Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip | ENDEVR Documentary
Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip | Investigative Documentary from 2020
With the world fighting a deadly pandemic, another heartbreaking public health crisis is raging in North America. A new synthetic drug is killing more than gun crime, homicide and car accidents combined. 100 times stronger than heroin, the deadly opioid fentanyl is cheap, potent and small enough to send in the post. These market forces have seen it replacing the heroin supply, spreading unprecedented death, destruction and misery. And, like all epidemics, it is spreading fast.
The death toll has disproportionately affected the homeless and marginalized. And now, due to its strength and low cost, the drug is also starting to appear in party drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis - with fatal results. We travel to Vancouver, the epicenter of the fentanyl epidemic to meet with health care workers, activists, fentanyl dealers and people who use it. We learn of radical initiatives to fight back against a toxic drug supply and ask what the world should expect if the fentanyl epidemic spreads outside of North America.
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My name is Cori Mitchell. I am the "Cory" .showing my tent.golfing, blowing bubbles. This was a true heart breaking video. I am now living clean, going to college to be a community support worker/ addictions counselor . We are all real people. Some of us make it some of us don't. I pray for all those still in the struggle. Peace and love to you all❣️
Pesce and love from Italy.
I sat on those same step's . Smoked crack for many years . I hung out downtown all the time . I was lucky enough to have a roof to live under . Even though I worked through those times it was brutal spent everything on drug's . I left years ago ... Small town life and change in lifestyle helped me .
How can we help?
@@AlexRomanov1 just to acknowledge that we are in an epidemic is great. Support your local non profit societies and be kind to all. Thanks 🙏 PL&R
Cory, you have no idea how much delighted i’m knowing you’re clean and going to college. I’m sure you will be a great addition to help better community as you’re genuinely a great human with a beautiful heart. Loads of prayers and respect for you beautiful lady.
That kid’s statement that he made the wrong choice ONCE & nothing since then has been a choice is so powerful. More young people need to hear this from people like him!
no...he forgot he has a choice. we all have a choice and we pick wisely each HR of every day....most people won't even notice the small things they choose. I choose to stop heroin nearly 20 years ago now...no dabbling at any point....was my choice..well...I had no choice...live or die...I'm still here.
@@andrewwright. The drugs blind us from actually seeing this though. If he truly believes that he doesn't have a choice, then he has already set himself up for failure. He is not ready. Mind & body have to sync up on that. Mind & body. 🧘♀️ That's something you can't force to happen. It just has to happen somehow. It'll take some longer than others. Many will die before getting there. It takes a big spiritual awakening of some sort to get there. Problem with that is, you can't feel your spiritual awakening when you're under the influence. It's a tricky thing that varies from person to person.
@@andrewwright. Congratulations though! I'm also a recovering addict. 20 years clean is amazing! ❤
Its bs tho he also said he has a 5yr old. I quit to be a dad. The father I wish I had. I did it 11yrs ago. Yes it was hard. Quitting the drug with substitute was easy. Cancelling my whole life to start again was the hard part. But was just glad to have my children around me. Until last lockdown their mom cheated then snatched the kids away after 3month and only now is my past a problem I have to wait till march to start the court process to see my kids its insane I know she's preying I slipped and went back to that world. But im still a father I just need to get through court. Ill sit on my own all day everyday waiting until that happens if needed. They will come and when they do ill still be the father they know. Although I missed a year now my youngest is 4 and breaks me. If I lose at court for whatever reason lies from ther mom and new rich boyfriend. I will spin out of control then. But not on drugs. Ill be going for his blood. Fact.
No, he's a typical addict. He blames it on one choice. There's a series of choices. You don't try one drug and then become addicted. You can like something and not do it again, that loser felt like he needed to do it over and over again
The drug dealer is extremely honest. He’s just so transactional about the process. He says, “it’s your choice and I’ve got to make a living.” No matter whether we consider him good or bad, he’s not hiding anything. He told him he would die if he bought it.
Exactly. He's not a lying slimeball like alot of them that lie to people just to get new customers. He just said I recommend don't do it. But if u gotta do it I can't stop ya. Not saying he's a good person by anymeans but he's struggling himself.
Imagine his death one day, when all the Souls he helped kill, meet up with him. What a difficult journey that will be. He has to experience each & everyone of their decisions, heartbreak & death through their eyes.
