In some scenes the main characters are shown in their underwear

Two young characters have sex and we briefly see rear nudity on both of them. A young girl prostitutes herself. A young man sleeps with another man for money and we hear his groans of discomfort.

A girl 'jerks off' a man but nothing explicit shown, only movements and facial expressions.

We see total frontal nudity of a man for a split second.

Explicit dialogue regarding gay sex and prostitution, especially in later stages of movie.

The main character violently whips a man in one short scene, his body is shown with severe marks

Blood dripping from characters arms and necks after injecting heroin

The bodies of characters who have overdosed are seen.

Frequent subtitled profanity. Virtually every word in the book is used.

Constant drug use. Young teenagers use LSD, cannabis, angel dust and eventually heroin. We frequently see people injecting drugs and prostituting themselves to pay for their habits. There also a sustained and very disturbing withdrawal sequence in which the characters are seen sweating, shivering and vomiting.

The subject matter of young teenagers using hard drugs is quite disturbing. The scene in which two characters attempt to withdraw from heroin is very disturbing and disgusting to watch as we see them vomiting and sweating profusely. There is also a scene in which a man forcefully shoves a needle into his neck that may disturb some people.

This film shows the devastating effects of drugs.