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"Drugs Actually" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the American television comedy drama Shameless, an adaptation of the British series of the same name. It is the 59th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Davey Holmes and directed by Mimi Leder. It originally aired on Showtime on March 29, 2015.
David Crow of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote "As a whole, Shameless season 8 began like how all other Shameless seasons do: by reintroducing us to the characters and having some laughs as we get caught up. What will drive them in the weeks to come and how will their lives become truly fucked up is a bit of a ...
After threatening the club's owner, Mickey discovers that Ian has become a lap dancer by the name of Curtis. Mickey informs Ian of Fiona's arrest and urges him to come back home, but Ian, having used drugs, is not interested. Ian later passes out outside the club; Mickey decides to take Ian to his house, upsetting Svetlana (Isidora Goreshter).
Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) is tasked by his drug boss, G-Dog (Stephen Rider), in smuggling heroin to Flint, Michigan. Seizing the opportunity, Frank convinces Carl in taking Chuckie (Kellen Michael) with him, so he can use it as a scapegoat if anything goes awry. At the station, police officers arrive at the scene, prompting Carl to abandon Chuckie.
Mountains of research show that drug education strategies of the 1980s and 90s were ineffective. Schools are hoping an updated approach will have more of an impact. D.A.R.E. didn’t work.
Daniel Kurland of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote "“The Fickle Lady Is Calling It Quits” is the strongest episode of Shameless ' final season, it contains some of William H. Macy's absolute best work from the show, and it instills some optimistic confidence for what the series has planned for its final ...
But while DARE didn't "work" in the sense of keeping many kids from using drugs, Felker-Kantor argues the program was wildly successful at normalizing the presence of police, and the war on drugs ...
The thing that's surprising to me about these drugs, given your previous work on addiction, for example, if you give smokers a nicotine patch, it only helps a minority of them come off cigarettes.