“PAY-OFF IN PAIN” 1948 NARCOTIC DRUG SCARE FILM HEROIN & COCAINE ADDICTION XD46274

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This 1948 black and white film, a condensed version of the National Film Board of Canada’s 30-minute “Drug Addict,” provides a documentary look at the world of narcotic addiction, using footage of real-life heroin and cocaine users to argue that rehabilitation offers society more long-term benefit than carceral justice (TRT: 10:53).
Opening titles. The logo of the NFB of Canada. “Pay-Off in Pain” and a word of context: “Through the cooperation of medical, law enforcement and government agencies, this film is presented as a public service towards a greater understanding of a world-wide problem- DRUG ADDICTION” (0:09). Light reflected on water at a dock. Drug smugglers drop a parcel to a small rowboat. Narration mentions the opium trade (0:42). A smuggler, posing as a fisherman unloads a basket and cuts into a parcel, revealing cigarette cartons and other bundles (1:30). An adult man uses a handkerchief to tie off his arm preparing for an injection. A wipe. The addict lies down to sleep while smoking (2:13). A cluster of men and women gather on an urban street (3:00). A well-to-do man in a nicely furnished home visits a stash in a cabinet (3:30). Men and women drink at a residential organized crime hangout. Parcels of white powdered heroin are weighed, mixed, and cut into packets (3:55). A drug dealer makes sales to the waiting street crowd. He visits a hiding spot in the crook of a nearby tree (4:38). A monumental pillar serves as another meeting place (5:01). A small amount of cocaine is snorted off the back of his hand by a man who chases it with a cigarette. He uses a blade to sniff another dose (5:30). Suddenly, the cocaine user panics, turning to a door with paranoia, he sees a vision of a police officer and raises his knife. The hallucination vanishes and he smokes, looking ashamed. He pockets a revolver pistol and leaves his apartment (6:30). A sign: “Commision on Narcotic Drugs.” A meeting of the United Nations. The Canadian Technical Advisory Committee on Narcotic Addiction meets (7:17). Royal Canadian Mounted Police enter a government building. Officers review mugshots. Seized drug paraphernalia is examined (8:00). A drug peddler takes to the streets in an overcoat. Undercover police close in and make an arrest. A raid on the organized crime hideout (8:39). A paddy wagon. A jail lineup of arrested suspects (9:50). End titles: “A Canada Carries On Presentation.”
This film was written and directed by Robert Anderson for Canada’s Department of National Health and Welfare. It was filmed by Jean-Marie Couture, with narration by Jack Scott. It contains footage of actual drug addicts under supervision. Upon its release, it was denied distribution in the United States.
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[@BigBBigTrees]

This might be the most honest drug documentary of the 1900s. This wasn’t a propaganda piece, it was legitimate information about how drugs like heroin and cocaine effect the users. Why people use drugs and that drugs don’t discriminate.

[@terrencealexander5084]

Well said, too bad the truth is revealed today, presented like this film. Propaganda for votes definitely is far more important than saving people from the harm of heavy drugs.

[@JohnJohn-zn8ib]

@@terrencealexander5084 much of it comes down to money, people go broke and this starts the chain reaction of going down hill, the rich are ok and get the best treatment available, people with not that much money will get treatment but will have to stand in line with not much privacy.

[@bellabear653]

@@terrencealexander5084 The real harm comes when they kick patients off legal narcotics and they are left with no choice but to go to the streets.

[@jasonbachelor604]

That's the problem. You have zero clue, but have a steadfast view. Drugs are not good or bad.

[@xavierstrong5437]

This isn't so much a "scare" film as it is a surprisingly progressive call for less criminal prosecution and more drug treatment.

[@kushmoosh4171]

Imagine the misery that would not have happened if this attitude was the course for the future instead of the so called war.

