Word: addicts
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...macabre sort of way, they are both very funny. Trash, the first Andy Warhol factory film to be distributed commercially nationwide, is the story of a heroin addict (Joe Dallesandro) who is constantly on the verge of O. D.-ing. Perhaps this does not seem humorous in itself, but, for good measure, there is a running gag about Joe's smack-induced impotency. Paul Morrissey (who wrote, directed and photographed this epic) has structured his film around the gag; Trash is a series of boy-meets-girl-but-can't-get-it-up episodes, each one weirder than the next...
...Nemon, hypnotist and medical director, while we learn not to care about cigarettes. Arbitrarily, we are divided into groups, and I size up my leader, Dr. Gordon F. Derner. He is wearing cowboy boots and a crew haircut, and he keeps telling us to share our feelings. One addict, Arthur, admits that he has half a pack in his pocket. "Put it on the table," the doctor suggests. Reluctantly, he does. As we watch, horrified, a sincere young mod named Lana picks up the packet and shreds the cigarettes. Shaken, we head for our bunks...
...existence, and then are told that this source of goodness does not exist. This withdrawal is a very upsetting experience. Youth must turn somewhere, and drugs provide the answer. A boy seeks a replacement in his neighborhood pusher-who, incidentally, probably plays Santa for his kids, too-and another addict is created...
...suspect, a heroin addict on probation who was undergoing withdrawal, apparently misunderstood. He promised that if the police did not arrest him, he would give them information about recent thefts...
...Angeles physicians expressed concern over the belief, held by a growing number of drug addicts, that milk is capable of neutralizing the effects of heroin. Apparently believing that pushers use powdered lactose to dilute-and thus enlarge-their supplies, some addicts inject themselves with milk in an attempt to offset an overdose. The results are dangerous indeed, since milk contains proteins and fats that produce severe reactions when introduced directly into the bloodstream. According to Drs. Ernst Drenick and Kenneth Younger, one heroin addict whose friends injected milk into his veins became comatose and required extensive emergency treatment before...