TOPICS: Homelessness, Personal Stories, Poverty, Public Health, Stigma, USA

TOPICS: Homelessness, Non-Profits, Personal Stories, Poverty, Public Health, Stigma, USA

TOPICS: Crime, Homelessness, Law Enforcement, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Poverty, Public Health, Suboxone, USA, Vivitrol

TOPICS: Drug Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Methamphetamine, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health, Stimulant Use Disorder, Stimulants, USA

This documentary explores Boston's Methadone Mile, an area where addiction treatment services exist alongside homelessness, open drug use, and illicit drug markets. Through interviews with healthcare professionals, people living with addiction, individuals in recovery, and street-level dealers, it examines the challenges of recovery in an environment where support and relapse triggers often coexist. The film also explores the policies and circumstances that contributed to the area's development and the ongoing efforts to address the crisis.

TOPICS: Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Methadone, Opioid Crisis, Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids, Personal Stories, Poverty, Prevention & Treatment, Public Health, Recovery, USA

Joy's story explores the devastating consequences of gambling addiction after she embezzled $700,000 employers to support her gambling. As she awaits sentencing, she reflects on the choices that led to her crimes while trying to help both herself and her children understand the grip of addiction. Alongside her personal story, the documentary features insights from addiction professionals who explain the psychological and neurological factors behind gambling disorder, offering a broader understanding of how behavioural addictions develop and why recovery can be so challenging.

TOPICS: Behavioural Addictions, Gambling Disorder, Personal Stories, Prevention & Treatment, Suicide, USA

As the unregulated drug supply becomes increasingly unpredictable, new combinations of synthetic substances are making overdoses more difficult to prevent and treat. This documentary investigates the emergence of "benzo dope" and "tranq"—street drugs containing fentanyl mixed with benzodiazepines or xylazine—and examines the devastating impact these combinations are having on people, families, healthcare providers, and frontline outreach workers. Through firsthand accounts and expert perspectives, this resource explores how a rapidly changing drug supply is reshaping the overdose crisis and reinforcing the importance of harm reduction, education, and timely access to care.

TOPICS: Benzodiazepines, Depressants, Drug Trafficking, Fentanyl, Naloxone, Open-Air Drug Markets, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Overdose, Public Health, Tranquilizers, USA, Xylazine, Youth

From remote coca fields in Peru to the streets of USA, this investigative documentary follows the global cocaine trade at every stage of its journey. Through firsthand reporting and interviews with farmers, traffickers, law enforcement, and people affected by cocaine use, it reveals the complex network that fuels one of the world's most profitable illicit industries. This resource explores the economic, social, and human costs of cocaine production and trafficking while highlighting the challenges of disrupting a market driven by persistent global demand.

TOPICS: Cocaine, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Peru, Stimulants, USA