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Various Artists - 2006 - VH1 - The Drug Years

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Various Artists - VH1 - The Drug Years

The Drug Years is a 2006 television documentary series produced by the Sundance Channel and VH1 about illicit drug use in the United States in the second half of the 20th century and it\'s relation to musicians.

It is divided into four episodes, based on chronology.

1. \"Break On Through\" (1950s–1967) This is about the sudden appearance of recreational drugs being used by beatniks and jazz musicians.

2. \"Feed Your Head\" (1967–1971) This shows the beginning and the demise of the hippie movement in America, especially in San Francisco.

3. \"Teenage Wasteland\" (1970s) This chronicles the years after the hippie movement. The explosion of cocaine and disco are explored.

4. \"Just Say No!\" (1980s–Present) This is about the crack epidemic and the War on Drugs. It also shows the popularity of rehabilitation clinics in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the prevalence of ecstasy in the rave culture.

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The role played by drugs in the rejection of conformist America, a revolt championed by artistic and social subcultures including the Beats and the Hippies. The advent of LSD, the psychedelic drug tested at Harvard, hailed by Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, and embraced by free-thinkers, musicians and young people eager to expand their consciousness.

Among those who will be featured in interviews are Peter Coyote, Jackson Browne, Ray Manzarek from the Doors, Ice-T, Liz Phair, Rob Thomas, Tommy Chong, Russell Simmons, John Mellencamp, Henry Rollins and many others

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