![]() ![]() Marijuana also failed to serve as a "gateway" drug in our clique, none of us were led by it into harsher substances. Bad drug problems are bad drug problems, but the recreational use of marijuana is substantially less detrimental than either alcohol or tobacco, which both get a free pass because they're legal. With the clarity of thirty years hindsight, I remain of the opinion that we frankly had a healthier attitude on this subject than do so-called role models of today. There wasn't a single teacher at my high school who would not have immediately recognized the odor of marijuana and sought out the source. In D&C we see Slater and some of his friends smoking weed right in the schoolyard, that didn't happen in my school. ![]() But we did leave campus to blow a joint, absolutely, (usually in either the home of one of us who lived nearby or a van that belonged to another of our group, parking at the shopping center down the street). My own clique would never have had the brass ones required to actually partake on campus, as getting caught would not have meant a detention but a trip to jail on the other hand it was not infrequent to find us stoned in class. My generation had a very permissive attitude toward these substances. ![]() In my high school, really hardcore drugs such as heroin were virtually unknown, we talked about it but never saw it, but both marijuana and LSD were as common and available as sand in your shoes. As someone who was there, I hope I can clear up or offer some insight into a few of the points people have raised about the film. There is no question but that the author of this piece had to have been one of us. This is exactly how we dressed and wore our hair, those are the cars we drove, the music we loved, that looks exactly like my high school (with only slight variations in paint colors), those seemed to be my teachers, and all of these people were the people I knew then. If you are of an age and background that permits you to relate to Dazed & Confused on this level, it will give you an unusual affinity for the film. I too attended high school in Texas in the 1970's, and this film is so flawless in recreating this time and place it lends the impression you were being documented without your knowledge. I must concur with the other reviewers who have commented on the eerie accuracy of this film. ![]()
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