Usually, when drugs like heroin make an appearance in a movie, it is to add a touch of glamour or danger, or to let us know that this is a really bad guy. But some movies make a real effort to portray heroin addiction.
My latest article, Five Heroin Movies gives my personal point of view on five such films -- chosen for their attempt to inform and warn rather than to glamorize drug use. Spanning five decades, some are more harrowing than others, and some were more successful than others. But all deserve to be recognized as genuine attempts to use the medium of film to provide the world with greater understanding and insight into the complex world of heroin addiction.
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