This 1969 anti-drug film was produced by the Community Television Foundation of South Florida Incorporated, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Junior League of Miami Incorporated. It was narrated by Anita Bryant, famous for her homophobic activism and being a brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. It uses common childhood habits and activities, such as building a machine out of Lego blocks, to metaphorically illustrate the effects and dangers of drug abuse. The visuals of the film are very stunning but the examples used are somewhat bizarre.

0:22 Community Television Foundation of South Florida Incorporated and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Junior League of Miami Inc., 0:51 “Drugs Are Like That”, 1:00 kids pick up a box of Legos and pour them out, 1:42 kids start sorting Legos, 2:25 a baby in a crib with a pacifier interjected with pictures of pills, 3:26 kids start building Legos, 4:29 kids jumping over cracks, 4:55 an adult jumping over cracks and lines and nearly getting hit by a car, 5:29 kids continue building Legos while the boy chews on his fingernails and the girl plays with her hair, 6:55 kids playing baseball, 7:11 one of the baseball players spinning around on a swing and then messing up while playing baseball, 7:56 kids playing with Legos, 8:47 a little girl climbing onto the kitchen counter to get cookies, 9:47 kids put finishing touches on the Lego contraption, 10:50 overview of a lake with people enjoying themselves at it, 11:39 a boy drowning in the lake, 11:51 overview of the Lego contraption once it is plugged in, 13:04 girl switches one little part around in the machine and it starts falling apart, 14:00 a child walking down a dark street scared, 15:02 pills falling down, 15:50 directed by Paul Nagel, narrated by Anita Bryant

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