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There are many movies that address the tough issues of substance abuse. Here is a selection of some films to watch -- and learn from. They can offer insight into various drugs and their effects, help show the pain and suffering of addiction, and offer hope and inspiration for recovery and improved health. These movies can also be useful tools to help jump-start a much-needed conversation with a family member or friend.

	Little Fish (2005) Theme: Struggle of Addiction Rating: MA-15 Tracy (Cate Blanchett) lives with the painful past of her former heroin addiction, often faced with temptation to fall back to her old ways. Constantly trying to redeem herself to her mother and family, she attempts to start her own business and escape her stagnant existence -- only to find road blocks in her way.
	21 Grams (2003) Theme: Drug Abuse Rating: R The emotionally and physically charged lives of three people, a college professor (Sean Penn), an ex-con (Benicio Del Toro) and a young mother with a reckless past (Naomi Watts), collide unexpectedly in this gripping suspense thriller.
	28 Days (2000) Theme: Alcoholism Rating: PG-13 Gwen (Sandra Bullock) is an alcoholic in denial whose latest bender with boozer boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) ruins the wedding of her sister (Elizabeth Perkins) and lands her in a month-long rehab program with the requisite gang of struggling drunks and junkies.
	Blow (2001) Theme: American Cocaine Trade Rating: R Blow chronicles the three-decade rise and fall of George Jung (Johnny Depp), a normal American kid who makes a personal vow against poverty, builds a marijuana empire in the '60s, multiplies his fortune with the Colombian Medellín cocaine cartel, and blows it all with a series of police busts culminating in one final, long-term jail sentence.
	Clean and Sober (1988) Theme: Addiction/Treatment Rating: R After a series of setbacks, Michael Keaton's character seeks refuge in a drug rehabilitation program and must confront the truth of his own addiction at the urging of a counselor (Morgan Freeman) who's heard every lame excuse in the book from addicts struggling to quit.

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