Uppers, Downers, All Arounders

Offers a general classification of drugs, discusses and illustrates tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal, and examines the various levels of drug-seeking behavior. Uses a visually compelling combination of animation, live action, graphics and interviews with addiction experts and particularly recovering users to present a current, wide-ranging, non-judgmental overview of drug use. In addition, concepts like the hereditary and environmental influences, the physiology of drug use, and levels of use are examined. A two segment series, on one tape.