by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Sgt. Friday (Jack Webb) is invited to deliver a speech before a high school assembly, detailing the pitfalls of drug addiction. Ironically, once the speech is over, Friday must exercise his authority and arrest a baby-faced young dope addict (played by a decidedly pre-Adam 12 Martin Milner. Based on a radio episode first heard on April 19, 1951, this version marks the only TV appearance of Joe Friday's mother, enacted by Helen Kleeb (who was all of thirteen years older than Jack Webb!)
