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"Street Drugs" are any substances bought or sold, used and abused outside a normal doctor-patient relationship. Hosted by Jimmy Smits, this straightforward film shows you how these drugs affect both the brain and the body. It coves initial effects, withdrawal, and long-term effects of each drug, includes a special section on the characteristics of addiction, and makes the dangers of drug use abundantly clear.

Drug classifications covered in the film include depressants (alcohol, barbiturates, sedative-hypnotics and tranquilizers), stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, caffeine, nicotine) narcotics (opium, codeine, morphine, heroin, percondan, darvon), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP, marijuana, hashish), inhalants (organic solvents and inorganic gases), and designer drugs (MDMA, or ecstacy, fentanyl, MPPP).