The Pill Poppers

Year Published: 1971

Creator: DAVS

Complete Record: Traces the use of marijuana throughout the world from 3000 B.C. to the present, and compares past attitudes toward marijuana toward marijuana with informed opinion today. Presents established facts about the physiological and psychological effects of marijuana use. Outlines plans for future laboratory research into the many unanswered questions about marijuana. Emphasizes the social and legal implications of conviction on charges of marijuana possession. Amphetamines, barbiturates. MS Charles 17 year old high school senior with higher than average IQ gets placed into prison. Charles calling from prison pay phone MS Charles walking down hall to prison warden MS warden walks Charles to cell CS warden unlocks cell MS Charles walks into cell MS Charles looking out of prison cell CDS marijuana sprouting from ground CS time lapse of marijuana growing out of ground MS Drug specialist lawyer Bernard ElSeego (sp) talking to someone about the legal implications of marijuana MS policeman identifying a joint as marijuana MS criminals being brought into custody - hands placed against wall CS hands being cuffed MS police putting felons into red police truck MS Drug specialist lawyer Bernard ElSeego (sp) talking to Mrs. Johnson (Charles mom) about Charles and marijuana MS B and W: prison guard checking in person - their physical features MS dirty feet and legs of prisoner while mug shot and documentation is taken CS marihuana leaf used to make rope (history) MS painting of Chinese use of marijuana MS painting of Indians smoking marijuana MS painting of Europeans using marijuana CS jar of powdered Indian Cannabis for percolation CS bottle of Swan’s Cannabis compound - A nerve tonic MDS still Mexican wearing sombrero, sitting MS still Mexican men with large packs MS still Mississippi steamboat carrying marijuana MS still dirt road MS still two men looking at marijuana plant MS still three men in marijuana fields MS still article: Marijuana the assassin of youth MS newspaper headlines of marijuana opinions not based entirely on fact but opinion MS female smoking marijuana with male: Hollywood's effort to fight the war on drugs MS male starts to act hyper and clinches fists MS female plays the piano with weird trance behavior MS male sitting in chair smiles incessantly and takes another smoke MS male throws down marijuana leaf MS another man walks into room and “high” male beats him down MS woman reacts as frightened MS at judges chamber, men present case of the negative effects of marijuana use MS judge grants requests MS still posters of anti - marijuana propaganda CS still pamphlets and other documents on marijuana MS male sitting at a park CS buttons on the back of male’s shirt that express pro - legalization sentiment MS feet of man lying on ground with DOG MS man lying on the ground stoned MS male sitting on a sleeping bag CS poster “let the sun shine in” MS two males sitting behind a fence MS back of male with tattered clothes MS woman videotaping people walking by MDS 4 females standing in a circle - three barefoot MS looking up at sky rises in a city MS man in suit smoking on the street MS man looks at friend as they smoke and relax on the street MS man and friend relax on a bench MS naked baby on mother’s shoulder MS children playing with mother knitting MS mother feeding a baby with a bottle MS man watching a stroller CS man’s feet MS man reading a book (over his shoulder POV) MS pan from bottom to top of woman’s legs MS hands of an older male MS female’s hands knitting MS woman smoking and smiling (Hollywood depiction) MS man reacting in a crazy manner MS man and women kiss MS man and women bouncing on a piano, kiss MS police cars leaving the station MS investigators looking through a building MS old police motorcycle rides through street MS hands being hand cuffed MS police truck driving down street with siren MS man handcuffed sitting with shirt off CS hands unlock the back door of the police truck MS inside police station - surveillance camera on drug users MS police frisk two men inside police office (men have not shirts on) MS man talks about kids an the consequences of using marijuana MS smoke rising up CS marijuana plant MS diagram of male and female parts of marijuana MS diagram of chemical structures of marijuana CS books on study of marijuana CS pages of books on study of marijuana MS stick figure of cartoon character smoking marijuana and the different effects of it MS diagram of brain and eye and the effects of marijuana on the sensory abilities of the body MS montage of flashback type effects on the brain CS terminal box switch that flashes an “x” MS hands operating a laboratory research device MS man participating in test at a desk MS man observing a patient taking a test through a video monitor. Button switchboard in the background CS dials and numbers flashing on board CS man (face) driving a car simulator MS man driving a car simulator MS man turning wheel of driving simulator MS projector of driving simulator CS hand steering a wheel and speedometer of car MS man driving the simulator MS out of focus lights at night MS rabbit taken out of cage in a lab MS rabbit injected with THC MS boiling flask in a laboratory attached to a larger machine and lowered into another liquid MS liquid pouring from one container into another MS Glass pipes on machine moving up and down MS male sitting in prison cell with toilet in the background MS drug specialist lawyer ElSeego (sp) explaining things to Mrs. Johnson (Charles’ mother) CS Mrs. Johnson rolling piece of paper through hands MS taking apart drug paraphernalia MS man’s arms being checked for drugs CS cuts and scars on the arms of a drug user MS pan from left to right of marijuana in bags and boxes MIN multi miniature shots of body parts, in connection with using hard drugs. CU of man talking about children and adults justifying using marijuana. Cartoon graph of human character growing up with all the problems that lead young people to using stimulants. FG audience listening to judge, leading to crime. CU Man speaking re marijuana again re getting jobs. Taking finger prints. CU newspaper cutting of photographer job advert circled. LS of college students looking at books CU of books Narrative re criminal record problems getting into college and travel and getting documents CU Shows passport, maps, various documents CU man talking re life problems of Marijuana LS of customs detector machine LS people outside CU of paintings of faces “We don’t know how the drug effects us” CU rabbit injected Long term effects of drug CU to MS of test tubes MS Test tubes and apparatus, diagram of eye, connection with long term illnesses CU of handcuffed man CU panning upwards, legalization of marijuana CU of weed sprouting and growing birds eye view Credits