Valium - the aspirin of the emotionally upset. An investigation into Valium, the popular pill to pop when you’re feeling low. This film shows the problems that Valium can cause in today’s (1977) society. The wonder drug that some doctors prescribe for their patients without knowing of its addictiveness. We hear from addicts and find out what happens when you go “cold turkey”. The manufacturers are confronted with these problems, but plead their innocence.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
31730
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pharmaceutical ethics
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pharmaceutical industry
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Drug abuse - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Pharmaceutical ethics
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Drug abuse - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Social aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug abuse - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drug addiction
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Side effects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medication abuse
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pharmaceutical ethics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tranquilizing drugs
Short films
Short films → Short films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)