If he can make so much money from selling this poison then why is he homeless? This dude needs to be locked up.
yeah man Iv done it but in Finland number 1 opioid is buprenorphine so I sold thatm here is no heroine no fentanyl..2years ago when I was using and selling I wish there were more profits and more high
At least hes honest 💯💯💯💯
I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to fentanyl for over 6 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
No doubts shrooms are 100% blessings from nature. Indeed nature's little miracles
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Yes very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I'm really happy for you that your friend decided to help you...I hear about alot of family members or so called friends shutting an addict out of their life, which since most addicts do it to mask emotions to me is the worse thing someone can do to an addict.
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
My son is addicted to fentanyl and he lives on the streets. He’s been an addict for about 10 years. I’ve cried out all my tears. I know one day the call that his body has been found will come. I will be devastated but I don’t think I’ll be able to shed any tears. I’m numb.
Prayers for you both, hope he gets through this addiction, its terrible 🙏
You're not numb, your pain is visible in all of your words, I feel with you as someone who had a similar situation with a family member (though not Fentanyl, but alcohol). In the end we have to accept, that you can't safe nobody lost already.
If he wants to get clean, suboxone is a great alternative. He has to want to change.
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If your son dies you will shed more tears because that is your son, never give up on your son. please, what ever bad he has done remember he has a disease that is so deep its in his bones. Self inflicted or not, you as a father have a duty of care to your boy. Please don’t give up on him 🙏
This is probably one of the best opioid crisis-based documentaries that I've ever seen ...very humanizing..
It was very good 👍
So are the opiates
Humanizing? Are you serious? There is absolutely nothing humanizing about abusing drugs. Drug users cannot be regarded as anything real. Governments waste trillions of Dollars annually trying to 'help' them. Western nations have become spineless. There is NO discipline!
@@pekenjos lol youre literally the type of person that throws rocks at them junkies. You’re not a single bit „better“ then them. You’re full of hate, and you’re part of the problem and not the solution.
Oxyana is also very good.
Thank you for interviewing them in a compassionate and peaceful way. For understanding the pain. Spike has a beautiful face. He is intelligent. He needed help for the pain after the accident. I am so sad he did not get it and his life has become so hard.
This is a terrible documentary as it doesn’t explain why this is happening in Vancouver. It does not hold the mayor and other politicians accountable: Watch “Vancouver is dying” to get a true account.
One of the best documentary I have seen. Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
@@CesarBowservery sure of Mush_pharm
A lot of people have testified about this and I really want to give it a shot. I put so much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
@@somella2Does he make deliveries across the states??
@@CesarBowserYeah. @mush_pharm
That drug dealer is honestly the most honest, straight up and down guy I’ve ever saw in these type documentaries. Most dudes try to brag and boast they got this and that, but he just telling it like it is.
Ya but he is chewing something the whole time and that's usually a good sign of getting down.
@@wildestcowboy2668 that literally had absolutely nothing to do with what he said lol
Yooooo, I'm wondering over here how buddy feels so confident going on camera and laying out all his s*** like that. Usually they censor your face or something, nah, not the homey tho lol. This documentary has to be able to be used as evidence against him
@@ThumperG has everything to do with it. He's clearly not telling the truth or holding out information
@@wildestcowboy2668 lol he clearly explained what fentanyl has done to their part of town, what it’s like, and explained in parts how he deals it in the area. What part did he lie about? Lol. Tell me what he said that you find so hard to believe, I’d love to hear it 🤣🤣🤣
Spike seems truly like an amazing soul. Just lost. Amazing to hear how he is so proud of his son he raised. I hope he gets better.
RIP Gerald "Spike" Peachey... Born in '65, passed on May 10, 2021. I knew him personally, he was a great & real friend to have. Even tho it was entirely preventable, Spike's in a better place now.
RIP
@@Lynkboz Oh damn,, his number came up huh..? At least he got out. One thing the squares certainly don't understand is even if you clean up life still sucks... Inequality and loneliness don't just go away when you sober up..
@@DontPretendtoCarelmaooo we can all see your troll failing
KZhead Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all
My brother and I both overdosed on fentanyl laced heroin and I survived but he didn't. I struggle with feeling like it should have been me . But I'm in recovery now and learning how to cope with childhood trauma without numbing myself out. I miss him every day and I hope he is proud of me but most of all I hope he has found the peace that eluded him in life... RIP CHRIS 8/4/1972-9/9/2018
Damn... I'm so sorry to hear about your brother's passing. I'll be praying for y'all 🙏🏽
RIP to your brother
@@youngtc7754 thank you my friend
@@youngtc7754 thank you and may God bless you and your loved ones
So sorry for your loss. I’m so happy you are clean. I’m just sure your brother would be extremely proud. Stay strong..you’ve got this for life! I believe in you. I believe in you!!! ❤❤❤
Ronnie, I wish from the bottom of my heart that you will find a light in the tunnel, one big reason to fight to get a better life. You are a young handsome man, not everything is lost yet. You can live, you can be warm, you can love and be loved.
