Origin & History of Opium & Its Derivatives Anti-Drug Video

From the film "Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness" (1972) by Airlie Productions. Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of America. Includes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh. Producer: Airlie Productions; Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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• opium
• heroin
• morphine
• substance
• abuse
• drugs
• drug
• addiction
• organized
• crime
• criminals
• addicts
• narcotics
• narcotic
• trade
• US

[Babania1]

good upload if a little dated!! I find it amazing how the price of H differs from source to point of eventual sale but at the same time the purity has gone down to almost nothing!!

[rosaryfilms]

@Babania1 - thanks!

[Babania1]

@rosaryfilms thats OK, I find these documentaries very very interesting, have you got anymore like this uploaded??

[rosaryfilms]

@Babania1 - Yes, but not as interesting as this one. Thanks

[2Bpatient]

bravo for posting this.

[rosaryfilms]

@2Bpatient - thank you!

[teisho71]

what a silly take on life on this earth, as if everthing about our existence and evolution has been a hardship for humanity. life is a celebration of all things in it.

drug use is a choice. we are not dumb creatures. we have a choice to use drugs or not - from a simple aspirin to pot or whatever. it is from that premise that folks should work on. drugs by themselves do not make our choices. i disagree with those that say so.

[cdishmo]

In 1839 England went to war with China because the Chinese government seized 3 million dollars woeth of opium. England was making huge profits from selling opium to the Chinese people. Drugs ar big business. A lot of people have become rich from drug sells.

[chrispycritter2]

Great film! It is true that anyobody can be an addict, be it alcohol, pot, sex, gambling and the best way to fix it is through helping the non-violent addict and not throwing them in an already crowded prison system.

[Babania1]

@rosaryfilms ahh OK

[BoxerMonkey]

what about codeine, dextromorphan, or methadone

your quick to point at the opiates harvested by brown skin and oriental asians, and how it hits the street of your east harlem riddled with gang violence of colored gang members yet you fail to mention the opiates that you white people circulate in the country

[smokeybirdman]

@cdishmo england wasnt, apparently a jewish family was, the sassoons. the english were profiting off of them.