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!
8 comments:
As mean as this sounds, your post reminds me of this fantastic turtle soup I once had. Only, I didn't know it was turtle, until after I had eaten it. I was so offended that someone actually captured one of nature's slowest and majestic creatures and killed it for food. And yet, it was one of the best soups I ever had. Quite the conflict...
ooo: was it pea green??
I was watching a tv show last night about the Australian bush. Malcolm Douglas is an old bushie from way back who can survive eating bush tucker and knows the ways of the animals.
Last night he was in the Northern Territory, in Arnheim Land, a huge tract of Aborginal land that white people, by law (both Australian and Aboriginal), cannot go onto unless specifically invited. Malcolm is an honorary family member of one lot of the people up there.
Last night, they went on a turtle hunt and as Malcolm says, he doesn't like people killing turtles but it's not for him to push his values onto others, especially as, in this case, it's part of their diet. I wasn't actually watching at this stage (being of the wussy type) but apparently they speared a large turtle, enough to feed 30 people.
Just thought I'd tell you...
When I was a kid we had a cottage on a lake with many turtles in it. My older brother was obsessed with catching them. We had an old leaky canoe we'd fill with water and rocks for them. And we'd catch flies for them to eat. I think he'd caught up to 27 at a time and then would let them go just to start catching them again. Unfortunately, the cottagers began creating lawns and the fertilizer and power boats destroyed the water and the turtles became fewer and fewer.
These critters are really interesting up close. We've had a turtle project at the lab where I work for years. The leatherbacks are really neat.
I don't believe I would like turtle soup...do you suppose it tastes like chicken? nice photo of the turtle.
I love sea turtles - I got to pet a small one when I was on a snorkeling trip a few years ago.
everything that you might as well not eat "tastes like chicken"~ that is undoubtedly true...
are turtles that easy to catch then? I'd have thought them pretty agile under the water...
erm: and that's about it I hope y'all had a cheery weekend
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