[@xavierstrong5437]

​@@kushmoosh4171 Agreed. It's hard to overstate the crippling toll the "war on drugs" has taken on the U.S., and the rest of the world. From the obvious (overdoses, crime, the billions spent on interdiction, etc.) to the less obvious, like terrorism (Islamic extremism isn't the only thing al-Qaeda and the Taliban export.) Sure, hindsight is 20/20 and there's a lot we could not have anticipated in the post-WWII era. Then again, you'd think we would have learned our lesson from the disaster that was Prohibition. I realize there are significant differences between alcohol and heroin, as an example, but it still would have been far preferable to keep drugs legal and tightly regulated, while spending billions more than we have on treatment and education.

[@walterkersting6238]

The people who call for drugs to be illegal don’t use drugs, that’s why it doesn’t make sense to you junkies....

[@xavierstrong5437]

@@walterkersting6238 Word to the wise, Walter. Never make assumptions on social media -- they have a tendency to backfire on you at some point or another. Last time I checked, I wasn't a "junkie." And neither are the vast majority of the 68% of Americans who think marijuana should be legalized nationwide, and the 53% who think most drugs should at least be decriminalized, according to Pew Research and the National Institutes of Health. Add to that the hundreds of top public health experts who believe in legalization or decriminalization, and you have quite a few clean and sober folks out there who favor putting an end to the war on drugs.

[@PYRO-ON]

Because it was Canadian not American…..today Canada has actual IV pharmaceutical govt Heroin clinic paid for by their universal healthcare and oddly enough have 1/5 the hardcore narcotics users we have here in America. Thanks Nixon, Regan, & Clinton….and Biden before he was VP or President destroying America’s Economy he was busy raising non violent drug penalties and destroying black and brown families while closing drug outreach programs and was very busy setting his family up to become rich and powerful like his son and their good friend Nancy Pelosi who went from a civil servant 90k a year salary to being worth 150 million in 3 years w absolutely no explanation or tax paid …..probably trapping herself

[@johnwick-ii6il]

Faced with crippling bone disease, the pain alone was leading me to suicide. With no help from the medical community, I turned to illicit narcotics. It was a complete blessing that allowed me to remain productive for the next 14 years. Then I retired to the rest of my life on a methadone program that I control myself. Makes it hard to listen to stories of destruction and woe caused by narcotics.

[@TRIX-vg1ym]

Hang in there brother it can’t rain all the time it’s always the sunniest after the darkest and rainiest storms I have a very similar story to yours I have been on narcotics since 2002 from a skydiving accident I got off of them for a few years because my doctor cut me off my pain medicine so I turned to the streets the pills were getting expensive so I turned to heroin I have now been heroin free for over four years I take a low-dose of pain medicine from the doctor I have my wife distribute them to me when they are due it helps so I don’t overtake them it’s a very small does compared to what I started on cannabis has helped to save my life it helped me to reduce my pain medicine intake down to a quarter of the Dose I used to be on If anybody is suffering from pain I recommend them use Indica strains of cannabis it definitely is a game changer and a lifesaver I hope you’re feeling better friend I will say a prayer for you and your healing God bless you and yours brother have a blessed day

[@walterkersting6238]

My sister 44 years of age. My brother at 48. Life is painful.

[@TRIX-vg1ym]

@@walterkersting6238 Keep trucking along brother I will say a prayer for you and yours look into pain clinics there are a few good doctor still out there you just really have to look And try to use Indica cannabis strains they help good with pain

[@walterkersting6238]

@@TRIX-vg1ym that’s where they went; I’ll embrace the pain.

[@diablo666541]

@@TRIX-vg1ym for some like that in his condition it best for him stay comfortable . Methadone alot better than alternative .

[@xavierstrong5437]

I've never seen so many well-dressed drug addicts in my life. Even THEY put on a coat and tie back in the day.

[@ontoyoualways9183]

What else did they really have? Worn work clothes?

[@willcentral7132]

Back when the cocaine and heroin users had real class.

