An original trailer edit to the documentary about drug addiction aired on HBO, definitely worth a look…

Here is a clip from YouTube of a former drug addict who has overcome his addiction through determination, hard work and hard running…

Sam Sullivan is the mayor of Vancouver and a long time supporter of drug policy reform and harm reduction in Canada. This video shows him adressing the closing ceremony of the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Orleans, December 2007. He pointed out that drug addiction is neither a moral nor a medical issue, but a management issue like other disabilites. He said drug addicts needs substitution treatment to manage their lives just as he needed a wheelchair to get elected as a mayor.

A hilarious character from the British television show, The Fast Show (aired in the late 1990’s), Rowley Birkin, Q.C. (Queen’s Council) strikes again from his cozy leather chair…

Here is the follow up video to the first part…

Toxicology results in: Ledger’s death was ruled an accident due to a lethal mix of six different and powerful prescription medicines. On this show a doctor simply states that Heath ‘just stopped breathing’. Also on the panel Dr. Drew Pinsky from the VH1 show “Celebrity Rehab”

Originally aired on Wednesday, Feb 6th on CNN’s Larry King Show.

Check out this snippet from the Cocaine Cowboys documentary…

Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way, a History Channel special that explores the world of illegal drugs, meeting with pharmacologists and scientists to learn exactly what effect they have on us and exploring the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th century.

Check out this controversial video from CNN out…

Chris and Pax Prentiss, co-founders of Passages Addiction Cure Center, explain through a series of CNN and other TV news interviews how drug addiction and alcoholism can be cured by acknowledging it is not a disease and utilizing one on one counseling with the right people, in the right environment. More information can be found on the website at http://www.passagesmalibu.com

An interesting public service video on addictions…

A fast paced, image rich video that examines the biological and environmental causes of addiction as well as the conflict between old brain cravings and new brain reasoning. Legal substances like alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medications are addressed along with illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. The video also explores compulsive eating disorders, obsessive sexual activity, and habitual gambling. Using illustrations from medical science along with real-world dialogue from individual users, Roots of Addiction demonstrates that any addiction is an inherited, learned, and practiced set of behaviors, which can be treated and…

Here is an interesting video worth a watch, mind, there is some bold language…

This is a short to go along with song written by a group called “Beans on Toast”, as a recovering alcoholic an ex drug user myself, I made this short film to show the protagonist of this sound bite when he is sober, hopefully it might shock him into changing his ways, however, chance would be a fine thing…

A brave and honest YouTuber reminding us we are not alone…

This is just too good!!!

Wow. These old educational movies are so weird!?!

Singer Kelly Clarkson sings her new single, “Sober” live on ABC…

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, (founding members of Blind Faith) play “Can’t Find My Way Home” (release 1969) at the Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, UK (May 2007).

Lyrics, for those who would like to know!

Come down off your throne
And leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason
I’ve been waiting so long
Somebody holds the key
Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time
Well, I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home

Come down on your own
And leave your money at home
Somebody must change
You are the reason
I’ve been waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key
I’m near the end, and…

Check out more of The Raw File’s Brenda Ann Kenneally at her website. There are some slideshows and commentaries that are just amazing!

Brenda Ann Kenneally: Biography

Money, Power, Respect: Real Life Stories from the Hip-Hop Generation
Soros Criminal Justice Media Fellow Brenda Ann Kenneally attended the University of Miami, where she earned a B.S. in sociology and photojournalism, and New York University, where she received an M.A. in studio art.

Kenneally has been documenting the causes, effects, and economy of the use and sale of illegal drugs in her Brooklyn, New York neighborhood. The mother of an eight-year-old, Kenneally has focused on how…

This is Part II of the story of Tata and Angel. Angel is now in jail and speaks of her experience after Tata died in the hospital…

Tata met Angel in a drug rehab after she had been arrested for dealing to support her habit. She had a long record of drug related charges, so the two-year treatment program came with a high alternative sentence of 5-10 years if she failed to complete it. Tata’s joy at having found true love at last had similar conditions. When Angel’s terminal diagnosis got him an early release from the program, Tata decided to…

The Raw File was created to produce and distribute socially reflective media that will provoke discussion. It is their hope that these conversations will intersect the lines of race and class, private and professional. Here they have put together a gripping and painful bio about two drug addicts and their love for each other…

Tata was already a fifteen -year veteran of the United States War on Drugs when she traded a decade of freedom to fight with her husband during the final days of his battle with liver cancer. Tata and Angel, met in a court mandated drug program. The rehab…

This movie was made in the late 1960’s and was shown in classrooms showing the dangers of drug use. It is absolutely hilarious… I mean come on.

Katie Couric speaks with a doctor about the alarming trend in teen prescription drug abuse, Nov 28 2007.

Steve Pasierb of Partnership for a Drug-Free America has more on what parents can do to prevent drug use.

Amy Winehouse “ain’t goin’ to rehab,” but what impact does her obvious support of drug abuse have on the rest of the world?

UN: Celebrities ‘Glamorize’ Drugs
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Celebrities such as Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss are glamorizing cocaine use and fueling problems in Africa, according to the UN’s drug chief. The Rehab singer, 24, and supermodel Moss, 33, were singled out by Antonio Maria Costa as he warned that drug use in Britain directly contributed to the ‘complete collapse’ of some West African countries where drug cartels corrupt vulnerable governments. He said: ‘Look at Kate Moss, who still receives…

Methamphetamines dry the mouth and reduce saliva around the teeth. Combined with poor oral hygiene and an unhealthy diet, it causes teeth to decay, chip and break. Users also tend to grind and clench their teeth…and because of the drug’s devastating destruction, meth-damaged teeth usually have to be extracted.
For more information on meth mouth, visit www.ada.org and read more

Becky Kuhn, M.D. discusses how the use of crystal methamphetamine (a.k.a. meth, tina, crank, speed, tweak, ice, glass, or crystal) is contributing to the spread of HIV.

An anonymous addict talks about trying the new drug treatment Prometa which has been quite a controversial subject in the news recently…