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Can someone please suggest a movie or a documentary which talks about the dangers smd facts of drugs like these so that I can watch with my family and make them

Can someone please suggest a movie or a documentary which talks about the dangers smd facts of drugs like these so that I can watch with my family and make them aware? Please don't suggest "Breaking Bad" as it is a series. I am looking for something 3 hours or less. Language might be English or Hindi or south Indian languages. My family members do know that some powerful addictive drugs exist out there. But I am very certain that they have no idea how much powerful and how much addictive. I don't come across discussions or news articles (talk about the filter bubble) in the kind of social media friends circle and communities that my acquaintances frequently visit. (This is one of the very few cases where I am thankful that filter bubbles exist) I am aware only because of hacker news and reddit (which others around me don't use) I am aware that just because I don't hear about it, will not mean that things like these doesn't exist around me. It does exist and any of us can get influenced anytime. With that context, I would like my friends and family atleast aware once of the intensity of the global risk snd problem, and it will be best to do in the form of video, movie, documentary. So can someone suggest me please?

runn1ng 8y ago
Breaking Bad is not even all that accurate. It's a fun series, but mostly just entertainment
mtreis86 8y ago
Have you seen Requiem For A Dream?
eartheaterrr 8y ago
Requiem for a Dream. Since I saw it as a teen ~15 years ago, it hasn't slipped my mind. It's has an effective anti-drug message, probably more than any other movie or documentary I've seen. And it does this without being an "anti-drug" movie, belaboring you with facts and stats. It's a heart breaking drama, because it goes beyond drugs. Because what the characters are really seeking isn't a quick fix, but an ability to connect with others.
- heavenlyblue 8y ago
  What you're trying to say is that you completely misunderstood the message of that movie being primarily about loneliness, rather than drugs in it's purity?
caymanjim 8y ago
Any attempt to scare kids away from drugs is going to have the opposite effect. The more negative hype you feed them, the less they're going to believe it, because they're going to meet many, many functional non-addicted drug users in their lives. When they get to college and see people casually doing some drugs at the occasional party, while remaining perfectly functional at school and work, they're going to completely dismiss all the fear-mongering hype you've fed them. Drugs can be very bad for many people, but they are not universally bad for everyone. Be honest with kids about the dangers of addiction, the poor decisions that can result when inhibitions are lowered, the health problems, and most of all, how being high is an escape mechanism and a boredom solution, when a better idea might be the find a healthy hobby. There are plenty of negative things about drugs that can be discussed without resorting to the kind of extreme fear-mongering that is certain to backfire. And if you drink in front of your kids, have a good long think about the hypocrisy before you preach. Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world, yet it's legal almost everywhere. Kids are not stupid. They'll see their pothead friends acting a lot better than their drunk parents, and they'll reject everything they've been told.
pdelgallego 8y ago
I like better those that have interviews with addcitcs/ex addicts, but YMMV. Some Meth documentaries [1] and Fentanyl documentaries [2] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=meth&restrict_sr=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=meth&restric... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=Fentanyl&restrict_sr=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=Fentanyl&res...
least_action 8y ago
How about Udta punjab? I'm not sure it is exactly what you want though.

runn1ng 8y ago

Breaking Bad is not even all that accurate. It's a fun series, but mostly just entertainment

mtreis86 8y ago

Have you seen Requiem For A Dream?

eartheaterrr 8y ago

Requiem for a Dream. Since I saw it as a teen ~15 years ago, it hasn't slipped my mind. It's has an effective anti-drug message, probably more than any other movie or documentary I've seen. And it does this without being an "anti-drug" movie, belaboring you with facts and stats. It's a heart breaking drama, because it goes beyond drugs. Because what the characters are really seeking isn't a quick fix, but an ability to connect with others.

heavenlyblue 8y ago
What you're trying to say is that you completely misunderstood the message of that movie being primarily about loneliness, rather than drugs in it's purity?

caymanjim 8y ago

Any attempt to scare kids away from drugs is going to have the opposite effect. The more negative hype you feed them, the less they're going to believe it, because they're going to meet many, many functional non-addicted drug users in their lives. When they get to college and see people casually doing some drugs at the occasional party, while remaining perfectly functional at school and work, they're going to completely dismiss all the fear-mongering hype you've fed them. Drugs can be very bad for many people, but they are not universally bad for everyone. Be honest with kids about the dangers of addiction, the poor decisions that can result when inhibitions are lowered, the health problems, and most of all, how being high is an escape mechanism and a boredom solution, when a better idea might be the find a healthy hobby. There are plenty of negative things about drugs that can be discussed without resorting to the kind of extreme fear-mongering that is certain to backfire. And if you drink in front of your kids, have a good long think about the hypocrisy before you preach. Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world, yet it's legal almost everywhere. Kids are not stupid. They'll see their pothead friends acting a lot better than their drunk parents, and they'll reject everything they've been told.

pdelgallego 8y ago

I like better those that have interviews with addcitcs/ex addicts, but YMMV. Some Meth documentaries [1] and Fentanyl documentaries [2] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=meth&restrict_sr=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=meth&restric... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=Fentanyl&restrict_sr=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/search?q=Fentanyl&res...

least_action 8y ago

How about Udta punjab? I'm not sure it is exactly what you want though.