Almost Everyone Does

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Wombat Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 15Oct70 · MP20919 (Jul-Dec 1970) Copyright holder: Wombat Productions, Inc

Description: Probes drug abuse from aspirin to heroin relating its cause to the desire to relieve unpleasant feelings. Observes the effect of advertising, smoking, and drinking on a young boy with normal emotional difficulties, and points out that drugs act as a temporary escape. Argues that personal involvement is needed to overcome depressive moods., Probes into the social and psychological forces behind drug abuse by showing a young boy who attempts to discover how to handle his emotions by observing the ways in which others deal with their tensions and problems.

Complete Record: Probes drug abuse from aspirin to heroin relating its cause to the desire to relieve unpleasant feelings. Observes the effect of advertising, smoking, and drinking on a young boy with normal emotional difficulties, and points out that drugs act as a temporary escape. Argues that personal involvement is needed to overcome depressive moods., Probes into the social and psychological forces behind drug abuse by showing a young boy who attempts to discover how to handle his emotions by observing the ways in which others deal with their tensions and problems. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.