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!
6 comments:
fascinating! I didn't know about them. Interesting stuff that they gather.
A couple of those birds seem to favor blue.
maybe i was one in a past life!!
I'd have gone for bottletops and clothespegs too
Got to love their artistic qualities*!*
What amazing colour coordination!
Hi Gledwood,
I went looking for Bower bird photos and found your blog. I was interested in the satin bowerbird collecting yellow flowers and arranging them amongst the blue objects. I wonder if that is for contrast to make the blue seem more vivid? Fascinating birds!
Great blog! Love your hamsters! ^ ^
I wish you all the best on your difficult and challenging journey. Remember everyone is struggling with something, so you are more normal than you may think.
Doctors like diagnosing disorders and prescribing medications. keep looking for what works, keep questioning, keep an open mind, and most importantly keep moving forwards.
It is the brave soul who walks the difficult path, and the rewards of life experience are worth it!
For stabilising, cut out as much as you can. Sugar, junk food, coffee, alcohol, cigarettes. Each one of those messes with your chemistry.
Get good sleep! (Talking to myself there!)
Take yourself on walks in nature, reconnect.
Meditate, there are lots of places that do free classes, find one, you wont regret it!!
Also, don't be so hard on yourself. Look at how far you have traveled, what you've done, what you've learned, you are amazing and you deserve to love yourself.
The outside world is a reflection of the inner world. Make peace with yourself and see peace around you.
Best Wishes, Ali. xo
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