal congestion.

[@butcheredalive]

There is still a form of amphetamine in some current nasal decongestants. It’s not intoxicating but it will show up on a drug test and you’ll have to have them test to see if it’s the nasal decongestant kind and not the intoxicating kind

[@AlexanderMason1]

Actually bennies are barbiturates. Completely opposite to amphetamines

[@bromisovalum8417]

@@AlexanderMason1 Are you sure? I thought the name bennies derived from benzedrine, a then mark name for amphetamine sulfate (like adderall is today)

[@AlexanderMason1]

@@bromisovalum8417 You are right. Barbs must have had a different nickname.

[@bromisovalum8417]

@@AlexanderMason1 I think there were several: "goofballs", "red devils" (secobarbital, because of the color of the capsules) and "yellow jackets"

[@markthrasher6770]

Golly, the narrator sure is diggin' all the swell new jive he caught from all those young boppers....

[@lundsweden]

Lol, yeah, he sounds pretty "square", man!

[@bretthernan7589]

He's no L-7, ya dig?

[@beau1112]

Well he's dead now so we can all relax finally I got tired of that dude and his dootey Dootey Dootey doo music.

[@brianarbenz7206]

His attempt to "blast off for Kicksville" fizzled on the launch pad.

[@ta2joe13]

OMG when the narrator said john had mastered the art of goofballs I almost died from laughter.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Me too !!

[@SkunkApeMeg]

😂

[@frankez99]

I always buy my drugs from Abraham Lincoln, “four score, and black tar heroin”.....

[@Unsolvedfanatic]

@8:51....dancing dude. So far out and such a groovy dancer. Definitely the heppest cat in the joint.

[@diablo666541]

Did you see one guy who patted Jon on his shoulder who looks like fez from that 70s show

[@tenbroeck1958]

Those "hip ones" and "grass hoppers" look really cool and far out!

[@diablo666541]

Fun fact the syringe was model after the fangs of a snake by German physician. Story was he was in California or Nevada a ND and saw a rattlesnake that was recently killed. The fangs had venom in it. And was he intrigued by it . Giving him a inspiration. And made a medical device known as hypodermic needle

[@karacole7775]

Pete’s really dressed to the nine for his job of “pushing dope” lol! Also the line “ member of that tight society of drug addicts” haha…😂

[@vinnieboy3142]

😅😅😅👍🏻

[@diablo666541]

He got wolverine look swinging.

[@diablo666541]

He dealer not a addict.

[@diablo666541]

Well actually he in out of town sales. Lol

[@mikedevlin_bmx2446]

The bootleg Doors playing was great 😂

[@stevetaxpayer6664]

"John" is played by Kevin Tighe who later co-stared on the TV show "Emergency!"

[@kr-pm1xg]

Wow.!! "It's a blastoff to Kicksville.!" What a groovy scene.! Guitar.!! ..so much fun.!

[@KarldorisLambley]

"the next step is the garage, there some of the gang are really blasting. that is where the real action is, come on and take a look, take a trip from squaresville!" "this is the real action. the pot party! the trippers, the grasshoppers, the hip ones. all gathered in secret and lying, high as a kite" i have been watching, and laughing at this video for nearly 30 years!

[@tonyelliott7734]

John Scott is Roy Desoto of Emergency...

[@joedoomsdaypio4374]

Good eye!!

[@janickgoudeau6126]

The guy with the beard, the bad H man with his powdered venom is Mungo Jerry;)

[@waynemontpetit8181]

When Abraham Lincoln is your drug dealer.

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

Four scores and seven years in stir ...

[@waynemontpetit8181]

@@21stcenturyfossil7 🤣🤣🤣

[@hugbug4408]

I'm naive , or ignorant, of how Abe Lincoln was responcible?

[@hugbug4408]

Now I see it onnthe video! Sorryfor the annoyance!

[@waynemontpetit8181]

@@hugbug4408 😆😆 it's all good!

[@ap8riot931]

Wow baby! Those are some groovy tunes. I was never hip enough to shoot up the reefer, I would usually just smoke it. That seemed to work pretty well.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

When your information is coming from a guy who says "The pot needle" you are right to question and ignore...

