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Drug Use

Stichting Film en Wetenschap / René Swetter
 
Number of interviews: 6
Accessibility: Restricted
Transcripts: Yes
Period of interviews: 1971
Remarks:

The collection has not yet been digitized and therefore cannot be viewed directly at Sound & Vision. Digitization can, however, be requested from Sound & Vision via: zakelijk@beeldengeluid.nl

Medium: 7 Cassette tapes

 

 

 

The interviews were conducted on behalf of and incorporated into the film Drugs, stuff for thought (René Swetter, SFW 1972). Five interviews concern users of soft drugs and (former) addicts of hard drugs. The experiences of the individuals range from twice ever smoking a stickie to twelve years of opium addiction. One interview concerns the wife of a (former) opium addict.

 

Drugs, stuff for thought was made on the initiative of Amsterdam psychiatrist Peter Geerlings. Faced with a great demand for information on drugs, Geerlings felt the need to add a film to the drug information package circulating in our country (such as a program by the Kritische Filmers from Breda, broadcasts by various broadcasters and school television and a series of publications). Geerlings particularly encountered a lack of information among people who deal with young people on a daily basis at schools, social academies, and training and youth centers. The film: Drugs, stuff for thought, is primarily intended for them. However, the makers of the film will also explore whether the viewing audience can be extended to young people themselves-“The problem with that, however,” says director René Swetter, “is that there are quite a few people who fear that young people will interpret this information about drugs as advertising.” A fear that seems unfounded. When you watch and listen to the seven young people who talk about their experience with drugs in the film You don’t undergo a reaction of, hey, I need to so badly too. There is only one boy in the entire film (Jaap, 32, publisher and unmarried says the commentary) who is able to integrate smoking hashish well into his function in social life. The other interviewees smoke. as a reaction to their environment and none of them seem really happy about it. The film therefore creates a somewhat distorted picture of drug use in the Netherlands. After all, Leuw has once again confirmed this with his research among schoolchildren: most users stick to some Incidental experimentation with cannabis.

 

The discussion film (short version) which focuses on breaking taboos around drug use can be found here: link naar archief