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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website The Narcotic Educational Foundation of America presents (0:46) “The Dangerous Drugs” (0:53), a 1956 anti-drug movie in which pre-presidential narrator Ronald Reagan examines the health risks and growing societal problem of barbiturate and amphetamine abuse. Drugs in dark bottles (1:48). Barbiturate pills processed in industrial machines (1:54). A lady purchases drugs from a pharmacy (1:58). A montage of women and men taking drugs with water (2:08). A man takes barbiturates at a party (3:12). He shares the pills with friends (3:51). They take the barbiturates with alcohol, increasing the stupor and intoxication (4:46). A doctor (5:07) explains that barbiturate is a derivative of barbituric acid, and acts as a depressant on the central nervous system. They were prescribed to induce sleep, anesthesia, and as an anticonvulsant. A nurse prepares the drugs (5:35); a d