[@namelessgrace6319]

I don't know why, but this comment made me laugh 😂

[@xavierstrong5437]

@@namelessgrace6319 Well, I meant it to be humorous, so I'm glad you did! You obviously have a good sense of humor! :)

[@walterkersting6238]

It’s all one big contest to see how big of a slob you can be these days, and when you win they say “ What a pig! “.

[@billruss6704]

Hiding drugs in a tree , now I know why the squirrels are acting so weird.

[@TwistedFister88]

I boofed pills before watching. Like a normal person.

[@mrfugginawesome]

@twistedfister88 I keep my krokodil in my mouth pouch like a normal person.

[@TwistedFister88]

@@mrfugginawesome ah.. a fellow man of culture

[@KeriRautenkranz]

A call for sane action that was ignored. Over 70 years later the unfortunate "war on drugs" is nearing an ignoble end... but yet the culture that offers so little that many need the escape drugs offer... has only gotten worse.

[@eckstatic934]

@Riseup Fightback not guilty!

[@geneobrien8907]

The war on drugs was political, it started as a culture war, Nixon hated the 1960's counterculture!

[@fuzzballzz36]

You're right. This empty, valueless, soul-eating society doesn't give them much to stay straight for. Not that that should be taken as an excuse, but it is a valid point.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@geneobrien8907 Well this was a CANADIAN film. Nixon had VERY little to do with governing Canada, LOL.

[@geneobrien8907]

@@jamesslick4790 Good point.

[@ado2001]

Man i could watch these videos all day

[@bryanburnap4537]

Me too !! I'm glad we live in 2023 !!

[@ado2001]

​@@bryanburnap4537❤

[@jamesslick4790]

"Secret Factories" is a good name for a band. "Vicious Circle of Pleasure and Pain" is their debut album.

[@johnceglick8714]

Heroin problems back in late 40s , and there are quite a few videos going back to that post WW2 , and Korean War era , which shows a big problem back then , and an ever rising problem to this day in 2022! These videos go back 70-75 years ago . Very interesting info..

[@thomasgary1219]

My uncle was a heroin addict in the 1950s and early 60s in Dallas Texas. He was hurt in the Korean war and came home addicted to Morphine. Since it was difficult for him to get morphine he got on heroin. He was a taxi driver of all things. I think most people who rode with him had no idea he was a heroin addict, because he was clean cut like the folks in this story. He was beaten to death by the Dallas police. The police claimed he fell and hit his head because he was high. But the people at the funeral home told my grandpa that my uncle was most definitely beaten to death. I just thought I'd share that with y'all

[@diablo666541]

Yup lot ww2 n Korea vets were hooked especially those who were in middle of pearl harbor attack. I knew friends who grand dads were addicts

[@luckybestwash]

Oh 1948...you've no idea

[@saturn722]

I wouldn’t call this a “scare” video. Everything I saw is pretty much true and very little has changed. The exception being the prices and the amount of human misery and death that drug addiction causes!

[@martitinkovich4489]

The misery and death is caused by the continued criminalization of the user.

[@saturn722]

@@martitinkovich4489 I wish I could agree with you. We don’t know how many car accidents were caused by influenced drivers. I don’t know how many innocent victims were murdered or maimed by someone under the influence. How many tax dollars are spent on users that can no longer work because of their addiction? Is the average drug user a responsible member of society? If we legalize drugs can we turn away OD’s from hospital beds? Do our emergency responders have to respond to your drug problem? Who will take care of drug addicted mothers?? I can go on and on and on how doing illicit drugs is a huge burden on society! Legalization may make it easier for the user to use without criminal consequences but it doesn’t stop them from hurting the rest of us in multiple ways!

[@jasonbachelor604]

Shut up if you know nothing. This video is obscene

[@larkangel6593]

Yet everyone is smoking The medical and social costs associated with tobacco is second only to alcohol

[@larkangel6593]

@Dapper Canuck fair point The differences seem to be mainly ones of convenience Legalize and regulate, or criminalize and punish Either creates major profit centers for govt and industry

[@littleshopofelectrons4014]

@Dapper Canuck He quite years ago. Interesting that you chose him to single out among all the other presidents that did likewise.