Just under 22 months ago, I too was always one shot away from an OD. Treatment, a program, and acceptance of myself and my addiction is all that saved my life. I now sit behind a desk at a treatment center being a part of the community that saved my life. THERE IS HOPE.
MONEY
The Gospel For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Good for you
Im proud of you, you got this! One day at a time!
Same here...I was a heroin addict for 26 years...I started the MMT program and I haven't used in almost 9 years
41:42 My heart sank for this poor guy. I was right where he's at in my late teens and all through my 20s. I was addicted to Opioids for 9 years , lost everything and everyone as my family had turned their backs on me. I too have a son who was a year and a half old when I started using. I could go on and on about the horrible things that happened to me through using including only being able to see my son when someone I didn't know stood by to supervise. I got clean on March 4th 2011 and I've been marching forth ever since!
I want you to know that's awesome how you got the strength and beat it. Keep on and never look back!
@@theoriginalbluey Thanks so much! I tell everyone..."If you really want it, you can do it.". You have to truly want it more than anything. I asked myself everyday, "How far are you willing to go to get clean?". Because I would walk 100 miles for dope.
You can be very proud of your achievement , much respect for your perseverance and strength.
SMOKING F the same buzz as someone who injects normal heroin '?
it sounds so familiar but keep it up I'm probably a little older I'm working on it and going to a clinic for help now I have to get off that stuff this is the year to do it
Can we just stop and give a shoutout to those people out there everyday saving lives! Those people are doing an extremely tough and dangerous job, but they are out there doing it. It looks so easy, but they see a lot of terrible things out there, and ultimately, they don’t have to be out there doing this. There are many other jobs. I have upmost respect for them. Mad respect!!! ❤
This is a terrible documentary as it doesn’t explain why this is happening in Vancouver. It does not hold the mayor and other politicians accountable: Watch “Vancouver is dying” to get a true account.
I'm speechless. And heartbroken. When Ronnie was asked if there's hope and he said sometimes, but he didn't know what kind of future he was going to have. That he could die in the next 20 minutes. It's heart-wrenching. That was 2 years ago! I hope he is still alive and he has found a way out of his addiction. 🙏🏽
I was a heroin addict for years. That stuff came out and it scares me so much. I'm in recovery now. I've got 5 good clean years now.
congratulations! Awesome job and continued strength and perseverance!
Congratulations that’s really awesome💪🏽
Wow, I wish you the best, congratulations 🙏
Fantastic.. well done! This gives me hope in my heart. 💪🏼😊
Proud of you, 🎉🎉 keep going
The love between that couple was actually really touching, even through so much pain people find a way to love.
Perhaps the love for each other might help them both to drag themselves out off the streets. They have truly something to live for ... each other.
It's not love. It's codependency.
Speaking as a recovered opiate addict, that’s not love. That’s just a hostage situation. Misery loves company
I know made me cry
Yea they kinda weirded me out. I didn't find them cute at all lol....I've done alot of drugs thoa and understand.
psilocybin-containing mushrooms are being researched for their potential benefits in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction
Microdosing with shrooms can be appealing,It's important to prioritize safety in your search for reliable options. If you're determined to explore this, consider reaching out to online communities, or medical professionals on sourcing and safe usage
Sure, Snell is good at it
Microdosing effectively eased my depression, feeling that psilocybin's illegality is a humanitarian concern
Is he on Insta?
Sincerely Dr. Snellmycol Microdosing has been my personal savior. A small amount works wonders-just a cap or two keeps me balanced all day. It's like clearing the mind and refreshing the soul.
I miss my cousin, he overdosed and died of Fentanyl in 2019. He was so kind, had everything going right for him until he started doing Fent. He lost his girlfriend, then his construction company, then his house, then his van. Before we even knew he lost anything he was dead, in the span of 3 months he went from being a successful respected part of our community to another statistic. RIP 1991-2019
so sad and the drugs keep coming still alchohol and tobacco kills more than all other combined and there legal
@@edbovee2786Where'd you get your stats?
