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Chasing The Dragon

Date released

1962

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

167

NoS ID

349791

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Illegal drug trafficking in Hong Kong and the problems of heroin drug addiction, with Henry Tappenden, a Hong Kong prison officer, Dr. Khan and Bill Stone.

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Heroin Barons, The (1983 Video)

Producer

Stuart Prebble

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

Examines the illicit heroin trade in Britain. Police, addicts and dealers are interviewed. Claims that Britain will follow America and the problem will increase. Some think that the way it is dealt with is...

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Slings & Arrows. Season 3 (2007 Television)

aka: Slings and Arrows. Season 3

Director

Peter Wellington

Producer

Sari Friedland; Daniel Iron

Canadian drama series detailing daily life at the New Burbage Theatre Festival, a Shakespearean theatre company in crisis. In the third season, struggling with the unfamiliar burdens of success, the New...

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Smack - A Night in (2002)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £10.00 (+VAT +p&p) hire £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) sale

A hard-hitting documentary account of the real-life consequences of heroin addiction in areas of inner-city Portsmouth. The video maps the pathways from casual multi-drug use - alcohol and cannabis - to the...

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Dealing in Death (1997 Video)

Producer

Jeremy Britton

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

John Sweeney reports on the horrors of the heroin trade and the people it destroys. Large quantities of heroin are being imported via the Thames, creating a new generation of addicts.

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Psychology of Addiction, The (1991 Video)

Producer

Hugh Phillips

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the contribution psychology makes to the understanding of addiction. Uses heroin addiction as its example within the work of Merseyside’s drug dependency clinics. Considers both a chemical...

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Addict Alone, The (1967 Film)

Director

David Hodgson

Subject

Medical sciences; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A heroin addict talks about himself. His brother, who shared the same background and is not an addict, also speaks. See also HALF A LIFETIME.

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Heroin (1971 Film)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Former addicts speak of the physical and psychological effects of the use of heroin and describe the circumstances which led to their drift to and dependence on hard drug use. The second part of the film was...

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Half a Lifetime (1969 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the heroin addict filmed in THE ADDICT ALONE some two-and-a-half years later. He is still on drugs in spite of a year in Borstal, and his condition is worse. The life of other addicts in London is...

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Rachel’s Story (2003)

Subject

Health Education

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £10.00 (hire), £25.00 (sale).

The story of Rachel Whitear’s death from heroin sparked one of the world’s biggest ever anti-drug campaigns. Rachel’s mother, step-father, sister and close-friend describe her life and she is shown...

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