DVD: Medical Consequences of Addiction

$195.00

This video graphically illustrates the physical and medical problems caused by excessive and long-term use of psychoactive drugs.

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Description

Running Time: 36 minutes
Copyright: 2005
Format: DVD

Bronchitis, cirrhosis, emphysema, hepatitis, COPD, dementia, AIDS, diabetes, pancreatitis, lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, heart attack,high blood pressure, fetal alcohol syndrome, gastritis–these are just some of the diseases that can result from “continued use despite adverse consequences” of drugs, including alcohol and tobacco.

Released in the spring of 2005, this DVD uses animation, graphic medical footage, and interviews with several experts, as well as those suffering from these diseases to illustrate the physical problems caused by the heavy and long-term use of psychoactive drugs–including method of use, the users’ lifestyles and the drugs themselves.

Featuring:

Diana Amodia, MD
Integrative Medicine California Pacific Medical Center;
Co-Medical Director, California Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs

Donald Tashkin, MD
Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Lab
Geffen Medical Center UCLA

Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Director,
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
UC San Francisco

David Smith, MD
Founder, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics
Executive Editor, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

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Weight 0.375 oz

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