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The Ice age skating and crashing on crystal meth
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The world of illegal drugs has entered a new era: the age of ice, or crystal methamphetamine. This program goes inside the world of "skaters"-hardcore meth addicts-who roam the inner city of Sydney...
The world of illegal drugs has entered a new era: the age of ice, or crystal methamphetamine. This program goes inside the world of "skaters"-hardcore meth addicts-who roam the inner city of Sydney, Australia. Profiling several addicts and the ways in which ice has shaped and devastated their lives, the film depicts a typical meth user's two-week cycle of reckless euphoria followed by a prolonged crash. The program also includes commentary from drug treatment experts who explain how ice amplifies dopamine levels and wreaks havoc in the brain. A user named Lenore, exhibiting meth's terrifying grasp, identifies the one thing that will make her quit: "Death.
Details
- Creator
- ABC International
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2009], c2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- video file
- ISBNs
- 9781604678024
- OCLC
- ocn709675964
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Feb. 27, 2009.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Meth: Cheap and Highly Addictive (5:02) -- Crystal Meth Users (4:49) -- Meth and Health Problems (3:23) -- Crystal Meth Psychosis (2:45) -- Crystal Meth and Brain Alterations (4:09) -- Meth Addicts Overwhelm Hospitals (3:09) -- Addicts and Their Children (3:01) -- Crystal Meth Acceptable at All Levels of Society (3:05) -- Addict in Rehabilitation for Crystal Method Addiction (4:15) -- Jails as Rehab Centers (3:55) -- Addicts Live on the Streets (4:23) -- Long-Term Effects of Meth (2:22)