"...Brings a refreshingly unjaundiced eye to illicit drugs use and its impact on the so-called 'culture wars'... Far from a whitewash, the Perrys' breezy approach explores the use of drugs minus any finger-wagging and frankly contemplates events that made the era appear less benign in hindsight..."
Full Review ---> Variety 06/11/06

"...Exists at a whole other level. The first two hours supplied for review are something like classic television, packed as they are with magnificent archival footage and consistently profound insights about the role that illicit drug use and abuse has had in shaping our nation and its social fabric since the 1950s."
Full Review ---> The Hollywood Reporter 06/12/06

"The Drug Years has a lot going for it. Inspired by Martin Torgoff´s book, Can´t Find My Way Home: America in the Stoned Age, it moves along at a heady clip and is stuffed with great bits of footage that I´d never seen before."
Full Review ---> Hartford Advocate 06/15/06

"The film features exclusive interviews with Jackson Brown, Ray Manzarek, Ice-T, Liz Phair, ?uestlove, Juliette Lewis, among others, and is careful not to take a stand on drug use."
Full Review ---> Spin 06/13/06