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Traffik
1989 · TV series · 53 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Simon Moore
Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated for six BAFTA Awards, winning three. It also won an International Emmy Award for best drama. The 2000 crime drama film Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, was based on this television serial. In turn, the 2004 American television miniseries Traffic was based on both versions.
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There is a great TV series called Traffik (later adapted into a film) which makes the case that drug addiction primarily stemmed from social and not chemical causes... I wonder if that view is infact true. If it is, then I would think that meth users would just switch to another drug if meth were made ineffective.
Does anyone knowledgeable know where the evidence seems to point in terms of the root addiction being chemical vs. social (vs ...) based?