Paul J. Steinbroner was born March 18, 1949 in Los Angeles. In 1983, he founded CNS Productions, a publishing and distribution company specializing in topics related to addiction, neuropharmacology, and brain chemistry. He is the publisher of Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, a textbook on the neurochemistry and neuropharmacology of psychoactive drugs. Since 2017 he has been producing a series of 30-minute films collectively known as "Called From Darkness" detailing the transformational experiences of people who come out of addiction to find meaning and purpose. In 2019, Steinbroner founded TouchPoint Productions which is producing a six-part series entitled "Called From Darkness."
CNS Productions has published the following on the subject of neuropharmacology:
''Uppers, Downers, All Arounders''
Based on the many interviews with clients from the expanding film catalog, the onset of the crack epidemic, and the multicultural needs of patients, William Cohen and Darryl Inaba wrote the textbook Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, originally published by CNS Productions in 1989 and now in its 8th edition. Uppers, Downers, All Arounders is Dr. Inaba's and William Cohen's way of explaining the physiological and pharmacological responses that the body has to psychoactive drugs, those chemicals that can pass through the blood brain barrier and produce a mental effect in the central nervous system. Thus, uppers stimulate, downers depress, and psychedelic drugs have a variety of effects on the neurotransmitters.
Filmography
Paul Steinbroner was the producer and director of the following films:
"Psychoactive" - 1976
"Uppers, Downers, All Arounders" - 1984
Haight Asbbury Cocaine Film, 1985
"A Matter of Balance" - 1986
Haight Ashbury Crack Film - 1987
"From Opium to Heroin" - 1988
Haight Ashbury Training Series volumes 1-5 - 1992-94
"Co-Occurring Disorders: Mental Health & Drugs" - 2005
"Medical Consequences of Addiction"* - 2005
"Marijuana: Neurochemistry & Physiology"* - 2006
"Methamphetamine: Neurochemistry and Recovery"* - 2007
"Neurochemistry of Relapse and Recovery"* - 2008
10-part series: "Use, Abuse and Addiction"* - 2009
"Drug and Behavioral Addictions: Roots of Addiction"
"The Neurochemistry of the Roots of Addiction"* - 2011
"Reflections in a Rearview Mirror: How I Got My DUI, Costs & Losses, Physiology, Levels of Use, and How My Life Changed for the Better" - 2013
"Beyond Opiates" - 2013
"Cannabinyzed: The Mental and Physical Effects of Marijuana" - 2016
"Home Boy Joy Ride" - 2018 - 30-minute documentary on Fr. Greg Boyle and his work with gangs in East Los Angeles, California
"Soul Sanctuary" - 2019
"Called From Darkness" - 2019
"Stand Down" - 2020 - 30-minute documentary on the efforts of to rehabilitate traumatized homeless and addicted veterans and return them to a life of meaning and purpose.
