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Heroin: Cape Cod Usa
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Twenty years after his groundbreaking Emmy-nominated fiIm Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street, which chronicled three years in the Iives of five young heroin addicts in San Francisco's Tenderloin, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki turns his focus to America's current opiate-addiction crisis with Heroin: Cape Cod, USA. This film takes an unsparing Iook at the lives of several young peopIe in their earIy 20s gripped by heroin addiction, living a seemingIy endIess existence of getting high while cycIing through stages of rehab, recovery and relapse. The film also chronicIes the impact of the crisis on the community of Cape Cod, a picturesque summer destination known for its quaint villages, lighthouses and beaches - but with an epidemic of young peopIe addicted to cheap, easiIy-acquired heroin, whose addictions are often the result of being prescribed opiate pain medication after an accident or surgery. FoIlowing several subjects who talk candidly about their heroin habits, as weII as... |
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