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Drugs commonly shown in such films include cocaine, heroin and other opioids, LSD, cannabis (see stoner film) and methamphetamine. There is extensive overlap with crime films, which sometimes treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. The following is a partial list of drug films and the substances involved.
Alcohol and its Victims; Alkohol; All Things Fair; Amityville Exorcism; The Amityville Legacy; The Amityville Terror; Animal House; Another Round; Another Year (film) Arjun Reddy; Arthur (1981 film) Arthur 2: On the Rocks; Arthur (2011 film) As You Desire Me (film) L'Assommoir (film) The Attic (1980 film) An Autumn Afternoon; Ayyappanum Koshiyum
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can is a 1982 American biographical film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jill Clayburgh.The screenplay by David Rabe is based on the memoir of the same title by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Gordon, whose addiction to and difficult withdrawal from Valium serves as the basis of the plot.
Films about addiction, a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to engage in certain behaviors, often usage of a drug, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.
Films about substance abuse, use of a drug in amounts or by methods which are harmful to the individual or others. It is a form of substance-related disorder . Subcategories
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Films about alcohol (2 C, 6 P) Films about animals on drugs (7 P) C. ... Films about drug use in the United States (2 C, 18 P) Films about substance abuse (3 C, 51 P) H.
Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.