Stresses recognition and treatment of drug abuse emergencies, accurate identification of symptoms, and immediate clinical procedures. Presents scenes of actual cases in the emergency room and adjoining physician's offices of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Viewers observe emergency treatment of patients in the major classes of drugs commonly abused, opiates, depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. The film demonstrates to health professionals that successful management of drug overdoses can save most lives and avert additional organic and psychiatric complications.

A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy W...

Contrasting radical mobs, anarchy, and 1960s counterculture with footage of American manufacturing a...

A student is held up in the library while a riot rages outside. As SDS protesters head to burn the l...

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

The incredible true story of the Renaissance Community commune, one of the largest, most controversi...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...

Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting...

This short film takes a look at addiction and whom it affects, specifically those in the medical pro...

This experimental 1970 color documentary film, ostensibly designed to provoke classroom discussion e...

One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he und...

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over ...

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious halluc...

Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transforme...

This film points out the risks of being a heroin addict. Explains that addicts cannot be identified ...

Stooge is a feature documentary about Robert Pargiter, Iggy Pop's No1 fan. It covers the three years...
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.

Phases of Matter follows living and inanimate residents of a teaching hospital in Istanbul, moving f...

In the early 1970s, a group of young volunteers, the Free Youth Clinic of Winnipeg, operated a "cris...

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the types of narcotic deaths and drugs encountered by...

The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord...