5 movies about the world of drugs and its addictions

As real as life itself, there are films, documentary-like feature films and shorts that tell the fictional story and drug problems of their protagonists and characters, with which more than one person can feel identified and see reflected in the roles that the actors are in charge of embodying.

Mythical movies about drugs, addictions and associated problems

Today there are many people who seek the help of professionals and psychologists, such as those who carry out some type of drug treatment anywhere on the map. This may not be the most efficient and effective way to detox, but films can raise awareness and encourage people of the danger and inconvenience of these addictive substances.

Here is a list of some feature films about drug addiction:

1. Permanent Midnight

This feature film released in 1998 shows the hidden face of Ben Stiller, something never seen before. In films prior to this one, it was normal to see this actor star in the role of a comic or funny character, but nevertheless in 

Permanent midnightThe New Yorker appears to be a normal and serious person, although with a life in which he prevails with problems and concern.

The protagonist of this story he lives exceeding the limits and consuming large amounts of drugs, which are increasing as the character played by Stiller is achieving all the successes of him along with Owen Wilson, another of the actors in this film.

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2. Trainspotting

Released in 1996, this film based on the novel by Irvine Welsh shows the story of five young people immersed in the world of alcohol and drug use, primarily heroin.

In the purest Scottish style these five characters from Trainspotting they live in an abandoned apartment, where they can consume without being seen and disturbed by anyone. The addiction is such that one of the protagonists loses her baby after neglecting her health habits for several days, hygiene and nutrition due to the dependence and carelessness caused by this substance that is consumed intravenously.

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3. The Basketball Diaries

This movie, A rebels' Diary, released a year before the previous one, in 1995, was one of the first films starring the young, attractive and brand-new Oscar winner for best actor, Leonardo Dicaprio.

The feature film is inspired by the life of the American poet, writer and musician Jim Carroll, which shows his first steps in the world of drugs, as if a hobby or pastimes were will try, and his total addiction, breaking the laws and selling his body in order to continue buying and consuming.

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4. Traffic

Traffic was released on the big screen in 2000, and tells according to different addicts, their experiences and experiences with drugs, in addition to getting fully into the world of drug traffickers in Mexico and the United States. United.

On the other hand, a wide cast shows the prejudices to which addicts are subjected by different social classes; a problem that slows down the detoxification process even more if possible.

Do you dare to see this film? Here is the trailer:

5. Drugstore Cowboy

We come to the last movie on this list, Drugstore Cowboy, in this case a premiered in 1989 by the director Gus Van Sant.

Matt Dillon was in charge of starring in the role of the protagonist of this peculiar style film, like all of Van Sant's. The character is a drug-addicted criminal who little by little decides to put them aside and start a new life from scratch., moving away from the world of drug use. A priori it seems easy, but when you get into this world, then it costs a lot to get out of it, and that is what happens to the protagonist of this story, which is constantly persecuted by his buyers and contacts, and ends up becoming the target of multiple threats that do not allow him to get away from it circle.

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