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Drug films are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or as a few memorable scenes. There is extensive overlap with crime movies, which are more likely to treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. Drug cinema ranges from the ultra-realistic to the utterly surreal; some movies are unabashedly pro- or anti-drug, while others are less judgmental.

The drugs most commonly shown in films are marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD and methamphetamine. The following is a partial list of drug movies and the substance involved. (See also: Stoner film.)Drug films are films that depict drug usage, either as a major theme or as a few memorable scenes. Drug cinema ranges from the ultra-realistic to the utterly surreal; some movies are unabashedly pro- or anti-drug, while others are less judgmental. The drugs most commonly shown in films are alcohol, cocaine, heroin, LSD, cannabis (see Stoner film) and methamphetamine.

There is extensive overlap with crime movies, which are more likely to treat drugs as plot devices to keep the action moving. Some movies are mistakenly labeled as "drug films" due to their surreal nature, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Waking Life and Yellow Submarine.

The following is a partial list of drug movies and the substance involved. _

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  • 24 Hour Party People (2002). MDMA, Cocaine, Methadone, Cannabis, and a mention of the multitude of crack in Barbados.
  • 25th Hour (2002). Heroin, MDMA.
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2004). Cannabis.
  • The 51st State (2001). POS 51 (a fictional drug, also mentions Cocaine, LSD and MDMA)
  • 9 Magnet, used by 8 which apparently causes a drug like effect

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(And a Fictional drugs first being dexclorazole which mimicks the affects of prozac but on a much larger scale and second being xp25 which stimulates of the serotonin neuro-transmitters in the brain but causes sudden heart attack)

(And toad licking, presumably a reference to the Bufo Alvarius or Colorado River toad from which the extract should not actually be licked as in the movie, but smoked, due to bufo toxin which is incinerated upon smoking. Can contain 5-meo-dmt and/or bufotenin)

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(and fictional drugs called Bug Powder Dust which is a type of powdered pesticide and Mugwum Jizzum which comes from the multiple erect penises coming from fictional creatures head's called Mugwum, which can be manipulated for effect in some way)

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(A powerful & highly-addictive painkiller & hallucinogenic. Maufactured by GeneCo, for people undergoing surgery. "Graverobbers" sell a cheap version of Zydrate on the black market extracted from the blood of the dead)

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  • Valley of the Dolls (1967) Barbiturates (Seconal, Nembutal, Amytal), amphetamines (Dexedrine), and Demerol

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  • The Wackness (2008). Marijuana, cocaine, Ritalin and anti-depressants.
  • Waiting... (2005). Marijuana and inhalants.
  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2008). Marijuana, Cocaine, Quaaludes,PCP,Amphetamine, Pills "Uppers and Downers", LSD, Alcohol, and Viagra.
  • Walk the Line (2005). Cocaine and amphetamine.
  • The Wall (1982). No overt drug usage but widely considered a drug-induced movie (LSD, Heroin).
  • The Wash (2001). Marijuana.
  • Wasted (2002). Heroin.
  • What Just Happened (2008). Hydromorphone, benzodiazepines, cocaine referred to.
  • Where the Buffalo Roam (1980). Marijuana, cocaine, alcohol, and mescaline.
  • Withnail and I (1987). Marijuana, speed and other pills.
  • Woodstock (1970). Marijuana, LSD, and other psychedelics
  • Wonderland (2003). Marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, quaaludes
  • [[Weed Man (series)] (2009-2010). Marijuana.

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