Movies: Drug abuse

1967 Navy training film MN-10507-A. Navy physician talks about the dangers of LSD or "Russian roulette in a sugar cube." National Archives Identifier: 6379 "How LSD was discovered, the extreme dangers of using it and how it affects the brain and bo...

Perry Roberts is about to graduate from a prestigious private college. The son of a corrupt Congressman, Perry has lost faith in all the things he held true - his family, girlfriend, and the American Dream. He finds himself emotionally bereft and dep...

Arda Wuyts experiments with editing and color....

A dark coming-of-age story, this neon-noir film follows the story of Hunter, a sheltered teenager finding his place and in search of answers in the psychedelic vacuum of a sleepless metropolis....

Defend me from the Night...

A never ending loop of youth violence....

The humorous portrait of a female artist. The film follows the career of 24-year-old Janine F. who in 2002 caused a commotion from the rooftop of a Berlin building....

A gay teenager desperately attempts to hold on to the only companion he has left. A rough, dirty, and realistic take on the breaking point of a relationship between two boys living on the streets....

Early "shockumentary", apparently shot in Egypt, which documents the habits of opium addicts. The interiors of drug dens are shown, and at the conclusion the film an addict is shown collapsing on a sand dune; the booming voice of the narrator informs...

Ascetic vision about a being who detests the dysfunctional social model that this society proposes and opts for the way of self-destruction. Loneliness, addiction, survival, human sacrifice and a strong ideological component, turn Roman Di Martino "B...

Mark has to pass his exam in Chemistry, so he resorts to using drugs that will enhance his learning abilities. The pink pills though, come with side effects......

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Two brothers from southwest Detroit struggle to improve their lives. Unable to afford college and faced with expulsion - and meanwhile supporting his mother - Jason turns to stripping which turns to prostitution, posing a huge dilemma since he has ju...

A small-time drug dealer is pushed into danger when a young client of his dies....

This short film takes a look at addiction and whom it affects, specifically those in the medical profession. It was sponsored in the interest of the medical profession by Winthrop Laboratories Limited...

SPACED OUT written, edited and directed by Priyakanta Laishram is a movie dedicated to all the people who are on the road to recovery from drug addiction. The film is a realistic depiction of addiction and how there is no magic cure. The vicious cyc...

Designed to acquaint junior and senior high school students with the positive applications of narcotics and drugs when administered by doctors for medical purposes. Shows how experimenting with narcotics and drugs can seriously upset the central nerv...

The film tells the story of three friends and their long years of drug addiction in a small village of East Germany....

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A group of friends in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico "Villas", recording the destroying process of using drugs in a friend call Jorgais....