There were a lot of bad documentary films about teens and drugs in the late 60s and early 70s. Many are laughable.
Rather tepid expose of 60's drug culture. At a conventional level, it's something of a warning to parents to sympathetically guide youngsters away from drugs and into the established mainstream.
Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene (1970)** 1/2 (out of 4)Robert Mitchum narrates this documentary that tries to educate people about the various drug uses in this country. This is a pretty strange short for a couple reasons but the biggest is that they were able to get someone like Mitchum to do the narration.
The main focus of this short documentary points to the widespread and growing use of marijuana among young adults, for them a symbol of discontent for establishment values. In that regard, pretty much nothing has changed over the past half century.
