Heroin. New high school high
Description
This ABC News Turning Point examines the increasing prevalence of heroin among today's teenagers and its devastating effects on users, their families, and their communities. Focusing on youths in Orlando, Florida, the program follows the lives of two teenage friends, both heroin addicts. One, an honor student, dies of a heroin overdose. Drug counselors discuss the difficulties in treating addicts because of the extreme euphoria produced by the drug. Families of addicts reveal how the drug destroys family life. Failure to stem the tide of heroin sale and use among teenagers is discussed by frustrated law enforcement officials.
Runtime
42 min
Subjects
- Social work with drug addicts (13)
- Addicts (81)
- Substance abuse (361)
- Families (556)
- Heroin abuse (24)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c1997
Database
Films on Demand
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