Drugs and the brain / Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; ARTE France, Novaprod OWL ; film by Christine Carrière, Stéphane Horel, Jean-Pierre Lentin.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lawrenceville, NJ : Cambridge Educational, 2006.
Description
5 videodiscs (approximately 260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    "This is your brain on drugs," may be an effective sound bite, but the reality of drug use and abuse is more complicated. As this five-part series shows, the brain can be affected by drugs and alcohol in many different ways, depending on the substance consumed. The effects of stimulants, painkillers, tobacco and alcohol, cannabis, and hallucinogens are analyzed in detail, using the latest research and computer graphics. Each program demonstrates the elaborate and frequently dangerous ways in which various drugs alter brain chemistry.
    Notes
    Programs originally produced in 2005.
    System details
    DVD-R.
    Contents
    • Disc 1. Cocaine and stimulants : the mechanics of pleasure (title on disc: Stimulants : the mechanics of pleasures) (ca. 52 min.)
    • Disc 2. Opiates and tranquilizers : from pleasure to addiction (title on disc: Painkillers : numbing the mind) (ca. 52 min.)
    • Disc 3. Alcohol and tobacco : off-the-shelf poisons (title on disc: Legal drugs : still addictive, still deadly) (ca. 52 min.)
    • Disc 4. Cannabis : a challenge for science (title on disc: Cannabis : satanic herb or healing potion?) (ca. 52 min.)
    • Disc 5. Hallucinogens and ecstasy : the alchemy of the mind (title on disc: Designer drugs : uncertain borders) (ca. 52 min.).
    Other title(s)
    • Cocaine and stimulants : the mechanics of pleasure
    • Stimulants : the mechanics of pleasure
    • Opiates and tranquilizers : from pleasure to addiction
    • Painkillers : numbing the mind
    • Alcohol and tobacco : off-the-shelf poisons
    • Legal drugs : still addictive, still deadly
    • Cannabis : a challenge for science
    • Cannabis : satanic herb or healing potion?
    • Hallucinogens and ecstasy : the alchemy of the mind
    • Designer drugs : uncertain borders
    Publisher no.
    • 36365
    • 36366
    • 36367
    • 36368
    • 36369
    OCLC
    79575975
    RCP
    C - S
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