1 Season
4 Episode
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? - Season 1 Episode 1 Here Come the Dopefiends
Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its confrontational talk-therapy approach. As the program attracts non-addicts and celebrity followers, Synanon grows into a social movement that rapidly expands across the country.
- Year : 2024
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : HBO
- Keyword : child abuse, paranoia, group therapy, heroin, utopia, cult, addiction, alcoholism, drug rehabilitation, new age, brainwashing, shaved head, heroin addict, alternative lifestyle, sober, santa monica, california, power abuse, communal living, non-profit organization
- Director : Mark Bailey, Rory Kennedy
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