you to stop drug addiction."

"If You Turn On" elicited praise from law officials. A Los Angeles police captain wrote the following:

"Your one-hour television special was especially well done. I am sure that your response from the viewing audience was overwhelming. From the comments I have heard from all who viewed the program, I can assure you it was well received. It's programs such as this that render a great assistance to our fight against this terrible menace to our community. All of our officers were lavish in their praise and, believe me, they are a tough audience to impress

His sentiments were echoed by a Norwalk, California, city councilman: "I personally believe that the key to the impact of your presentation... was the fact that no one was there to preach, just 'tell it like it is' -both to parents and their youngsters,

"The fact that the questions were answered not by doctors, scientists, sociologists, law enforcement officers, etc., but by former addicts who had experienced the unhappiness and deterioration inevitably linked with drug usage, made the program meaningful without alienating anyone in the television audience

¥ each individual connected with the program should be commended., . a truly outstanding effort."

The comments from the press were equally praiseworthy. In a review, Daily Variety noted, "Everyone connected with the program deserves a salute. Fast-paced and informative, it cut through to truth. The urgency in the youngsters' varying pleas was a powerful indictment of drugs and a testimony to their own courage and insight. The program should be shown again -and again.

The Herald-Examiner observed: "We appreciated the absence of sensationalism in a program that could so easily have lent itself tosuch distortions ... there wasdrama ... itwasimplicit in the personal statements from youngsters about their hair-raising adventures with suicidal chemistry."

A columnist for the Long Beach Independent and Press-Tele

gram commented: I tuned in with reservations about this being

another one of those shows in which the kids feel sorry for

themselves and tell you about how their parents don't understand them. I got clear of that idea pretty quickly and was engrossed in a no-nonsense, non-preachy sincere presentation of the facts about drugs."