[@jaymes1]

I'm so glad john got out and became a paramedic 👍

[@hothmandon]

I love how they made the weed party look so boring next to the music and beer party. I've been to weed circles far more entertaining then that.

[@MicheleBohmke]

IKR? This weed party is square.

[@Beastgrows]

Weed Circles? What like Crop Circles? 🤔😆

[@mariekatherine5238]

I wouldn’t know. Rarely if ever, do I get invited to a party. Maybe a church barbecue where there’s no beer, no alcohol, no drugs, no weed, no tobacco, no dancing--only tea, biscuits, and classical music played poorly on the out-of-tune piano by a widow woman named Mrs. Horace VanPlatte-Eddy.

[@bretthernan7589]

@@mariekatherine5238 Hot chocolate with marshmallows never done anyone wrong.

[@pantherplatform]

Weed circle lol

[@Acemechanicalservices]

John escaped the scene by changing his name to Roy DeSoto and finding employment as a paramedic with the LA Country Fire Department, operating out of Station 51.

[@jeffreycuray81963]

Kevin Tighe "Emergency"

[@diablo666541]

FYI using a dirty cotton like that can cause blood posing as well as cotton fever. A horrible feeling cause intense chills n shivering. Just letting those out there know

[@johnmaxwell4072]

Been on suboxone for three+ year now….pretty much down to the lowest dose available. Still fearful of quitting altogether. The sickness is horrendous.

[@bryanburnap4537]

I hear you John !! Im on sublocade now. Tried for 10 years to get off Suboxone. The withdrawals are just way too much for me !! I just can't do it. Opiate withdrawal to me is descending into the bowels of hell ! There is nothing in the world like it ! God bless you brother

[@SNOwyte]

'The lifelong slavery of drug addiction' thats why my dead lil brother Reid use to say 'heroin is a full time job'

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Super groovy keyboards, very chic vocals for backup👍 and Chet Baker for kicksville

[@royferguson3909]

was it chet?

[@ranjitverdi5702]

@@royferguson3909 The style of playing is very much Chet..also taking in consideration Baker had a long history of heroin abuse throughout his adult life,and his usage gave him an open window too his style of playing.I'm not a fan in anyway shape or form for someone too engage in such a self destructive,dependant drug;but in the 50's and early mid 60's in was too many Jazz musicians a kinda cool drug too associate with style and depth of Jazz. You only have too look at other musicians at the time,such as Miles,Ginger Baker and Phil Seaman to get the picture.👍🎺

[@PPSH-Riley]

Man I miss blasting off to kicksville.

[@tomtroy3792]

I've been living in kicksville since 19 72

[@donellmuniz590]

Kevin Tighe is alive and well (last I heard), living in Sedro-Wooley, WA.

[@jimmartin7881]

All the guys from the A-shift at Station 51 are alive and doing well. Lopez retired and bought into Lake Tahoe real estate with Tim Donnelly (Chet), they're both very wealthy. Mike Stoker was an actual LACoFD engineer and stayed with the FD after the show retiring as a Capt. Mike Norell (Capt. Stanley) went on to writing for TV after the show wrapped and still was as recently as 2015.

[@donellmuniz590]

@@jimmartin7881 What about Tighe's partner, Randy Mantooth (Gage)?

[@jimmartin7881]

@@donellmuniz590 Last I heard he was doing well, he was diagnosed with cancer in '17 but was okay in remission from what I was told. He lost his sister a few years earlier so he's just been through a ton of crap and trying to get back to normal. He did a lot of soaps after Emergency! and I think he last acted on TV in The Sons of anarchy series. I've met him multiple times and he is an absolute everyday guy, it's odd to meet an actor that's so grateful for what they had the chance to do. He and the rest of them acknowledge openly that they got insanely lucky and appreciate the fans a bunch.