[@joshuagibson2520]

As a kid in the 80s about 50% of all folks smoked. Now it's more like 10% honestly.

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@larkangel6593 let's not forget the private prison business. Big $.

[@larkangel6593]

@@joshuagibson2520 yes, the crime and punishment industry Here's a thought experiment: what would be the net effect on crime, social/health costs and general economic output if items were reversed. That is, what if alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy foods (sugars, salts, fats, calories) were criminalized, while opiates, mj and stimulants were regulated? No need for any new hires or additional prisons. Just do a search and replace in the body of law substituting terms.

[@manhoot]

Moral of the story is just say no to drugs

[@fuzzballzz36]

5:26 look, it's William S. Burroughs!

[@thenicklas615]

This narrator talks about "being well after a period of sickness" like it's easy or that [he] himself knows what it's like to go through an opioid withdrawl.

[@MrTommyboy68]

Some things never change. It's only gotten worse.

[@ordinaryextraordinarybrotha]

1948 this one was made it reminds me of what's going on right now what was going on ever since I was a kid

[@jamesslick4790]

Only "slang" terms changed. EVERYTHING is the same as it ever was. Humans have searched for a way to get high since there have been humans. (Hell, other animals do too!)

[@ryanhamilton9709]

That was an eye opening very well done as far as the facts about drugs and what they do to a person! I noticed a huge difference between how the police and government delt with people addicted to drugs/heroin/Opiates.Because they show how much hell torcher and pain they go through! Plus how once ur addicted and go through withdrawals how hard it is to get through the physical, mental pain not to mention shame, guilt, hopelessness and it's Sad no pathetic how our society in America has changed so much and think addicts r having a blast and just getting high all day and that's why they steal, gamble,cheat and kill just because it's so amazing! They have no clue what stress they go through especially add being homeless I'd love to see any critic do opiates for 1

[@andyisacsson7503]

This is surprisingly forward thinking for the time

[@NewGrow-kb1bg]

This video is surprisingly good for being so old. Not perfect; but pretty good

[@christiank.bagleyofficial736]

Doctors Stanton Peele and Gabor Mate both have some fairly interesting things to say about drug use.

[@benjaminfranklinthe180th4]

Ah the days when the smack was pure as gold

[@joshuagibson2520]

Nothing wrong with using drugs. Abusing them is a different story though. You just can't do them every single day. They should all be legal. Available in safe formulations not spiked with fentanyl. But the CIA and powers that be benefit far more from drugs being illegal than if they were all legal.

[@wv171]

Very lot I agree what you said. CIA do need a overhaul. Clean up more like it. They should not be above laws of land. Go jail & loose jobs just like common citizens if they get caught. Its few bad apples always but never I heard about there punishment. Far I know they got promoted? . Law enforcement or agency. Break law no code of blue. No we are brothers. You pay the price. People start getting above the laws of the land it will tear this country apart. I feel that is start of what we seen on news last few years. Sad but true. People loosing trust in our govt. They going about it wrong way. Peaceful & massive landslide voting these bums out office in there now. We got some terrible Politician's in office now. Term Limits too 8 years or less. Should be a honor serve your districts. Not a get rich quick deal.

[@triggerfish6619]

Nearly all drugs should be legal, no to methamphetamine and fentanyl, narcan supplied along with opiates, they should be made here so purity and concentration are accurate. This will cut the legs out from the goddamned drug cartels outside our country. The war on drugs has been and is an abject failure. The best we can do is manage and control it on our end.

[@Mrpachuko13]

I concur! Moderation is key!

[@billruss6704]

How to get rid of organized crime, step 1) make drugs and prostitution legal. step 2) well there is no step 2.

