Scag: The Story of Heroin

Duration: 22 0:20:51

Genre: Educational

Creator: Concept Films inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Reveals the physical, social and emotional hazards of the heroin menace. Examines the reasons why increasing numbers of young people turn to heroin. Traces the heroin route from Turkey to the street corners in America, and details several approaches to the solution of this costly and demoralizing problem., ***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES OF INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE*** Reveals the physical, social, and emotional hazards of the heroin menace, and discusses several approaches to the solution of this serious and growing problem. Examines the reasons why increasing numbers of young people turn to heroin, its effects on them, and how its expense leads to other law-breaking activities. Follows a trail of "scag" from Turkey where $40 worth escalates to $280,000 worth by the time it reaches the United States.

Complete Record: Reveals the physical, social and emotional hazards of the heroin menace. Examines the reasons why increasing numbers of young people turn to heroin. Traces the heroin route from Turkey to the street corners in America, and details several approaches to the solution of this costly and demoralizing problem., Reveals the physical, social, and emotional hazards of the heroin menace, and discusses several approaches to the solution of this serious and growing problem. Examines the reasons why increasing numbers of young people turn to heroin, its effects on them, and how its expense leads to other law-breaking activities. Follows a trail of "scag" from Turkey where $40 worth escalates to $280,000 worth by the time it reaches the United States., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.