Thursday, 27 May 2010

FATEFUL HARVEST: AFGHANISTAN'S OPIUM AND HEROIN TRADE

8 parts

1 of 8 AFGHANISTAN UNDER SEIGE



2 of 8 RISE OF THE POPPY PROBLEM
(since 1973 when the King Mohammed Zahir Shah was deposed...)



3 of 8 U.S. ERADICATION PROGRAMMES



4 of 8 WAR AGAINST POPPY



5 of 8 HEROIN LAB BUST



6 of 8 CORRUPTION



7 of 8 ADDICTION



8 of 8 A GLOBAL PROBLEM


HOW HEROIN IS USED

BALTIMORE, EASTERN UNITED STATES, THE CITY WHERE ONE PERSON IN TEN IS A HEROIN ADDICT

101 East: Golden Triangle Drug Problem

2008: HEROIN and METHAMPHETAMINE ~ yaa-baa in the Golden Triangle border areas of Thailand, Burma/Myanmar and Laos

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

The Secret of Levitation

BBC VIDEO IN SIX PARTS

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Sunday, 16 May 2010

Deutsche ICE Zug geht nach Russland

Der Siemanns-gebaute Zug geht aus der Bundesrepublik nach Russland...
Film about the German-built ICE highspeed trains being exported to Russia...


Thursday, 6 May 2010

Christiane F ist zurück auf Drogen (2010)

VIDEO auf Deutsch/in German
2010 news item from German TV: Christiane F, the woman whose life of child prostitution and heroin addiction inspired the famous book (1979) and film (1981) Christiane F: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo... after a life travelling the world and running away and lapsing and relapsing... and losing custody of her son to child protective services in Amsterdam... is back on drugs in 2010.

Links:
Stern-magazin: Wie geht es mit Christiane F (2009)
Stern-magazin: 27 Jahren nach Christiane F (2005)


Sind wir eine gedopte Gesellschaft? Menschen bei Maischberger

VIDEO auf Deutsch/in German

Sandra Maischberger presents discussion about drug use in Germany: are we a doped-up society? Featuring a painkiller-addicted housewife, reformed crack addict, red-haired pro-cannabis advicate, the mother of a heroin addict and a medical expert this in-depth look at drugs in modern society also includes an extended interview with Christiane Vera Felscherinow ~ the Christiane F of the famous film and book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo.



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