CLOSE TO HOME SERIES (5 Programs) DVD
This five-part series discloses the shattering realities of active addiction and reveals the redemptive power of life in recovery. Investigates various approaches to successfully changing addictive behavior. Each of the five comprehensive programs in this series offers an in-depth analysis of a different facet of addiction and recovery starting with pathology and genetics, through treatment, children and addiction, then into politics and the legal system. More than five hours of expert testimony and investigative journalism delving into addiction.
PORTRAIT OF ADDICTION - Recovering addicts run the gamut: a former narcotics agent, a mother of three, a founder of "Stand-Up Harlem", a journalist...all tell their stories and leave no doubt that addiction can happen to anyone and so can recovery. 57 minutes
THE HIJACKED BRAIN - The wonders of modern science let us see images of a cocaine user’s brain as the drug takes effect and begin to understand how addiction affects the brain. Medically speaking addiction is now recognized as a chronic relapsing brain disease. 57 minutes
CHANGING LIVES - The aim of treatment is to change lives, but no single treatment program will work for all addicts. This program offers all the facts through an examination of current treatment methodology. 81 minutes
THE NEXT GENERATION - What prevention methods will be effective in keeping the next generation from falling into the addiction trap? Bill Moyers finds increasing evidence that family and community based efforts are showing the greatest promise but the challenge is greater than ever. 57 minutes
THE POLITICS OF ADDICTION - Many people believe addiction is a disease; many others believe drug use is a crime and should stay that way. This dichotomy has brought us a very strange social, legal and political impasse. So where do we go from here... Bill Moyers tries to find a rational drug policy. 57 minutes
* Also available in Spanish
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