There is no better anti-drug message than a conversation with an ex-junkie. Their accounts aren't full of rhetoric and propaganda and the horror of their stories leave an enduring sadness and resolution to remain drug free... more ». Shows the damaging effects of narcotics, stimulants and barbiturates in, "Drug Addicts on Drugs." Table of Contents: (1) "Are Drugs The Answer" Reformed from the psychedelic lifestyle, former Timothy Leary disciple Dr. Allan Cohen gives a classroom presentation to a group of high-school students. He covers the damaging effects of narcotics, stimulants, barbiturates, psychedelics, and marijuana. Dr Cohen details his own experience with drugs and answers questions from the students -20 Minutes (2) "Confrontation: A Nurse and a Drug Addict" shows the ugly side of heroin addiction, as a nurse confronts an addict about using heroin on-site at a treatment facility. The user becomes defensive and argumentative during the confrontation and demands sleeping pills -8 Minutes (3) "Medical Problems of the Drug Addict," shows typical signs of the drug user and how to wean users away from drugs. Points out common signals the person is on drugs -29 Minutes (4)Ecstasy has a powerful legacy as one of the most wildly used social drugs in the world. But is it really as good as people make it out to be? "Ecstasy: Is it really the Dream Drug?""explores that question in a biased anti-drug message. Interviews with people incarcerated for possession of the drug document the consequences while the narrator discusses what Ecstasy is and the possible side effects involved in usage -10 Minutes (5) "Caution: Adolescents at Risk" is a heartbreaking account of children making bad choices, ending up on the streets and becoming a victim of their own desires. Street kids talk about homelessness, drug use, alcoholism, gang violence, teen pregnancy and how they rose out of the gutters to improve their lives. The honesty is an amazing anti-drug message -20 Minutes« less
