Believe in Me (1971)

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program Pamela works at a childrens book publishing company The two meet via Pamelas brother who is also Remys good friend They fall in love and get an apartment in the East Village of New York Soon after the couple begins to indulge in speed and barbiturates They become heavily addicted Remy is thrown out of medical school and Pamela quits her job Remy soon finds himself in debt with the local dealer Stutter who introduces his customer to heroin as a revenge for his late bill Pamela faces the prospect of getting sober at her brothers clinic but must leave behind a destitute Remy in order to do it