Culture - Strung Out in Little House on the Prairie

[china cat]

I saw this clip and couldn't resist posting it.

The story so far.........some guy called Albert's gone and gotten himself a little bit of a morphine habit......when Pa finds out he locks Albert in a hut and tries to 'cure' him. Cue the depiction of an opiate addict suffering withdrawals which although funny is also strangely moving.

Skip straight to 4.00 for the action........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CBakjNYonY

"Pa, what's happening......Pa'

Seem to remember that opiate addiction played a part in a few episodes of LHOTP. I've never read the books but (like everyone else?) watched the show on tv when I was a kid.

So there are loads of depictions on tv, film , stage etc of opiate addicts and withdrawal etc. Which ones do you think are the most realistic?