Addicted teens. Legal highs
Description
Legal highs are man-made substances/chemicals and strong stimulants that have similar effects to illegal drugs like cocaine, cannabis or ecstasy. They are sometimes called club drugs or new psychoactive substances (NPS) and provide physical, emotional and hallucinogenic effects and are marketed as a legal high. They range from plants, to synthetic drugs, to medicines you can buy from a pharmacy. What makes them similar is that they are all legal, but that does not mean they are safe. There is often not enough research about these drugs to know their potency or the adverse effects from human consumption. You cannot really be sure of what is in them or the effect they could have on you. Many legal highs have been directly linked to poisoning, seizures, severe trauma and in some cases death. So what is a teens motivation to try these drugs? This program attempts to find out but asking teens the question, what are legal highs?
Runtime
27 minutes
Series
Subjects
Genre
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
The Need for Speed. Drug Pushing by the U.S. Military
Pills. Never enough!
Substance abuse. Regulating drug use
Kids on Pills. Is Ritalin Overprescribed?
Behind the Orange Curtain
Depressants, Hallucinogens and Stimulants
Dr. Feelgood. Dealer or healer?
Addicted teens. Drug addiction
Deadly Prescriptions
Understanding the opioid epidemic
The Voice of Ice
Transforming America. Life in the fast lane. Lesson 23
Addicted teens. Opioid and heroin addiction
The all-American drug. Heroin in suburbia and the heartland