The ABC television network broadcast a made-for-television movie, Go Ask Alice, based on the book. It starred Jamie Smith-Jackson, William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Julie Adams, and Andy Griffith.[11] Also among the cast were Robert Carradine, Mackenzie Phillips, and Charles Martin Smith.[65] The film was promoted as an anti-drug film based on a true story.[11]
The film was first aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on January 24, 1973.[11][66] It was subsequently rebroadcast on October 24, 1973, and the network also made screening copies available to school, church and civic groups upon request.[67] The film drew generally good reviews[11][27][68][69] (with one critic calling it "the finest anti-drug drama ever presented by TV"[69]), but was also criticized for lacking the complexity of the book[27] and for not offering any solutions to the problem of teen drug addiction.[70] The adaptation by Ellen Violett was nominated for an Emmy Award.[67]
In 1976, a stage play version of the book, adapted by Frank Shiras, was published by The Dramatic Publishing Company.[12] The play has been produced by various high school and community theatre groups.[71][72][73][74]
A 2012 novel called Lucy in the Sky was published anonymously, featuring the story of a preppy Santa Monica student who falls into drug addiction and alcoholism. Critics compared the book with Go Ask Alice and viewed the 2012 book negatively, considering it a modernized copy of Go Ask Alice rather than its own story.
