Curated Video
The Truth About Smoking: Short and Long-Term Effects of Tobacco Use
This video provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, societal, and health implications of smoking cigarettes. It outlines the evolution of attitudes towards smoking, the addictive nature of nicotine, the harmful chemicals in...
Global Ethics Solutions
Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse (Part 2)
This presentation covers the signs and symptoms of substance abuse in the workplace including the emotional, behavioral, physical signs as well as how to recognize them.
Easy Languages
The Bad Habits of Greeks | Easy Greek 121
The Bad Habits of Greeks | Easy Greek 121 Easy Greek is a project to help you learn Greek in an authentic and fun way. We interview people in the streets of Athens and other places in Greece. All our videos have subtitles in Greek and...
The Guardian
Fighting addiction on Pine Ridge reservation
Whiteclay, Nebraska is a tiny unincorporated town that sits on the border with South Dakota. Until its closure by state officials, its four liquor stores sold more than 4m cans of beer a year, almost entirely to members of Lakota Sioux...
Psychology Unlocked
🥤Addicted to soft drinks? An introduction to addiction in 6 minutes 🥤 Psychology
When my friend Emma said she was addicted to Pepsi Max, the first thing I did was laugh. But then I looked into it and realised that Western societies in Europe and America may well have a fizzy drink addiction problem! So what is...
Mazz Media
Smoking Kills (Diseases Caused by Smoking)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death. Students will come to understand that when a person smokes, hundreds of toxic chemicals are inhaled with every puff and many...
Next Animation Studio
How Narcan saved Demi Lovato from an overdose
Pop star Demi Lovato is in a Los Angeles hospital after reports indicate she overdosed on an undisclosed drug.
Healthcare Triage
Opioid Addiction and Treatment
Thanks, in part, to the generous support of the NIHCM, this month we are releasing four special episodes on Opioids. We hope you enjoy them. This week's episode:
Healthcare Triage
The History of Opioids
The History of Opioids - We will give a historical overview of people and opioids. We will look at when people first started using opioids, how they've changed over the years, and ways that they've been both amazingly positive as really...
Healthcare Triage
COCAINE. It's a Serious Problem Drug, Too
The opioid epidemic is certainly terrible. Even as we're plumbing the depths of it, we should remember that there are other terrible drugs out there killing people and making lives worse. Cocaine is a big problem as well, and it kills a...
Next Animation Studio
Atlanta killing spree — how it happened
The suspect told police he suffers from sex addiction and sees the locations where he murdered as a personal temptation that he wanted to eliminate.
Global Ethics Solutions
Working Sober! Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse
This course covers the signs and symptoms of substance abuse. Topics include the cost of substance abuse, signs of drug and alcohol abuse, impact of abuse, and how to understand addiction. This is one part of a four-part basic drug &...
PBS
The (Stephen) King of Horror Feat. Lindsay Ellis
Few writers have had the sheer staying power, popularity, and prolific output as Stephen King. From insatiably flesh-hungry clowns and sentient cars to telekinetic teenagers and mystical gunslingers, if there’s one author who has taken...
Neuro Transmissions
The Neuroscience of Pokemon GO
SCIENCE, I CHOOSE YOU!! Pok_mon GO has surprised a lot of people by becoming the most downloaded mobile game ever created. Today, you can't go to a park or popular destination without seeing at least a handful of trainers. But why is...
Curated Video
Can America's War on Drugs Ever Be Won?
As our understanding of the consequences of drug abuse has improved, so America’s relationship with drugs has changed. From Nixon to Trump, the so-called 'War on Drugs' has cost the US government billions – but will there ever be an end...
Curated Video
Talk It Out: Tobacco, Vaping and Nicotine
This video discusses the drastic shift in societal views towards smoking over the past century, highlighting the harmful effects of smoking on the body, including immediate impacts such as increased blood pressure and long-term risks...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Fentanyl Can Sicken First Responders. Here's a Possible Solution
NIST researchers demonstrate techniques for screening illegal drugs for the synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are causing a spike in overdose deaths. More info:...
Professor Dave Explains
Drug Addiction and the Brain
We are able to become physically dependent on a wide variety of substances, which results in what we call drug addiction. What does this look like from a neurophysiological standpoint? What does the drug-addicted brain look like? Let's...
Mazz Media
Let's Talk About: Alcohol
This program presents information about the use and abuse of alcohol and how it affects a person's body and brain. Designed specifically for young learners, the program provides students with simple illustrations of how alcohol can...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: How Addiction Enslaves Your Brain
In many surveys, the vast majority of teenagers report that when they do something their parents wouldn't approve of, they're just pursuing their freedom. This program begins the discussion of addiction and dependency from the point of...
Curated Video
New affordable housing opens in Bedford Park, giving residents a fresh start
New ReviewThe Bedford Green House II, developed by Project Renewal, features 116 rent-stabilized apartments designed to help formerly homeless and rent-burdened families rebuild their lives.
Curated Video
New addictions clinic offers treatment in remote Manitoba communities
New ReviewA new clinic will serve as a hub for people from four northern First Nation communities where mental health and addictions concerns are front and centre. The Manitoba Anisininew Mobile Action Network clinic offers accessible treatment to...
Curated Video
Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified?
New ReviewIan Hanomansing takes CBC’s Cross Country Checkup to Edmonton to ask Canadians if involuntary treatment for drug addiction is ever justified as the province implements a controversial new law to force people with severe substance...
Curated Video
Linda Nuszen carries her son’s light to Beading Hearts
New ReviewBeading Hearts offers in-person and online support, advocating for fentanyl awareness and community connection.