[@sswcustomsewing4276]

@@jimmartin7881 Thank you for sharing about him I remember his part in Sons of Anarchy and thought wow he is still doing television and still very talented. Emergency was a great show it is one of my favorites because it was well written and still very entertaining. I am very pleased to hear the rest of the cast is doing well.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

He also played in The Graduate (1967) and Roadhouse (1987)

[@danielfunchion1301]

Pete is the most dapper plug on earth

[@richrock8960]

Thanks to Hank, I now know how to prepare my solution so I can leave squaresville and jump on that trip train to coolsville.

[@skipgrumblis]

Were there people dancing to jazz? Or am I high. Yes, and yes.

[@davidlalremruata]

"A hooked mainliner beyond hope" is what describes me so well just a few years ago.

[@jeffross761]

I would like to know all the filming locations and the music that was played at the party the groovy tune then the slow jazzy number i have watched it many timed i like the special effects and music used in the pot room scene

[@KGBeast.]

That dance music slaps so damn hard

[@reddavis4808]

Nice a anti Heroin film where at the beginning they give you a tutorial on how to cook up your works. Real subtle zoom in on our villain in this story @ 4:18

[@diablo666541]

What Jon doesn't know is that Helen probably blown few guys prior to him kissing her.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Anybody remember those scary-ass drug film strips from the 70's in elementary school? Then the VD film strips in the 80's during high school... Did No-Doze in college a couple of times for some all-nighters...never hooked me though. Usually, we'd study until about 5:00PM on Fridays and Saturdays...but after about 6:00PM or so we'd get ready for an evening of partying. Sunday's were spent going to church (hangover and all) and then after lunch...studying until about 7:00PM or so... Side note: I'd do Helen.

[@diablo666541]

This channel has them

[@mharris5047]

There is a good chance that if "Helen" were real she would have "did" a lot for her drugs. Cute, kinky female drug addicts tend to use their looks to make some fast cash to cover a night in a hotel room, $300 worth of their drug of choice and maybe a Big Mac if they get hungry.

[@cjod33]

Wow, and to think that I can make a phone call and have it delivered legally today. How times have changed .

[@diablo666541]

As former heroin user I could never imagine using that kind of make shift eye droper syringe . I always use insulin syringes

[@nipperparr6709]

So spot on, cold turkey is one of the most self Infection and a man can put himself threw

[@Beastgrows]

Glad we got the drugs problem sorted...It looked like hell back then 😬😬😬

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Lol it still is bro

[@leetlbt]

Notice the 88 spray paint on the wall funny now 60 yrs later I see 88 on the MSN all the time.

[@royferguson3909]

sadly I noticed that too. I ain't going to 🤥

[@zEropoint68]

"snakes are seen as a symbol of evil." sure. that's why there's two of them on the internationally recognized icon for "medical care provided here," right?

[@Unsolvedfanatic]

Touché....

[@thomashenshallhydraxis]

Hilarious. … Nice 👍

[@butcheredalive]

Yep, that’s why weed is still illegal federally

[@andevil777]

Let's give it up to the two cops featured who worked tirelessly to stop break-ins, suicidal teens, even suburban pot parties! 😂

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Yeah I totally agree..and just sweat it out pal.

[@sharonrigs7999]

Dude at 18:15 looks like the strung out version of the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller ( who later got busted with CP)

[@melanieinsaskatchewan7964]

Jeffrey Jones. Wynona Riders dad in Beetlejuice.

[@jimkon5767]

John turned out okay. He went on to star in Adam 12 ha!

[@JeromeWade-lm8jh]

Kevin Tighe of course went on to become Los Angeles County firefighter/paramedic Roy DeSoto alongside John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) in the iconic NBC 1970s series "EMERGENCY!"

[@mikecrews2713]

I'm in a stupid peer recovery class watching this jonesing my ass off 🤔

[@lukefarnham2119]

Aw dude that sucks. I had to kick in jail, coming off of Suboxone. 60 days of pure hell. It will end though buddy, takes time but it's worth it. Try kratom, maybe an opms kratom shot(like a 5 hour energy shot). It's about the only thing that will take the pain away. It won't eliminate it completely, but use em for about a week to stave of withdrawals. Praying for ya man

[@lukefarnham2119]

If you need more info or help just hit me up here.

