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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 346009739 bytes |
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Russell Brand's 2012 BBC documentary, From Addiction to Recovery, concluded with him giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee. Drawing on his own experience of drug taking and recovery, he advocated treating addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal problem and underlined his own belief that abstinence is the best way to help addicts. Since then the Committee has reported its findings, concluding that the British drugs laws were failing and that it was a 'now or never' moment to reform them. But British Prime Minister, David Cameron didn't agree, insisting that the drugs policy is working in Britain and that we should 'stick at it'.In this personal journey, Russell Brand sets out to challenge that point of view. He wants to find out how other countries are tackling their problems of drug abuse and to explore how the framework of criminalisation implicit in the 'war on drugs' produces enormous harm in the treatment of addicts. Russell believes that 'a shift' is happening in the way that people view drug addiction. But to really change things he needs to persuade those who have power.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Matchlight Productions for BBC Three |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-07-26 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Drugs -- Law and legislation.
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Drug addiction -- Prevention.
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Drug addiction -- Psychological aspects.
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Drug addiction -- Social aspects.
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Drug addicts -- Psychology.
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England -- London.
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Streaming video
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Wilson, Ross, director
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Brand, Russell, host
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