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Selection of newspaper cuttings of Gemini News Service articles relating to drugs.

Subjects covered include: the investigation into General Arnald Ochoa's of Cuba connections with the drug trade, 1990; drug route through China, 1990; the growing cocaine trail in South America, 1991; the closure of coca plantations in the Peruvian Andes, 1991; 'marijuana tourists' in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992 and the debate over the legalisation of drugs, 1988-1990.

Diagrams and illustrations, produced by Gemini News Service, relating to drugs.

Subjects covered include: heroin use and addiction, 1988-1995; the world output of opiates, 1984; heroin smugglers, nd; illegal drug routes, nd; the cocaine trail, 1988; Australia's drug problem; the estimated drug market 1980-2000, c1985; female drug smugglers, 1997; features of addiction, nd and the role of the Solanaceous plant in the creation of burundanga drug, nd.

a. An advert promoting a three part series on drugs in the Observer Life magazine:

Shows a kaleidoscope effect created with images of pills and, at one point, a moving toad, set to hypnotic music. Finishes with a shot of the Observer 'Life' magazine, along with a copy of the newspaper, around which flowers and foliage grow suddenly, as in a hallucination.

Commentary: "Why did the CIA host drug parties for prostitutes? What are the signs of an addictive personality? Which drugs allegedly improve your sexual performance? How can a toad in Colorado produce hallucinations? How much do you really know about drugs? Test yourself in a three part series starting this Sunday in the Observer."

The advert starts at 18.05 on the 1985-1995 'historical reel' mp4 file. Duration: 20 seconds.

b. An advert for [the television series] 'Living Islam' used as reference material for the drugs series advert above. The advert features a kaleidoscope effect created with images of the Taj Mahal, a woman wearing a headscarf and riding a moped; camels and riders; mosaic tiles and the face of a child it ends on text, in Arabic and English, reading 'Paradise lies at the feet of the Mother.'

The advert starts at 0.03 on a separate mp4 file. Duration: 43 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

"Marty" Johnstone

Creator: Greenhill; Richard [Photographer]