Summaries

Semi-documentary on how marijuana dealers lure small-town teenagers into heroin use and prostitution and how the police help to fight it.

This police-training film uses dramatizations of real-life events to demonstrate the battle law enforcement faces with narcotics, most specifically barbiturates (also known as "goofballs") and marijuana (also known as "tea"). It shows how to identify certain narcotics, identify the signs that someone is using, identify the signs of where drug deals take place, identify the signs of use in a secluded public place, and apprehend the users in these public settings. As it follows one young woman neglected by her parents, the film also shows the underlying causes of narcotics use, with these underlying causes often the forgotten issue as everyone tends to deal with the symptoms.—Huggo

Details

Keywords
  • police
  • drugs
  • teenager
  • heroin
  • drugsploitation
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Feb 25, 1958
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations May Hotel - 209 S Olive St, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Police Science Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 18m
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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