Wine and beer is seen served at a family party at the beginning part of the film.
A woman purchase heroin from a street dealer who takes bundles of it out of his mouth. Back in a car, the bundles of heroin are shown close up as they are opened and tested for purity.
In a dirty pharmacy bathroom, the entire process of using heroin is shown. The heroin is removed from the balloon, put into a cap filled with toilet water, mixed, put into the syringe, and injected into his arm, the injection is shown close up. He later experiences the high of heroin.