In the city of Sunnyvale California, there is a street named America street. Families of many different backgrounds live on the street and in the immediate neighborhood. It's a melting pot of America in miniature. What are the feelings, the attitudes, the texture of life on America Street? What do these Americans think about America as it is today? For if we are to approach the reality of the American experiment in democracy we must know, understand, and respond to the opinions of America Street. We ask you to imagine that you are overhearing a discussion among the residents of America Street as occasionally compared and contrasted with an informed opinion from other sources.An online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).
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#2 Drugs in America
Today's topic: drugs in America. In the past few years there has been a great increase in the use of certain drugs, most notably marijuana, and especially among young people. More recently along with increased usage we have seen a change of attitude toward marijuana among some authorities, political as well as medical. While the subject of drug use certainly has its frightening and confusing aspects, we found that the opinions of America Street were relatively calm and objective. We also found that many of the residents of America street agreed at least in part with the opinions of the expert whom we asked to contribute to this program: Joel Fort, M.D. Dr. Fort is the author of the book The Pleasure Seekers: The Drug Crisis, Youth, and Society, published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1969. Dr. Fort is a professor at the School of Social Welfare, University of California Berkeley and the organizer of the Center for the Solution of Special Social and Health problems in San Francisco.