Deals with expectations of drug users, the addiction cycle, the goals, problems, successes and failures of substitutive programs such as methadone therapy. Emphasises through interviews the damaging effects of heroin use. Suitable for upper secondary and tertiary levels.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
503736
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rehabilitation
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Drug abuse - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
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 - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heroin
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heroin habit
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotic addicts
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rehabilitation
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)