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Narcotics
- Title
- Narcotics [videorecording] / a Cambridge Educational production ; written and produced by Charlotte Angel, Kyle Boyd.
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Uniform series
- Drugs, the straight facts.
- Published/Produced
- Hamilton, NJ : Cambridge Educational, c2010.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (20 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- System details
- DVD.
- Language
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Summary
- Delves into the history of narcotics such as heroin, opium, codeine, and morphine; the effects of narcotics on the body and the short- and long-term health impacts; and teenage attitudes toward narcotics. Also considers legalization and regulatory issues involving narcotics, as well as physical and psychological addiction to these potent drugs.
- Contents note
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- Introduction
- Opium, opiates and opioids
- Narcotics and the brain
- Abuse and addiction.
- Notes
- This is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players. Originally produced in 2009.
- Subject headings
- Drug abuse. Drug addiction. Substance abuse. Narcotics. Opium abuse. Codeine. Heroin abuse. Drugs of abuse. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Medical subjects
- Opioid-Related Disorders.
- Other contributors
- Angel, Charlotte. Boyd, Kyle. Cambridge Educational (Firm)