Straight Dope
Examination of the current stage of drug use in the United States and the effects it has on society.
Examination of the current stage of drug use in the United States and the effects it has on society.
Kurt Loder
Himself (Host)
Examination of the current stage of drug use in the United States and the effects it has on society.
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
มือหนึ่งแห่งวงการปราบยาเสพติดสหรัฐอเมริกาเพิ่งได้รู้ว่าลูกสาวของตัวเองติดยา ในผลงานระดับตำนานที่คว้าออสการ์และเรียงร้อยภาพจาก 3 เหตุการณ์สะเทือนขวัญในสงครามยาเสพติด
Americans consume 75% of the world’s prescription drugs. After losing his own brother to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, documentarian Chris Bell sets out to demystify this insidious addiction. Bell’s examination into the motives of big pharma and doctors in this ever-growing market leads him to meet with experts on the nature of addiction, survivors with first-hand accounts of their struggle, and whistleblowers who testify to the dollar-driven aims of pharmaceutical corporations. Ultimately his investigation will point back to where it all began: his own front door.
A young confidential informant is sent on a dangerous undercover operation. It's a no-holds-barred look at the vulnerable foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, young criminals who are pressured to work for the police.
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three outsiders are set on a course that will change their lives forever.
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.