VH1's "The Drug Years"

Part 1 - Break On Through
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"Break On Through" traces the birth of the counterculture, from the beboppers to the beatniks to the hippies. From the breakthrough, heroin-laced sounds of Charlie Parker, to the "bop prosody" of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, to the "tune in, turn on, drop out" psychedelic mantra of Timothy Leary, and the communal "acid tests" of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. and finally to the explosion of creativity and social change in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury in the mid-'60s. Episode One illuminates how marijuana and LSD helped a new generation to open "the doors of perception," and how drugs became the tool for challenging mainstream, conservative American values.

Part 2 - Feed Your Head
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The counterculture is co-opted by mainstream media and the psychedelic experience is bought and sold by Madison Avenue and Hollywood in films like The Trip and Easy Rider. The popularity of drugs is the establishment's worst nightmare. Shows like Dragnet feature drug storylines that reflect the system's worst fears about drug use. Meanwhile drugs are fueling a political upheaval and a violent backlash by the government. The utopian vision of the 1960s seems to crumble when a string of events-Altamont, the Manson murders, and the deaths of three rock and roll icons, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix-make the dark side of drug use painfully clear.

Part 3 - Teenage Wasteland
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If the 1960s were about expanding the mind, the 1970s, in the words of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, would be about getting "stoned, ripped, twisted." It was the golden age of pot - with swashbuckling smugglers, the popularity of High Times magazine, and a new era of drug humor exemplified by Cheech and Chong. By 1976, marijuana was on the brink of acceptance, with legalization advocates actually writing speeches for President Carter. Cocaine made its debut among the elite, and the Studio 54 era was ushered in. But the psychedelic prophets of the mid-`60s never imagined what their legacy would become: high school kids getting stoned and going to the mall. With groups like "Nosy Parents Association" writing policy pamphlets and Reagan vying for the presidency, the tide started to turn, and the juggernaut that would become the drug war was set into motion.

I thought that everyone here might enjoy watching this over the weekend :thumbsup: It's 3/4 of the popular VH1 documentary, The Drug Years. The links and the descriptions above were not made by me, and the person responsible didn't include part 4 (Which takes over where part 3 leaves off, dealing with the rise of the War on Drugs in the '80's)

Unluckily these are hosted over Megaupload, which means unless you have an expensive membership you'll only be able to download one part every 6-7 hours. Each part runs around 42 minutes long.

Enjoy everyone :jointsmile: Hope everyone has an amazing weekend, I know I plan to :D

thanks for uploading these.

ive seen each of them twice on vh1..they did a great job too. it's not anti-drug, it's not pro-drug..it's just a realistic view on drugs in general

niiice i will be enjoying these very soon

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love vh1's the drugs years. so so so much.

i actually have all four parts burned onto dvds...and i watch them over and over and over...i've seen them sooooooooo many times. and they are fandamntastic :D

Great series. Watched it probably 4 times. Never gets old.

Glad some of you enjoy it :jointsmile: I just finished part 1 again, arguably my favorite of the four parts.