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No Roses For Michael

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How it feels

An 18 year old boy starts using drugs and gets addicted. The film follows his worsening situation.

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What happens

No Roses for Michael is a 1970 Australian television film. Sponsored by the National Drug Education Project, it portrays an 18-year old boy's descent into drug addiction. Starring Brendon Lunney, it was directed by Chris McGill and written by John Baxter who researched real cases from the Langdon Clinic and the Police Drug Squad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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