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@billruss6704 I can't argue that! :)

[@diablo666541]

One classic moves narcotics agent's would do. They would grab their arms and squeeze forearm n part where the arms bend. They use teach that addicts were very sensitive in the area they inject in. So when they applied pressure on arm area,they say the addict will immediately react n feel pain.

[@walterkersting6238]

I was taught in the seventies that cocaine wasn’t addictive and it wouldn’t be a problem anyway because of its cost.

[@LL-bl8hd]

It was the 70s... that teacher was probably coked up themselves!

[@walterkersting6238]

@@LL-bl8hd true that. He also took over an hour of class time to discuss the advance of communism and the invasion of the USSR, and how might we embrace the coming changes...

[@jamesslick4790]

Huh? In the 1970's I was taught Cocaine WAS addictive, BUT it would not be a problem because of the cost. (Blue Collar Pittsburgh, PA suburbs!)

[@jamesslick4790]

@@LL-bl8hd My daughter is a teacher, she doesn't make enough for cocaine to be a "thing", and it was WORSE in the 1970s. I had several teachers in my family in the 1970s. Teachers then made "weed" money, not "coke" money. Today, It's wine money. (If they are lucky.) 🤷‍♂️

[@jamesslick4790]

@@walterkersting6238 Where the hell did you go to school? I can see this NOW, But I went to school in the '60's-70s and had family in education then, there were Commies in some parts of post-secondary "education", but all of my teachers in elementary and High school were, if NOT exactly conservative, they were definitely NOT Commies.

[@JU-1777]

This was no doubt honest & realistic in my view

[@valiantredneck]

Is this video from ‘48 or 2021? Same message. Same problems. Same outcome. Very sad.

[@logicone5667]

We knew about this shit in the 1800s even..

[@francisphillips53]

Damn dope peddlers!!

[@greglivo]

Aw, man. I was hoping there'd be some early footage of Stevie Nicks.

[@dondressel452]

Yea she use to keep cocaine in her boots for a quick high

[@kabiam]

The cocaine guy seems to be having the time of his life. Oh Happy Days!

[@marvymarier8988]

Have we learned anything after all these years ?

[@jeffaller6190]

Yes, drugs are bad, nkay.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@jeffaller6190 And IF you do drugs, you're bad, mkay? So don't be bad, mkay.

[@miapdx503]

Cocaine: the drug is not so habit forming as opiates. Crack: hold my pipe 😏

[@joshuagibson2520]

I never cared for it much. Opiates are a different story though lol. Yes please. I had a problem. I'm free from the slavery for the last many years though. Life is good. I see nothing g wrong with using. You just can't do it every day.

[@miapdx503]

@Dapper Canuck trump was accused in a court of law of Child Rape..His buddy Epstein was also named. She was 13. #justiceforKatie Look it up. Read the transcripts. It's a matter of public record. Unlike your fiction, it's a fact.

[@Nonamearisto]

Crack wasn't invented at the time.

[@russellzauner]

Cocaine: the drug is not so habit forming as opiates. Crack: hold my pipe 😏 Meth: hold my Draino and Sudafed

[@miapdx503]

@@russellzauner 😂

[@dirtywhiteboy4963]

It pains me to see the dealer was cutting the product even back in da day! WTF? they wore suites to go to the grocery store...damn! you would think you could trust them?!

[@martitinkovich4489]

What if you don't wanna be a useful citizen? What if anarchy is in your blood?

[@billruss6704]

So the moral of the story, if you want to become a drug addict be sure they come from a multi billion dollar drug company and it is done under a doctors supervision.

[@activelow9297]

Drugs are habit forming? Now they tell me.... 😞

[@josephsierzengaIV]

A pound of pure Opium for $900 State Side?? Damn. Those were the days….

[@egrintarg230]

Even the drug addicts had short hair and suits and ties back then.

