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April 25, 2025
7 Days: The Opioid Crisis in Arkansas
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7 Days: The Opioid Crisis in Arkansas

Hear the stories of Arkansans who have suffered from addiction — as well as the continued fight in the state to address issues surrounding opioid use, misuse and addiction. The intimate documentary explores the reality of drug use in The Natural State and the harmful, long-term effects opioids have not just on those who become addicted to but about the impact they make on users’ family, friends and communities.
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April 25, 2025
Injecting Hope: A Harm Reduction Program Tackling Drug Overdose
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Injecting Hope: A Harm Reduction Program Tackling Drug Overdose

Injecting Hope is an on-the-ground, gritty exploration of the drug overdose crisis in North America and the role harm reduction efforts, like safe injection sites, could play in finding a solution. ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell takes viewers onto the streets of Vancouver, Canada’s Downtown Eastside for an intimate look at how the first safe consumption site in North America, established more than two decades ago, is impacting drug users and the community at large.
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April 25, 2025
True Stories of Addiction: Alcohol Was My Gateway to Illegal Drugs
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True Stories of Addiction: Alcohol Was My Gateway to Illegal Drugs

Brady grew up in a family that was very disconnected. Everyone seemed to do their own thing every day. Both of his parents had an addiction to drugs, but his parents tried to hide it from him. After getting his girlfriend pregnant, he decided to get married to try to do the honorable thing. At 25, he started working at a liquor store and began drinking very heavily. While drinking at work one day, a man came through the drive-thru and had cocaine. Brady decided to try it and at 26 he developed a cocaine addiction within a very short period of time. He started using cocaine to wake him up and alcohol to help him when he needed to sleep.
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April 25, 2025
Addiction: The Science Behind
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Addiction: The Science Behind (NOVA PBS)

This incredibly informative documentary from NOVA PBS discusses opioid addiction, highlighting that addiction is not a moral failing, but rather, a treatable chronic medical condition. It provides a general overview of the science behind addiction, detailing how dopamine, the reward pathway, and other brain regions change as a result of substance abuse, and how these changes result in drug-seeking behaviours and withdrawal. While there are several personal stories from those affected by addiction, the primary focus of this documentary is to provide education on the science behind addiction and the importance of evidence-based treatments.
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April 25, 2025
Stigmatic: Our Opioid Crisis (Stigma & Addiction)
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Stigmatic: Our Opioid Crisis (Stigma & Addiction)

Exploring the origins and scope of the opioid crisis. “Stigmatic: Our Opioid Crisis” is a documentary composed of interviews with those impacted by opiates, including law enforcement, medical professionals, and people in recovery. Their candid discussions shed light on disagreements within the activist community over controversial strategies to combat the opiate epidemic. Each diverse perspective points to an undeniable obstacle at the heart of the crisis: stigma.
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April 25, 2025
KELOLAND News Special Report: Opioid Crisis
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KELOLAND News Special Report: Opioid Crisis

Over the next hour, we’ll share the stories of people overcome by this dangerous addiction, and we’ll show you the grief families are going through. We’re also taking a look at the local efforts (by doctors and law enforcement) to get ahead of the opioid crisis, and we’re looking at local and national resources. We’ll let you know what’s available, how you can help, and what our community needs.
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April 25, 2025
The Fix: Examining Rhode Island’s Opioid Epidemic
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The Fix: Examining Rhode Island’s Opioid Epidemic

This documentary covers the opioid epidemic in Rhode Island specifically, but the messages within it are important for all communities. While there are some personal stories from people who use drugs, the main focus is on listening to the opinions of frontline workers who see the societal impacts of addiction on a day to day basis. It discusses the realities of the opioid crisis and what is truly needed to help people in their journey towards recovery. Rhode Island has made some important changes over the years and its uplifting to hear about how they have led to a reduction in drug use related harms.
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April 24, 2025
The Fentanyl Crisis: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope
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The Fentanyl Crisis: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope

Fentanyl continues to drive overdose deaths in Virginia. Statewide, the synthetic opioid contributed to 76.5% of the 2,656 overdose deaths in 2021, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The community of people who’ve lost loved ones to the drug is quickly growing, many looking for ways to draw focus to a problem they believe is not getting enough attention. (source)
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April 24, 2025
Opiate Addiction: Strategies for Creating Long-Term Sobriety
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Opiate Addiction: Strategies for Creating Long-Term Sobriety

This webinar addresses specific barriers to sobriety experienced by those with an opiate addiction, as well as several effective strategies for helping them obtain long-term recovery and sobriety. Attendees will learn ways to increase treatment effectiveness with this population and reduce the likelihood that a client with an opiate addiction will leave treatment prematurely.
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