[@rosiew1952]

omg, they should show this in schools, maybe it will put them off for life, so glad I didnt and never ever would touch that poison, but know a few who are and still do, and seeing them is enough believe me. so sad

[@daveanderson3805]

Oh, yes, seeing drug addictes really brings it home. You know, here but for the grace of God go I. Sobering really

[@diablo666541]

Actually they caused more harm than good.

[@mintybadger6905]

Hey now, unless those snakes are selling drugs, leave their good names out of it.

[@pkramerable]

Anyone else think that the pusher Pete, with his sort of bushy 'duck's ass' hair and the beard, bears a striking resemblance to a werewolf? Especially in the scene where they're shooting up, @ around 19:50.

[@bretthernan7589]

That beard's a sign Pusher Pete's personal hygiene has been let go ever since he succumbed to the pot needle.

[@foureyedchick]

Mungo Jerry...the beard without moustache, like Abraham Lincoln

[@awarewolves1712]

The withdrawal scene staring at 23:27 - I wonder if William Friedkin (The Exorcist) ever saw this film? Probably not, but there are some strong similarities, even within the audio.

[@diablo666541]

Yeah kinda of but you don't have vital key sighns of possession. The speaking of pre biblical tounges n levitation. And frigid environment.

[@pkramerable]

@2:52 - "The bennies, the reefer and, the 'pot needle'?" WTF?! So, alcohol, 'goofballs', marijuana, then STRAIGHT to shooting heroin? No wonder people thought these films were amusing.

[@ocdemon8999]

pop* needle, "pop" is a synonym for shooting up

[@trix9803]

@@ocdemon8999 Well you are somewhat right popping is where you do it right at the surface and not intravenously it’s an intramuscular shot it’s where you just put it in the skin and shoot it’s for when people can’t get good veins

[@ocdemon8999]

@@trix9803 thats true, heard it hurts like a motherfucker too

[@Richie90090]

I love these they make me laugh!

[@kellyhill430]

I want to shake this square town and take off for kicksville. I'm going to start talking like that. I'm going to single handedly bring back 60s hipster lingo.

[@royferguson3909]

I with you, you cotterging, up-hill gardener ✌ ♥ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@diablo666541]

There were no hipsters in the '60s when hipsters had in common was they were drug addicts themselves

[@paulmiranda7612]

Man this video makes me feel like I missed out in high school I didn’t get to try everything. I always wanted to fly 🤣😂😅

[@bretthernan7589]

I never got to see a pot needle.

[@pjm8433]

Ah the old eye dropper how I remember it well. It’s truly a pit of despair . Very sad lifestyle that I’ve know for years. Most of my friends are dead & there’s only a few left & they’ve all died under the age of 50. 46 yrs old was the oldest & the first to OD was barely 20yrs old. Very sad waste of life but they forget to tell you that part.

[@diablo666541]

I never used that eye dropper/hypo needle . By the time I got in shooting dope plastic disposables were readily available.

[@slothmoths2372]

11:48 the real party, the trippers the Grasshoppers the hip ones.

[@dmvconartists1855]

I know I was like wtf I thought we were going to shoot heroin with the hot junkie girl wtf is this!?! Pot party.. lame .. can we at least get some more bennies first . . Or some ludes.. ludes dude.. fukkkkin ludessss

[@NJDronesincorporated]

Sounds like Johnny needs to see a doctor and get a script for adderall. And keep smoking trees. It’s harmless and now legal in most states for recreational use.

[@finnfreek7838]

Kicks just keep getting harder to find.......

[@davebartosh5]

Unreal the campaign against marijuana all these years. Hell, beer and booze destroy more lives than weed ever will. That scene of Pete withdrawing is totally over the top. Kicking dope sucks, but never saw anyone need to be tied down.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

I have. My freind chucked himself out 1st floor window. He ran and dove straight through. He was laying on the floor crying. He was bad. The heroin in the uk back in the 90s was lethal. And he was injecting 3 or 4 times a day. He's not alive anymore. Rip gav

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Why don't you ever see real video of people in full withdrawals??? Because kids would stay away from it if they saw the horror of withdrawals. And the machine wants drug addicts. It is a multi multi billion €£$ bizniz

[@foofyastralpunk5875]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 That's for sure... China, Vietnam, South America, Afghanistan, funny how the Wests wars follow the poppy& coca farming.

