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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.
Repetitive drug use often alters brain function in ways that perpetuate craving, and weakens (but does not completely negate) self-control. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Drug films are films that depict either illicit drug distribution or drug use, whether as a major theme, such as by centering the film around drug subculture or by depicting it in a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from gritty social realism depictions to the utterly surreal depictions in art film and experimental film.
A 2012 study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University concluded that the U.S. treatment system is in need of a “significant overhaul” and questioned whether the country’s “low levels of care that addiction patients usually do receive constitutes a form of medical malpractice.”
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Straight Up is a 1988 anti-drug film produced by Community Television of Southern California and funded by the United States Department of Education. [1] It is a high fantasy dramatization of the dangers of substance abuse and how to avoid them. The film has been released into the public for free viewing. [2] [3]
Documentary films about drug addiction, a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines.