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Thursday, August 10, 1972

TELEVISION CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

A special film campaign on the dangers of drug abuse will be

mounted on television this weekend and early next week to dispel many

of the myths which surround drugs.

A series of four films dealing with various aspects of this

problem are to be shown over the Rediffusion English service in a joint

project with the Education Department.

Some months ago, the department approached RTV to re-schedule

what if felt were two extremely powerful episodes on drug abuse from

the popular BBC series "The Expert",

A spokesman for the department said today that the station's

General Manager, Mr. Don Gale, responded quickly and at the same time

secured another vivid documentary from the "Man Alive" series to supplement

the drug abuse message.

A fourth feature entitled "Drug Abuse

Everybody's Hang-up"

has been contributed by the Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical

Industry which also has an active interest in this field.

The spokesman said it was felt by the Education Department and

Rediffusion that the two episodes should be offered again to English-

speaking parents and their children "to dispel many of the myths which

surround drugs and to impress upon them the very real danger in which

young people stand in a permissive era".

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