Unrealistic examples of drug abuse on TV (House, etc.)

[Bardeaux]

american beauty, the g13

Its geneticly engineered by the government and it's $2000 per oz. 8)

 

[farendon]

Any law and order episode suggesting that Rohypnol is effective to put someone to sleep/zombie state when in reality one need tons of that crap only to mimic Valium or Klonopin effects a little faster.

 

[eon_blue]

Have you ever seen what happens when someone who's already been drinking alcohol snorts 200mg of near pure diacetylmorphine hydrochloride? I doubt it's a completely realistic scene, but the amount of heroin that could reach her brain in the first minute might be outrageous if she really snorted like 20 doses at once as it looked like in the film. There could be some localized bleeding quickly too...

It doesn't matter how much you put up your nose, it takes time to absorb. Alcohol wouldn't speed up the process until it started absorbing, which would take more than 2 seconds (she literally does the line and falls right over).

Localized bleeding would not make something hit you as fast as IV, even if it were possible that's so far fetched I highly doubt they were thinking that when they made the scene. Most likely they figured that the general public doesn't care about such details. I know Tarantino knows better, the guy was a coke addict for years.

The most jarring unrealistic example of drug use I've seen is in the film Requeim for a Dream. When they inject heroin, their pupils dilate. Heroin makes your pupils constrict.

This was definitely the most surprising misrepresentation. For a film that concentrated so heavily on dramatizing the details of drug use, you'd think they'd at least get that right, lol. I was really let down by that.

 

[Inoxia]

unsure there's ever been a film/TV that captured heroin/drug usage realistically. can anyone name one?8)

Adam and Paul — at least it's realistic to Ireland.

The most jarring unrealistic example of drug use I've seen is in the film Requeim for a Dream. When they inject heroin, their pupils dilate. Heroin makes your pupils constrict.

I think that was when they were injecting crack?

 

[myholelove]

Not a show or movie but the good ol' anti-grass commercial where the kid smokes and thinks it'd be a good idea to jump off a building or whatever. retarded. unless there IS grass that is that good. and in that case fork it over.

 

[Mr_Fluffykins]

all of thoose drug adverts, like the melted girl on the couch

the worst is the canadian not 4 me adds,
where this 14 year old kid is at a party, and he walks out side and there morelittle kids smoking a poorly rolled joint, and then it shows a flash forward of him falling asleep in class, then you see him reach under his bed pull out tinfoil with two E pills in it, his mother walks in the room, then it flashes to him like shouting at his mother, and then it flashes to him at his locker and he takes out his binder and a bag of weed falls down and he turns around and the principal is steping on it, then it flashes black to realtiy and hes like "nah im good" and goes back inside and kid pats him on his back and he smiles because hes accepted by his pears, i tried to find the video but i couldnt

 

[qwe]

american beauty, the g13

i thought he might be lying to make more money. idk?

 

[diche]

some who watches fringe may agree EVERY drug reference is frustratingly glorified. to name a few: dude makes "salvia" and injects it into a chick, makes LSD in a day, grows his own dope with no room in his lab/house, makes his own valium.
some strong references to Altered States too with the ketamine & sensory deprivation tank. the main character gets both ketamine and LSD goes into a trance then emerges not 1-2 (not real time but lapsed time in the show) hours perfectly fine, and sober. makes me want to try it All the trippiness of drugs & sensory deprivation without all those pesky side effects and ends right when I want it to

 

[eon_blue]

I think that was when they were injecting crack?

They never injected anything but heroin in Requiem for a Dream, unless I'm sorely mistaken? Haven't seen the movie in awhile...makes me crave hardcore I still listen to the soundtrack every now and then though, lol.