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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Why do we still think that drug use is a law-enforcement issue? Making drugs illegal does nothing to stop people from using them, says public health expert Mark Tyndall. So, what might work? Tyndall shares community-based research that shows how harm-reduction strategies, like safe-injection sites, are working to address the drug overdose crisis.
Pub. Date
[2009], c2007
Language
English
Description
This program illustrates a growing appetite for - and dependence on - experience-enhancing pharmaceuticals and nutriceuticals among those who have the money, the connections, or the savvy to procure them. Drawing examples from the U.S. and France, Pills: Never Enough! examines the use of dietary supplements augmented by hormones to slow the effects of aging; the consumption of energy drinks such as the controversial Cocaine, which packs the caffeine...
23) Second Opinion
Series
Language
English
Description
Schizoaffective disorder is a form of psychosis and a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms. People affected often have hallucinations or delusions, as well as mood disorder symptoms such as mania or depression. We meet Lynne Fisher, whose life was turned upside down by the onset of this illness, as she battled through five years of symptoms to find a treatment plan that enables her to live a constructive...
25) Chasing Life
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This Telly Award-winning documentary focuses on recovery from addiction, highlighting resources for those suffering from America's worst-ever opiate addiction crisis.
26) Heroin Hits Home
Pub. Date
[2011], c2008
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode takes us to South Boston, where OxyContin - a painkiller and trendy drug - is the drug of choice for kids. But when this use became an expensive addiction, a cheaper and more deadly replacement was found: heroin. This documentary details the heartbreaking and dangerous...
27) Oxyana
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Once a thriving mining community, now a destitute hinterland ravaged by its addiction to a prescription painkiller: the West Virginian town of Oceana is a portentous glimpse of the American dream, collapsed. It is home to high-school girls with
Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Thirty-seven-year-old Fabian was once a successful entertainment entrepreneur who lost everything because of his escalating addiction. Dawn, 49, is a meth addict who lives on the street. She has symptoms of psychosis from the drug and often hallucinates.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This program traces the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the devastating impact these drugs are having in virtually every part of America. It captures the story of the opioid crisis through personal stories and interviews with experts and reveals the tragic impact of the overuse of prescription painkillers on individuals, families, and communities.
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Alissa is a compulsive gambler, addicted to 25-cent slot machines. She lost over
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. The first intervention in this episode involves Kelly, a man with a genius IQ who is homeless and survives on the change he begs for and beer. Mark has a severe addiction to painkillers, which has caused him to have a morphine pump surgically implanted in his abdomen.
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Salina exhibits a range of addictive behaviors, including severe bulimia, obsession shopping, and self-mutilation. This episode of Intervention also discusses the case of Troy, who had a promising future in Los Angeles until he began to use crystal methamphetamine. Now homeless...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode watches as friends try to help 24-year-old Tamela. Molested as a child, she now cuts herself with razor blades. Next, interventionist Jeff VanVonderen is called in to help Jerrie, 29. Her addiction to Vicodin causes her to forge physician prescriptions and buy from...
Pub. Date
[2006], c2006
Language
English
Description
Combining hard-hitting personal stories with cold facts, the first six segments of this chaptered program report on some of the most common drugs currently being abused by teens: OxyContin, PMA, Special K (ketamine), the methamphetamine Ice, inhalants, and, in the form of binge drinking, alcohol. The final segment focuses on hazing, a frequently outlawed form of initiation that, like substance abuse, speaks directly to the teenage desire to fit in...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Language
English
Description
Taking a tour through the world of pharmaceuticals, this program reveals that drug advances have as much to do with serendipity as science-and that they frequently produce as many questions as solutions. Viewers learn about the shifting purposes behind some medicines-as in the case of Ritalin, which was designed to treat adult depression, and Viagra, the sexual benefits of which are actually a side effect. The film also asks why male contraceptives...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. We are first introduced to Renee, whose food addiction and eating disorder now threatens her health, marriage, and finances. This episode also explores Peter's problem with video games. This addition is so extreme, he identifies himself as the characters in his games and feels...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode examines the life of Laurie. Once a psychotherapist and mother of 3, her addiction to painkillers and alcohol has caused her to lose her job, family, and health. Jessica had once wanted to become a doctor, but bulimia has ruined her dream. She now eats obsessively...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Anthony had worked in his family business since he was a child. He excelled at sports and was recruited by colleges. However, his sister died from a heroin overdose, which affected his mother's emotional health. Anthony learned to cope with cocaine and now relies on methadone...
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