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Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation

Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation

The extreme psychotic break these people experience is commonly referred to as "flipping out"

2008 · 60 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary, War

Military service in Israel is compulsive for all able-bodied Jewish men and women. Once their years of service is up they are granted a bonus which many use to travel to India to wind down and recover from their experiences. About 90% of them will use drugs during their travels and every year about two thousand of them will require professional help to recover from this drug use. The extreme psychotic break these people experience is commonly referred to as "flipping out".

Directed by Yoav Shamir

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