Best Drugs
Gertrude B. Elion was a pioneering American pharmacologist whose work revolutionized medicine. She developed innovative drugs by studying how diseases affect cells, focusing on specific biochemical pathways. Her research led to treatments for leukemia, herpes, and malaria. Elion’s methods—targeting...
Traffik is a 1989 British television crime drama written by Simon Moore and directed by Alastair Reid. Across six episodes, it follows interconnected participants in the heroin trade, including growers and officials in Pakistan, traffickers in Europe, and law-enforcement agents and users in Britain....
The Black Ice is a 1993 Michael Connelly crime novel, the second Harry Bosch thriller, in which the LAPD detective investigates a narcotics officer's apparent suicide that leads to a Mexico drug cartel.
Sid and Nancy is a dramatic film portraying the intense and destructive relationship between punk musician Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. The story details their lives within London’s underground music scene and culminates in Spungen's tragic death. It offers a biographical look at a...
Kids is a 1995 drama film depicting a group of young people in New York City. The narrative focuses on this collective of teenagers—including debutantes Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, and Chloë Sevigny—as they engage in risky behaviors involving substance use and sexual activity throughout one day....
The Daughters of Cain is a 1994 detective novel by Colin Dexter and the eleventh book in the Inspector Morse series. Morse and Sergeant Lewis investigate the fatal stabbing of Felix McClure, a retired Oxford academic, and encounter connections among his family, colleagues, and a former student. The...
"Now Wait for Last Year" is a science fiction novel by American author Philip K. Dick, published in 1966. The narrative unfolds during a complex interstellar war in which Earth is allied with the alien Starmen against a competing galactic empire. The plot follows Eric Sweetscent, a physician who bec...
"Cocaine Cowboys" is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Billy Corben. It examines the rampant cocaine trade and subsequent violence that transformed Miami, Florida, during the late 1970s and 1980s. The film utilizes extensive interviews with former smugglers, distributors, and law enforcem...
The Rum Diary is a cinematic adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel following an American journalist's disillusionment while reporting in the Dominican Republic during the early 2010s. The film portrays the complexities of expatriate life and exposes themes of drug use and social commentary throug...
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 NBC crime miniseries about DEA agent Kiki Camarena, executive produced by Michael Mann and Emmy-winning.
Sleepless Night is a 2011 French thriller directed by Frédéric Jardin, notable for its claustrophobic narrative following a cop searching a nightclub for his kidnapped son.
Hit! is Sidney J. Furie's 1973 action thriller starring Billy Dee Williams as a federal agent targeting heroin traffickers after his daughter's death.
2013 American found footage horror directed by Blair Erickson, loosely inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's 'From Beyond,' linking illegal government drug experiments to terrifying transmissions.
Problems Other Than Alcohol is Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet P-35, notable for Bill W.'s 1958 Grapevine discussion of drug addiction and AA.
Presented as the actual diary of an anonymous teenager, this 1971 novel depicts the tragic descent into drug addiction and was widely used in American anti-drug education.
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is Henning Schellerup's 1973 action film starring Roger E. Mosley as a hitman posing as a Baptist preacher.
The Black Godfather is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by John Evans, with Rod Perry challenging a white heroin cartel.
The Return of Superfly is a 1990 crime drama directed by original producer Sig Shore, notable for replacing Ron O'Neal with Nathan Purdee as Priest.
The Black Gestapo is a 1975 American exploitation crime film by Lee Frost, about a Watts vigilante group turning into a fascist gang.
