- Title: V-4512
- Summary: THE METHADONE CONNECTION: CENTERED AROUND THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OPERATED BY BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. FILM EXPLAINS HOW METHADONE WORKS AND TELLS WHAT PROSPECTS IT HOLDS FOR REHABILITATION OF HEROIN ADDICTS. SEVERAL ADDICTS ARE FOLLOWED FROM PRELIMINARY INTERVIEWS & SCREENINGS THROUGH ADMISSION AND EXTENSIVE MEDICAL & PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT, TO THEIR RELEASE AS OUT-PATIENTS, CURED OF THEIR ADDICTION & ABLE TO FUNCTION NORMALLY SO LONG AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR DAILY METHADONE DOSAGE. ALSO PRESENTS VARYING VIEWS ON METHADONE MAINTENANCE HELD BY SOME LEADING AUTHORITIES ON HEROIN ADDICTION AND ADDICT TREATMENT CENTERS.
- Description:00:00:05 - DRUG ADDICT ON STRETCHER. NURSES. HAND CLUTCHING BED. NEEDS METHADONE DOSAGE. IN PAIN 00:00:59 - MAN IN OFFICE TALKING. DOCTOR FROM THE FEDERAL DRUG PROGRAM 00:01:12 - DRUG DEAL ON THE STREET. CIRCA 1973. FASHIONS PUSHER. URBAN STREET SCENES PEOPLE HANGING OUT 00:01:40 - STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM, CIRCA 1973. HAND WITH CIGARETTE. 00:02:00 - DOCTOR WITH THE NARCOTICS TREATMENT ADMINISTRATION TALKS 00:02:07 - CONTAINERS BEING FILLED WITH LIQUID DRUGS ON AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY LINE. PILLS ON ASSEMBLY LINE. IN FACTORY. BOTTLES BEING FILLED. 00:02:23 - ADDICTS DISCUSS THEIR ADDICTIONS. 00:02:54 - MAN IN DOCTOR'S OFFICE. CAMERA AS PERSON 00:03:45 - MAN WALKING DOWN HOSPITAL HALLWAY. CU SIGN "PEACE TO ALL WHO ENTER HERE" CROSS SHAPED SIGN MAKING THE ROUNDS OF A DETOXIFICATION WARD. CU OF SWEATY BLACK MAN'S FOREHEAD. SHAKES HANDS BLACK MAN'S ARMS COVERED WITH NEEDLE TRACKS. TALKS WITH DOCTOR. 00:06:19 - DRUG MANUFACTURING. POWDER. METHADONE BEING MANUFACTURED. PILLS. PHARMACEUTICALS. BOTTLES FILLED WITH LIQUID MEDICINE. PHARMACIST APPLYING LABELS TO BOTTLES OF MEDICINE. TWO MEN LIFT A GARBAGE CAN ONTO SCALE, WEIGHING IT. 00:07:18 - ADDICT BEING INTERVIEWED. DOCTOR WRITING ON MEDICAL SHEET 00:09:01 - MAN EXAMINED BY DOCTOR. HAIRY CHEST. BLOOD PRESSURE. HEART BEAT. PHYSICAL EXAM 00:09:56 - CITY STREET SCENE, BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. MEN LOITERING IN THE STREET. UNDERCOVER AGENTS. PLAIN-CLOTHES COPS. MAN GETTING ARRESTED. 00:10:53 - ADDICT INTERVIEWED. PHASE ONE. METHADONE PILLS. GETTING MUG SHOT. ARM IN SLING. BROKEN ARM. HANDWRITING ON PAPER. 00:12:29 - CU PERSON GETTING SHOT. CU NEEDLE 00:12:35 - ADDICT RECEIVING METHADONE, MAN DRINKING. 00:12:47 - DOCTOR TALKS ABOUT METHADONE TREATMENT. 00:12:59 - ORANGE JUICE BEING POURED. WOMAN ADMINISTERS METHADONE PILLS TO ADDICT. CABINET FILLED WITH MEDICINE BOTTLES. MIXING. DRINKING. 00:13:52 - ADDICTS INTERVIEWED. PHASE TWO METHADONE PROGRAM 00:14:59 - CU MIXING MEDICINE IN PLASTIC GLASS. DRINKING WOMAN TAKES MEDICINE FROM CABINET OF MEDICINE BOTTLES. MAN PUTS MEDICINE BOTTLE IN JACKET POCKET 00:15:22 - TWO MEN DRIVING IN CITY. CITY STREET SCENES. CIRCA 1973. NEW YORK CITY. MEN IN CAR TALKING 00:15:49 - RECOVERING COUPLE RECEIVES THEIR DOSE OF METHADONE. 00:16:10 - MAN PLAYING PIANO. FROM BACK. 1970s POLYESTER SHIRT. WRITING MUSIC. SHEET MUSIC. 00:17:34 - NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENES CIRCA 1973. PEOPLE HANG OUT TALKING, SMOKING 00:17:41 - NEW YORK CITY AMBULANCE CU SIREN, CU GURNEY PERSON WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM ON STRETCHER. DRUG ADDICT TREATED IN HOSPITAL. 00:18:22 - EXPERTS TALK ABOUT DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION 00:21:00 - ECU FIDGETY HAND 00:21:36 - MAN WITH BOW TIE IN FRONT OF BLACKBOARD TALKING. CUTS BACK AND FORTH TO TWO MEN IN CAR TALKING DRIVING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1973
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: V-4512