The PCP Story

Name: The PCP Story
Director: Alfonso R. Tatano
Released: 1977-01-23
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 8
Cast: R. Stanley Burns, Steven E. Lerner, Dwight Casimere

8.0

January 23, 1977

23m

Documentary

Overview

The PCP Story is a general overview of an emerging drug problem -the abuse of phencyclidine. The film is journalistic in approach as users and various authorities define the growth, effects, and dangers of the drug. Renowned researchers, R. Stanley Burns, M. D. and Steven E. Lerner, M.S., collaborated closely in the production to assure the accuracy of the film's content. Some of the characteristic signs of the low dose state of intoxication - the blank stare, ataxia, stuttering, incomplete verbal responses, and mystagmus upon testing - are graphically demonstrated by users.