Easy Drug Rehabilitation

A Public Service Announcement brought to you by the production team at Patch High School, warning against the dangers of drug abuse.

Central Valley, California, is home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America, where crystal meth addiction is prolific. In Fresno, Louis finds a community ravaged by this cheap and highly addictive drug. As he infiltrates the town, he experiences the reality of meth abuse, as addicts who are high (or ‘tweaking’, as it is known) invite him into their homes to see them take hit after hit of their favourite drug. Louis becomes surrounded by the madness of daily addiction and the meth-addled confusion which is breaking this community apart. He sees its impact through the eyes of the local police, and meets Diane and Karl, a couple who have sustained their marriage despite a 25-year meth addiction and losing custody of their five children. He witnesses arrests of sons doing meth with their mothers, and family after family broken apart from generations of meth abuse. At the Westcare residential centre, Louis sees the work being done to combat the destruction caused by the drug. Run by ex-addicts, it offers a six-month rehab programme. He witnesses the extraordinary challenges they face dealing with meth-addicted families – babies born already hooked, with mothers caring for them while attempting to kick their own habit too. Addiction is laid bare as Louis seeks out the stories and the people behind the drug.

An anti-Marijuana Ad I made for production class, I am a little bias so its kind of a joke.

A monument to the bubble excess – this was built as a personal residence with the intention of turning it into a drug and alcohol rehab facility, but didn’t bother with getting a conditional-use permit first. Then she pitched it as an investment opportunity, but got shut down for offering unqualified securities. According to an article in the NY Times, she spent $13 million building this house, only to lose it to foreclosure. Today’s list price? $2.7 million.

Now a warning about the drug ZYPREXA (olanzapine), made by Eli Lilly and company. ZYPREXA is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The WARNINGS section of the drug’s label now describes cerebrovascular adverse events. These have occurred in elderly patients being treated for dementia-related psychosis in clinical trials. These events, some of them fatal, have included stroke and tias. The labeling reminds practitioners that ZYPREXA has not been approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis.

This is an anti drug PSA I did back around 1991 for Partnership for a drug-free America. It is called “Big Brother”. I am the older brother. Paublo, the younger one (who’s narrating), was a cool kid from PR.

www.globalchange.com Future trends in the pharmaceutical industry. Lack of innovation in pharma companies and empty product pipeline. Generic competition and product recalls. Drug development and novel substances. Large molecule and small molecule therapeutics. Risk profiles and clinical trials. Side effects, gene profile typing and pharmacogenomics. Health care, wellness, enhanced performance and lifestyle drugs. Patent expiry and intellectual property protection. Legal challenges and research scandals. Biogenerics and large molecule therapeutics. Cellular mechanisms of disease. Unmet needs. Government purchasing policies, future of medicare and health insurance cover. Online pharmacy price pressures. Over the counter and pharmacists – pharmacy products. Neutraceuticals and cosmetics. Search for new treatment blockbusters. Chronic disease, childhood disease, vaccines and orphan therapies. Rheumatoid and asthma. Antibiotics and multiple drug resistance problems. Search for powerful antiviral therapy. Future health funding and ageing populations. Contrast with emerging markets. Health economics treatment access and justice issues. Pharmacogenomics and gene prophecy. Ethical issues in pharmaceuticals. HIV and AIDS. Patrick Dixon, conference keynote speaker and futurist.

Okay… i know people who smoke like weed an shit allways make fun of these little videos so as to justify their bad habbit… Actually most of the Communist Parties who came to power in the world, originaly financed the weapons for their little “revolutions” with drug money. This is a fact… ya can make fun of it… but ya can’t hide it. And there’s gonna come a day when all of us will have to take responsibility for our bad actions. That’s why i like those little videos, cause they point that out so nicely (-:

This is some footage of my friend Jimmy Gallager walking along Mill road Cambridge and talking about being a registered drug addict in the old days. The film was taken on a N95 8Gb camera phone, so the quality isn’t great. Pete Doherty should take heed, cos these is what you end up like if you become a long term addict.