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.

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

This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original su...

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...

This short, started early on into sobriety, finished about nine months in, is a collage of diaries a...

A tribute to drag superstar, The Vivienne. Friends and family share touching stories of the RuPaul's...

Satan in the Suburbs tells the shocking story of a grisly ritualistic murder in the quiet bedroom co...

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

This film presents a series of extemporaneous interviews with teenagers and young adults who have ta...

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

Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived o...
A glimpse into the junkie scene at Dortmund Central Station.

He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record break...
A filmed sequence dramatizes the problems addressed in the program: the story of a working mother ad...

This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they batt...
I started from the assumption that the discourse about the hospital could be the objective pretext f...

An acid-soaked journey to the edge of madness with the wise and wild Wooks of America’s hippie under...

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

Stooge is a feature documentary about Robert Pargiter, Iggy Pop's No1 fan. It covers the three years...

Because of the internet's accessibility, anonymity, and affordability, pornography addictions have r...