Most of these come from my
Random blog, which is an electronic scrapbook of stuff I thought I might like to view at some time or other. For those who want to view stuff on drugs I've collected the very best links here. Unless otherwise stated these are full-length features, usually an hour or more.
If you have a slow connexion and are unused to viewing multiscreen films on Youtube here's what to do: click the first one and play on mute, stopping and starting as it does. Then, when it's done, click on Repeat Play and you get the full entertainment without interruption. While you watch screen one, do the same to screens 2, 3 and so on. So as each bit finishes, the next part's ready and waiting.
Mexican Black Tar Heroin: "
Dark End"
Khun Sa, whose name meant Prince Prosperous, had been, before his death in the mid 2000s, the world's biggest dealer in China White Heroin: "
Lord of the Golden Triangle"
In-depth portrait of the Afghan heroin trade at its very height. Includes heroin-lab bust. "
Afghanistan's Fateful Harvest"
Classic miniseries whose title became a catchphrase for the misery of life in East Asian prison. Nicole Kidman plays a privileged middle-class girl set up to mule heroin through Thai customs with the inevitable consequences. This is so long it had to be posted in two parts. "
Bangkok Hilton 1" (first 2 hours or so); "
Bangkok Hilton 2" (last couple of hours).
Short film: from tapwater-clear H4 in the USA to murky black Afghan brown in Norway: "
Heroin Addicts Speak"
Before his untimely death this guy kept a video diary. Here's the hour-long highlights as broadcast on BBC TV: "
Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict". Thanks to
Noah for the original link.
Some of the most entertaining scenes from Britain's top soap (as much for the poor research as anything else). Not even Phil Mitchell would go from nought to multi-hundred pound binges this fast: "
Phil Mitchell on Crack" (just over 5 minutes).
Scientist lady shows us how to cook up gear: "
How Much Citric?" Lucky cow: her brown is 70% purity! Oddly we never see her actually do her hit... maybe she got camera shy...
And lastly:
German documentary following a life from teenage addiction to untimely death before the age of 30. The decline in this girl's appearance is truly shocking. "
Süchtig: Protokoll einer Hilflosigkeit". Sorry no subtitles; this is here for anyone learning German who's after practice material a little more gripping than Lindenstraße!
BLUBBLUBLBUBLUBLUBBBbbbbbb.... Crying all the way home. Raining my own thunderstorm. 
12 comments:
I thought it was very apt when I scrolled to the bottom of your post and it said:
0 Answers.
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Cycles of misery.
We seek to pass on our hurt tenfold, a bit like the vengeance of Cain, and so the cycle continues and accelerates.
It only ends we learn to rise above it and let the buck stop with ourselves.
Sorry to hear about your friend, Gled. Hate to point out the obvious, but maybe there's a lesson in there for you. Everytime I go to click on the link to your blog I wonder if you're still there...
Wow. In yesterday's post I spoke of thunderstorms as an analogy for my own life. I ask myself the same questions as you do everyday. Just keep in mind, given the right angle and outlook, life can be a very wonderful thing. I think you know that ;)
Thanks for the nice comment on my blog. Yes I do have Borderline Personality Disorder and usually people are not told they have it (in Canada). Sorry to read about your friend. I take prescription drugs to cope with life so I can't say I have any answers to the big Why question. I just keep putting one foot in front of the other (when I'm not napping).
When we are born we can choose either to make a difference or not.
I'm sorry you're still crying Gleds, but crying is not a bad thing. Crying cleanses the soul and can make a lot of difference to you life if you let it. You can make a new start. x
Hi Gleds
Thanks for visiting my blog. No - I haven't read Franz Kafka's novel "Amerika" - I presume it's a good read then?
>And why do we spend so much of our lives just hurting others when we could make piece and mend walls and make it BETTER??<
A good question! I came across a true story earlier, called "The Sandpiper" by Robert Peterson. It's a little long, so I have posted it on my blog if you would like to read it.
Your storm analogy is a good one, and yours WILL calm, Gleds.
I used to listen to Lou Reed when I felt like you do right now. Helped. Now I do yoga. Man, I'm getting old...
I don't think there is a perfect answer. Let's just say life would be boring without a few storms.
Dammit. I can't think of anything to say and given my experience I should be able to console. See, if you were closer, I could give you a mumsy hug, go there, there, let you vent and . . just let it out. Look in the mirror and be! Just remember after the storm is that eerie light when the sun tries so hard to poke through and sunbeams and heavy clouds. You are here, whether you like it or not, so make the most of it. I feel for you, really I do.
Thanks for the answers everyone ;->...
great embedded video: skin - nothing but. Thanx.
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