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"The Kick" - No one noticed that Elsa, the girl with high grades from a good family, smoked cannabis in the school's smoking area and offered her friends amphetamines for the weekend. It was only when she wrote a short story about her addiction and gave it to her teacher that the adult world reacted.

GHB and Rohypnol are often called rape drugs. They are used to drug girls in the pub and turn them into unwilling victims. But guys who use these drugs also become victims. Andreas and Jonas talk about how a life with GHB and Rohypnol turned into a life filled with violence, pornography and death.

No drug is harmless, but some people are at greater risk of harm and addiction. Per was already on sedatives during his childhood. Over time, he developed into a violent full-blooded drug addict. Robert, on the other hand, thinks he should be allowed to smoke cannabis a few times a month without society interfering.

The latest research concludes that drug addiction is a disease. It is a malady that researchers can now see in the brain. However, comparing drug addiction with other chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure or asthma is still highly controversial. The critics believe that it removes the individual's responsibility.

Watching your child languish in a drug addiction is among the most difficult trials a parent can be subjected to. For Elisabeth, the nightmare became everyday when her son Mathias slipped deeper and deeper into the amphetamine swamp. The drug abuse goes so far that he threatens to kill himself. Today, Elisabeth is active in the Parents' Association against Narcotics.

About 20,000 children are cared for each year for social reasons outside their parents' homes. Elsa and Ellinor are two of them. They were both taken into custody because they were abusing drugs. Ellinor has received help and is now drug-free. Elsa, on the other hand, has found her own way to, as she says, "cheat the system". That way she can continue taking drugs.

Krister was a heroin addict for 27 years. Everyone around him, including himself, thought his days were numbered. Today he is drug-free. The reason can be spelled out in a single word: Subutex. But the critics believe that Krister is not drug-free at all, but that he has merely exchanged one drug for another. Marcus Heilig, docent in psychiatry, and Christer Karlsson, chairman of KRIS, also participate.