Hooked in film: substance abuse on the big screen

Introduction

Attacking the drug problem, 1900-1959: cinema and the temperance movement

Marijuana, 1960-2010: a social and cinematic reappraisal

Heroin in film, 1960-2010: the continued spiral into death and destruction

Cocaine, 1960-2010: crack changes the social and cinematic landscape

A drug miscellany: social and cinematic problematic drugs

Conclusion.