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April 24, 2025

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Opioid Nation: An American Epidemic

This news investigation by Click Orlando covers the opioid crisis and “explores the lives of those faced with addiction.” They talk with several recovering addicts who provide a grim and honest look into the realities of opioid addiction, and analyze fentanyl specifically and its extreme potency and profitability. There’s also a very emotional part about babies born with an Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and the impact addiction has on children. Additionally, the importance of Narcan is highlighted as a relatively cheap way to save lives, but not everyone in society agrees. You’ll also learn about a controlled environment that uses virtual reality to help addicts recover – an addition to traditional therapeutic treatments – and other ways of practicing recovery principles.

April 24, 2025

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The Opioid Epidemic: Stephen’s Story

This documentary was created by the family members of Stephen, who overdosed on July 9th, 2018. After experiencing a traumatic event, Stephen began to struggle immensely with substance abuse, particularily with heroin, an opioid, and ultimately lost his life. His family discusses not only Stephen’s battle with mental health and addiction, but also the family’s history as well. From the impact of trauma, dual diagnosis / comorbidity, to family history, you’ll get to hear from Stephen’s family members on the impact he had on their lives and how an opioid overdose had fatal consequences.

April 24, 2025

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New York City’s Opioid Drug History: A Relentless Cycle

Using an opioid for a pain relief drug has a long history in New York City, where they were introduced as unregulated medicine: doctors began prescribing morphine pills to housewives in the 1880s. Journalist Christopher Booker uncovers New York’s history with opioids – from plant-based morphine, opium and heroin to lab-produced drugs like fentanyl – in a half-hour film about drug addiction, medical treatment, and drug criminalization over the course of decades. [Taken from YT description]

April 24, 2025

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The Opioid Crisis – It Impacts Us All

Opioids, including prescription painkillers, heroin, and fentanyl, kill someone in the United States every 11 minutes – and at least 5 people every day in Florida alone. The odds of dying by accidental opioid overdose are now greater than dying in a car crash. This is the story of how one community is challenging the statistics and fighting back against the opioid epidemic that is tearing through communities across the country. These are the victims, the heroes on the front lines, and the dedicated community partners doing everything they can to reduce and eliminate the devastating effects of opioids across Orange County, Florida.

April 24, 2025

Inside America’s Largest Open-Air Drug Market: Kensington

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Kensington: Inside America’s Largest Open-Air Drug Market

Peter Santello creates “videos about a world the media fails to capture” (source). In this video, he travels to Kensington, Philadelphia to speak with a local man named Buddy Osborn, who reached out to him to tell him about “the horrific realities of open-air drug markets.” Buddy and his organization, The Rock, help “to get kids out of crime and drugs and into a healthier environment built upon confidence and clarity.”

April 24, 2025

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Lost Angeles: City of Homelessness

Homelessness in Los Angeles is a complex issue that’s been around for decades. Many have tried to fix the problem, but the numbers increase year after year. This documentary takes a look at the roots and causes of homelessness, arguably the largest issue currently facing Angelenos. FOX 11 spoke with experts on homelessness and those experiencing homelessness themselves on how we got here and how we can make progress toward solving the issue.

April 24, 2025

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Las Vegas Homeless Community Living in Underground Tunnels

Did you know that there are 1,500 homeless people living in tunnels below Las Vegas? Directly under the billion-dollar casinos, fancy night clubs and Michelin-star restaurants is a world that you wouldn’t believe is real. Until you go down there and see it for yourself. Drew Binsky teamed up with Rob from Shine a Light Foundation, who guided him down into this underground world to meet with local residents and hear their stories.

April 24, 2025

Seattle is Dying – The Addiction & Homelessness Crisis

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Addiction & Homeless Crisis – Seattle is Dying

This documentary details the addiction and the homeless crisis in Seattle. This story is about a seething, simmering anger that is now boiling over into outrage. It is about people who have felt compassion, yes, but who no longer feel safe, no longer feel like they are heard, no longer feel protected. It is about lost souls who wander our streets untethered to home or family or reality, chasing a drug which, in turn, chases them. It is about the damage they inflict on themselves, but also on the fabric of this place where we life. This story is about a beautiful jewel that has been violated and a crisis of faith amongst a generation of Seattleites falling out of love with their home. There is another part of this story too – it’s about a solution, an idea, for a city that has run out of them, and I ask again, what if Seattle is dying and we don’t even know it?

April 24, 2025

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The Meth Epidemic – PBS Frontline

This video investigates meth addiction in America: the impact on individuals, families and communities, and the difficulty of controlling an essential ingredient in meth—ephedrine and pseudoephedrine—sold legally in over-the-counter cold remedies.