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Shelby
05-11-2006, 10:58 PM
Illicit Drugs Have Changed the Cultural Landscape of America
Tuesday April 18, 3:34 pm ET VH1 in association with the Sundance Channel Announces Milestone Documentary, 'The Drug Years' a Four-Part Series Chronicling the Rise of Illicit Drug Use in America and Its Impact on American Pop Culture Premiering Monday, June 12 at 9 PM* Notable interviews include Peter Coyote, Jackson Browne, Russell Simmons, Chuck D, Ice-T, Liz Phair, Juliette Lewis, Ally Sheedy, Common, Tommy Chong, Henry Rollins, Richard Lewis, John Mellencamp, ?uestlove and numerous others. Produced by Award-Winning Filmmakers, Dana and Hart Perry of Perry Films Inc.
NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1, in association with Sundance Channel, have produced the original documentary series "The Drug Years," a four-part look at the rise of illicit drug use and its cultural impact in the second half of the twentieth century. Based on the book Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, by Martin Torgoff, "The Drug Years" premieres on VH1 on June 12 at 9:00PM* with encore showings on the Sundance Channel beginning June 16 at 8:00PM*.\

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witchlinblue
05-12-2006, 11:49 PM
I will definitely be taping this one, thank you !!

stayinstrong
07-06-2006, 01:53 AM
anyone watch it

Eternal Hope
07-06-2006, 04:40 PM
I did, it was on June 12th, 13, 14, different segments of it... different nights...
Basically took you back through all the drug culture and history, and the rise of drugs in the 'hippie' days - the VietNam War etc. to the present. It was very informative.