[@ericdahlstrom1021]

These movies are hilarious,esp after a 23 year h and coke habit,I was able to kick bc I met a beautiful girl who said yes,and I always wanted to be married w my own family,so I went into a program for 6 months, but I never hallucinated or acted like any of these addicts.

[@thomasjordan5578]

Inasmuch as drugs are illegal addiction reflects on the ineptitude of law enforcement.

[@vompukington4029]

Dope sniffers! Godamm Peter Merkin!

[@LL-bl8hd]

The style is corny, but it's sad that they already had an opioid crisis back then similar to today but it's only gotten worse. Edit: And they already knew jail wasn't the answer, but somehow we forgot.

[@milmex317th]

Its about the money. It goes in cycles when Obama made a law for treatment centers they sprang up like weeds even the addicted made money . It's a Racket

[@MarkHenstridge]

Addicts will always justify their usage, they have no consideration for others around them, all that matters is the next hit.

[@MrToasterWaffles]

Sad but true

[@walterkersting6238]

Pot smokers are unreliable because their profound and complex buzz is way more important than what they said they’d do for or with you, besides they don’t want you to see them all wrecked...

[@joshuagibson2520]

As a reformed person of that life, I can confirm.

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@walterkersting6238 I smoke. Not everyday, but I'm an one of the most reliable and punctual people you'll find on this planet. Please don't make assumptions about ALL pot smokers. I understand your statement and agree there are many like you say, but we're not all that way.

[@MarkHenstridge]

@@joshuagibson2520 Okay, what if you are stoned off your nut, how reliable are you then?

[@diablo666541]

If purity is low then how they getting or what they getting hooked to?

[@DisasterxUs]

What a quaint time...

[@jamesslick4790]

This is one of the BETTER old school "dope scare" films, Hell, the part at 3:40 was THREE QUARTERS of a CENTURY ahead of its time! TBF, I never hallucinated when I did (admittedly rarely) cocaine. LOL.

[@socialmediaaccount404]

Alot of people see things like that on coke, they call them "Tree Police". It never effected me that way but I was never that much of a coker.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

I had audio hallucinations when shooting coke. Only for a few seconds after like

[@socialmediaaccount404]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 Im not sure a ringer counts as a hallucination... I always though it was more of a physical thing

[@keltaruusutravels4024]

01:36. I want that stove!

[@js9884]

Are we actually watching a guy really snorting real cocaine ?

[@K-Riz314]

Indeed

[@kingcobra7183]

It was the 50s, this actor looks like a pro that was snorting real snow

[@ryanhamilton9709]

I'd love to see the critic and judgement Americans do a 30 day test trail of using opiates then stop cold turkey and then when they experience that! Then they can judge a person !! But not until u have walked in there shoes!!

[@bryanburnap4537]

There is nothing in the world like opiate withdrawal l it rips your soul in half and it feels like descending to the bowels of hell !

[@scratchdog2216]

Some days it seems like nothing's changed. Better help today though.

[@Test-vl1ib]

Even junkies dressed well in the 40s. Amazing looking at the pre-slob culture world (pre-1970s).

[@Trev612]

Holy crap did this dude just lick his needle before he went to town dude I guess this dude has never heard of cotton fever

[@troyelliott390]

Sharing

[@savageman7047]

Good prices...

[@mikepoteet1443]

So kids stick to alcohol. It's culturally accepted and it will make you cool.

[@diablo666541]

Lot of ww2 veterans who also addicts

[@tiffanye9403]

Also let's face we spoil opportunities as humans for things that could be helpful because we as Americans are spoiled and we take take take. Also there's so much trauma for each person.

[@russellzauner]

THESE ARE BAD BAD MEN STAY AWAY FROM THEM lol almost 30 dollars a day holy crap

[@elmoredneal5382]

Well, considering this was made in 1948. Counting for inflation, that $30 per day would equal $384.71 per day in 2022 money. So that was actual a really expensive habit back in 1948 💸

[@logicone5667]

We knew treatment was right back then.

