How Drugs Work

Using visual effects and CGI the effects of drugs on the human body are examine, and the myths and controversies that surround them confronted.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	How Drugs Work
First Air Date	January 6, 2011
Last Air Date	January 20, 2011
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	57min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies
Networks	BBC Three

S01E03

Cocaine

Once a drug exclusively for the rich and famous, but now the most popular class A drug in Britain, with more than 1.2 million people taking it in the UK in 2009. For some cocaine is the ideal addition to a night out, but for others taking it became a life-changing event, including the young man that needed a pacemaker fitted at just 17 after cocaine gave him a heart attack and a patient undergoing surgery to repair a nose torn apart by too many lines of coke.

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