[@omuffin1854]

Because you are a junkie

[@samusvikerness661]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 look up any show that shows what it's really like in jails and prisons. They show people coming in during full withdrawals all the time.

[@robvancamp2781]

Who knew they'd developed smokeless weed in 1967!?

[@bryanburnap4537]

Unbearable torcher !!! Yeah that is withdrawal !

[@pennyscheiss]

Don't bring your circle 'round here....!

[@thadiusventricle6752]

We all laugh. But John’s adolescent anxiety seemed very familiar. This script seems to have been based on thousands of case studies with actual addicts. The path looked hauntingly familiar. With this sort of thing, it’s really more the roll of the dice than anything. Where you were born, how your parents were, who are luck or unlucky enough to encounter. When. What exit ramp you happen to take. When. With what? BTW does anyone know who did the music for these?

[@brianarbenz7206]

"Get with the countdown. Shake this square world and blast off for Kicksville." That's from actual case studies?

[@jgedutis]

2:45 - It's all fun and games until you get hooked on the Pot Needle

[@justanotherdrunk]

January 16, 1992 is my sobriety date

[@tonyelliott7734]

GREAT for you...I'm proud of you.

[@waynemontpetit8181]

Congrats!

[@sswcustomsewing4276]

Thank you for helping me stay sober October 22, 2013 is my date.

[@justanotherdrunk]

@@sswcustomsewing4276 Awesome!

[@hauntedhouse7827]

Stay clean and tall, we're pulling for you.

[@argopunk]

The message is good. The narrator sounds hokey by today's standards and probably in '67 also. But even if you had a gravely-voiced-former addict and member of a popular band, there are still kids watching who would be drawn to drugs--the danger, the rebellion, the cache. Although, in the early-80s at my high schools, drug use was lower than the 70s, there were still kids that, no-matter what you told them, were going to experiment. I'm in my 50s now and some of those kids didn't make it past their 40s. And when I tell some young people that, I can tell it means absolutely nothing. I think some are just doomed to short lives and perhaps that's their goal. The cliche live fast and die.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Good thing John cleaned up by the mid 70s and joined the California highway patrol as a motorcycle cop know as. CHIP'S.

[@phantom7crossrose528]

Blast off to kicksville daddyo, I'm hip, right on😇

[@oskarvalance3041]

He cleaned up his act because he joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He went on to star as Roy DeSoto in Emergency.

[@RoyPage1970]

John will be just fine in the future he will purchase the double Deuce bar and hire Patrick swayze to clean it up for him

[@diablo666541]

The dark haired Hispanic guy dancing at Pete's party looks like fez from that 70s show.

[@aminoto-3]

Well it’s Saturday… I could “shake this square world and blast off for kicksville”.. but I’ll probably end up nipping to the shop, get a frozen pizza and eat it watching a film on my own.. 🥳

[@kevinw8276]

I watched this with a friend several years ago. Every time he went out to smoke he'd go "be right back... I'm getting kicks"

[@diablo666541]

Books of matches .now a days I don't think there many places that give m out like they used to Casinos tavern n restaurants n bars it was form of advertising back in the day.

[@KarldorisLambley]

it was interesting, though, to see the 60s cooking up and injecting equipment/technique. like in william burroughs' books they use an eye-dropper with a needle, rather than a proper barrel. i cant understand why. i know they didn't have exchanges. but surely they could have bought, or stolen from a hospital, a rand rocket or similar glass barrel?

[@michaelhuppe5151]

Later John showed up on an episode of Law and Order CI in 2004 as a drug addicted Doctor. The episode was called D.A.W.

[@johnzeszut3170]

There can be no hope with dope.