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Higher Ground: The 9 Types of Drug Movies in Hollywood

Every moviegoer over the age of 18 has experimented with some kind of drug movie, and this weekend, Relativity Media rolls out another addition to this expansive genre of pharmaceutical films. In Limitless, Bradley Cooper stars as a downtrodden writer whose luck changes dramatically when he starts using an experimental drug called NZT. Before we embrace this new subgenre of substance cinema though, let's review the nine types of drug movies that have already been embraced by Hollywood.

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