Meredith Baxter as a Drug-Addicted Nurse in “Darkness Before Dawn” GREAT TV MOVIE

Meredith Baxter as a drug-addicted nurse in “Darkness Before Dawn” GREAT TV MOVIE – Meredith Baxter will always be the Queen of TV movies, and this 1993 movie is one of her all-time best! This video shows highlights from the first half of the movie. Based on a true story, Meredith stars as a drug addicted nurse who steals drugs from the hospital she works at. She is married to another addict, and they have a daughter. Meredith learns she’s pregnant again, and when the baby is born an addict, Meredith’s character decides to give drugs to her newborn baby.

Review of the movie 'Flight' with Denzel Washington

Filed under: drug addiction movies

… definitely be added to the list of movies to see this weekend. This is not your typical addiction movie, which has been crammed down our throats since Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign, telling how bad drinking or drugs are. Suggested by the …
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Movie review: “Silver Linings Playbook”

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Films about people with mental illness are notoriously tricky given the fine line between no-holds-barred authenticity and offensive caricature. Under Russell's direction, Christian Bale won an Academy Award playing a drug addict in “The Fighter,” but …
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Lenny Kravitz to play Motown legend Marvin Gaye in new biopic

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Reports say Kravitz – who has had smaller parts in the likes of movie The Hunger Games and TV series Entourage alongside Mark Wahlberg – will portray Gaye during his battles with depression and drug addiction. Gaye – whose hits included Sexual …
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Samuel L. Jackson: Fought drug addiction & currently holds the Guiness World Record for having the highest grossing movies ever #inspiration – by Foxxy_S (Sinoxolo Mabenge)

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