[@thangkhanniang2565]

1:16.... Single pound of opium bought in Bombay...is he talking about Bombay India??

[@mickeymomighty5660]

Mumbai.

[@MoneyBuysDrug]

You should get rid of all PF# they are in the way

[@motthepapa]

Things haven't changed much.

[@K-Effect]

Drug addicts being judged by people who have never done drugs

[@privateprivate3767]

so stupid ppl judged by smart ppl lol

[@K-Effect]

Usually it's the stupid people that judge

[@tiffanye9403]

Secret factories or Dave's backyard shed

[@NANotApplicable]

Those skeevy/shifty drug addicts 👀

[@zbaby82]

Just say NO to dope.

[@darrellmortensen9805]

D.A.R.E. drugs are really expensive

[@diablo666541]

Canada's view on drugs

[@James-nl6fu]

The "Purer" the drug, the faster the journey up the alimentary canal of no return❤️till it's finished you off

[@JETJOOBOY]

73 years on and ......it is OK to smoke weed... in Canada? Yay.. Erm..

[@kenseymour5152]

The war on drugs has never worked now with fentynal they need a new approach.

[@hbailey1180]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[@tiffanye9403]

Coke isn't as habit forming? Um that's like saying America's and England's leader don't suck that bad

[@mikeiswhite3]

Ahh gee wiz mister.... I was all ready to go buy my 8 ball and gram of heroin for a night of fun.... but I guess not now :( Will give props to them not targeting one race when it comes to addiction.

[@DNSGHOST]

The answer to all of this isn't a big mystery, things got worse due to prohibition, we all love our alcohol and we saw the devastation of alcohol prohibition in the 30s and thus began a campaign for humans to find a new thing to ease our suffering, some chose weed, some chose opioids, some chose cocaine and other substances. The forced and sanctioned banning of a 'drug' or something that was already here on earth before humans arrived should be fiercely regarded as a treasonous law sanctioned and imposed by our La Cosa Nostra government who in fact infiltrated the CIA and US government in the 30s and during WW2 due to political and allied notions of being useful to the US Government interest. Hell 80% of the Heroin in the 30's-40s came directly from CIA/ OSS sponsored Drug cartels in France, even foreign diplomats in Europe where ratted on for smuggling that sweet sweet heroin to god's country of the United states, no ordinary drug dealer is going to be able to set up that kind of operation let alone an international Heroin smuggling Machine that was the French Cartels and Mexican during the 30s/40s. In fact only 20% of Heroin coming into the US by 1964 was from Mexico through the Borders in the South and into the West Coast Market, the Shipments where coming into the East come from France and Canadian ports to pipeline into the Midwestern and East Coast Substance Markets into the palm of your hand, The CIA/OSS dope coming in from France was #4 (meaning final stage of heroin synthesis which is white/Beige powder and 70%-90%, now we've decided screw importing heroin, lets have china send the precursor chemicals anonymously in mexico and have the Sinoloan Cartels manufacture the Fentanyl derived from their Heroin cooking process and figure out their own way to smuggle the sweet opioids, and Colombian cocaine into our borders.

[@DNSGHOST]

The fix to all the crime related to this and to fix your pre-programmed analysis of Drugs by state sanctioned subconscious propaganda is giving the power of self and free will back to Earth's human beings, you know good as you know your first god damn name whether you want to make the choice to drink, smoke, fuck or eat. The real issue is what is coming from prohibition, Murder, Tax dollars going to DEA and Police to combat trafficking, make it legal that crime goes away. It really is simple, however this created distorted ideal of drugs = bad (is what comes to mind almost immediately) was ingrained in most humans on earth starting way further back in time than most could ever conceive or ever will or want to.

[@mercoid]

Dwrugs

[@royce45678]

What they are saying in 1948, think about that, is echoes in 2023. Politicians have learned NOTHING

[@benjaminfranklinthe180th4]

Ah the days when the smack was pure as gold