The untold story of psychotropic drugging, the story of big money-drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry without a single cure. The cost in human terms is even greater - these drugs now kill an estimated 42,000 people a year. And the death count keeps rising. This riveting documentary rips the mask off psychotropic drugging and exposes a brutal but well-entrenched money-making machine.

"Getting 'high' can be an unquenchable desire-- one that impacts the human body of the first-time recreational user and severe addict alike. National Geographic goes beneath the skin to reveal how our bodies react to three common drugs: marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy"-- Container.

Presents the theory that the earth's energy, which can be received by the body by walking in nature with bare feet, has the power to heal and prevent disease by neutralizing free radicals in the body.

Science fiction thriller that pits man and woman against a giant octopus created after an H-bomb explosion.

"The truth about the abuse of prescribed painkillers is startling. Abused painkillers such a Oxycodone, Vicodin and methadone are responsible for more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined. According to the Centers for Disease Control, prescription painkillers have surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States. Students learn the dynamics of painkiller addiction and abuse through the personal stories of...

The first program follows arachnologist Martin Nicholas to southern Mexico, Arizona, and French Guiana in search of rare and exotic spiders. The second program investigates the healing properties found in the venom of snakes and other creatures.

Using the firsthand experiences of teens, most of whom started drinking in junior high, this film illustrates the dangers of alcohol. Their collective story begins with the social, environmental, and genetic factors that led them to it; it continues through a destructive cycle of alcohol-motivated choices, such as fighting, stealing, and DUI; and ends in rehab, though their scars--for one, the knowledge that he almost killed his best friend in a drunken...

Human enthusiasm for progress--particularly when shortsighted, misguided, or tainted by self-interest--can ricochet, marring the global environment and the lives of millions. As a gasoline additive, lead suppresses engine knock. Lead is also a well-known poison, and yet during the 1920s it was championed over safer alternatives--and even backed by the U.S. surgeon general. Why? Money, of course, and the tremendous power of oil and automobile companies....

"Explores research that counters vitamin advocate Linus Pauling's theories, suggesting that high doses of some vitamins may actually harm the human body. An alarming association with increased osteoporosis and cancer rates is one of several medical findings discussed"--container.