The Answer is understanding

United States, 1971

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Illustrates some of the difficulties involved in dealing with the problems of drug addiction. Examines the growing of opium in the Middle East, the history of drug use, the complex social patterns of drug use, the variety of pressures towards drug dependence in urban life, and the difficulty of preventing drugs from entering the United States. Elements of the drug problem in many overseas countries are also examined.

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production company

Associated Film Consultants

National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000444

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Drug traffic

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Drug abuse - Social aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Social aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Physiological effect

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Psychological aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs, Nonprescription

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotic addicts

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotic habit

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Opium habit

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Youth - Drug use

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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