RIP TO YOUR COUSIN
That's so sad hope your doing good, respect from uk fent isn't an issue in UK
I lost my son just over a year ago to an accidental fentanyl overdose 😢
I lost my boyfriend of two years a week ago to fentanyl. I found out he was using again and kicked him out after going through this same cycle last year. He went to rehab, but secretly began using again. I couldn't have my children exposed to it. Two months went by after kicking him out and hes dead. I'm struggling to cope with the guit. He messaged me all the time begging to come home. I kept saying no. I love you Brian Laronge, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry for your loss and I hope you can get over the hurdle of feeling guilty. It wasnt your fault I wish you well, you sound like a wonderful mum who loves her children and may Brian RIP
Sorry for your loss, Stacy. But you did the right thing to protect your kids.
Don’t beat yourself up over it because of a choice that he made. In some cases addiction wins the battle over people, and it’s sad. But don’t feel guilty for being a good mother.
I'm so sorry for your pain. This is such a very sad situation.
😢 u made the right choice as a mother. I respect that. But i understand the guilt although its not your fault at all x
I had a major opioid addiction after my accident in 2004. I got help from my wife and family and I have been clean since 2012, have two beautiful boys a house and two businesses. Don't ever give up, you are not alone in this. Reach out and ask for help, people are there to help and not to judge. Bless you all and have a wonderful life.
What did they do?How did they help?
@@amcurious5190 They sent me to a rehab centre. I stayed for 90 days.
@@amcurious5190 Easy way to stay sane, in a world where insanity runs ramped. BIBLE STUDY. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Souls, come to CHRIST and: be healed, be guided, be saved, be protected.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporessss
Ronnie "It's not living man it's dying". Saddest monologue in the whole movie. Ronnie is so eloquent. Obviously a smart guy.
Yep, and he has a child too. Hope the man overcome his problems, he's a good person. Shame on vancouvers insittutions
He does seem very smart! So sad. :(
Spike is such a beautiful person and I’m praying for him and I hope he knows that sobriety is not out of reach 🙏🏽
his story touched me as well
He passed away
@@leafsfan1539 omg when did he pass was it an overdose Dam I was praying for him
@@soitssharon Pretty sure something to do with Covid
@@leafsfan1539 nice guess .. take a guess and hope I correct 🧢🧢🧢🧢 👑👑👑
I am in Stage 4 metastatic melanoma and there is no cure. I'm in hospice and have to use morphine, fentanyl patches and oxycodone constantly. What I wouldn't give to walk away from this cancer and live a few more years. These drugs help with pain but to use them to get high, is so sad. I was a policeman for 31 years and saw what opioids can do to people and saw how those suffering can be helped. What a sad commentary from both sides of the border.
Hope youre keeping well pal
Sorry to here about your state of health I hope you find piece with your time Sir
Thank you for your 31 years of service. I’m sorry for the state of your health.♥️
@@HandbagDiva Thank you...
I pray for a miracle for you from Jesus Christ to be healed. Xo ❤
My across the street neighbor just died from n accidental overdose. She was a suburban wife and mother to two young teenage daughters. I'm still trying to process this. Her daughters are all I can think of after I heard them screaming in the street.
That's not an accident, she knew the risks as we all know drugs are killers
@@troylee4196 they say accident meaning she wasn’t trying to kill herself. She was trying to get high. That’s what accidental in this statement means.
On 12/11/23 at the age of 22 my younger brother died of a fentanyl overdose. One of the biggest things that I wished happened that night was that he told me he was going to relapse so that I could help him if he needed it. However I do agree with what was said about people using being ashamed of it and that's why I feel he didn't tell me. I found him 5 hours after he passed and it was the single most traumatic event in my almost 25 years of existence. Please if you're using fentanyl I urge you to get help, if anything else make sure you have someone there to keep you safe. You are loved and you are wanted in this life.
❤🙏🙌😪🫂
The saddest part of this is when the guy asked his girlfriend what she’d have done if he died and she said “ it would have crushed me”. It literally brought tears to my eyes… I 100% back that Clinic and what they are doing! They are saving lives and helping people in need. Love it! ❤
Hollywood couldn't make a better scene.
Those two have a great connection.
@@foxxx66trauma bonded
@@Meowface.Or in love?
I’m crying rn that was too much 😭
Spike seems like such a sweet person. They all seem like such sweet people, it makes me sad they’re stuck in this path of life and that most ppl ignore it
I spent many years and countless days on the streets and you really do meet a lot of wholesome people who just lost their way, as did i at the time. Im so blessed to have made it out the struggle and pray for my brothers and sisters who didn't. It pains me every day. Thank you for shedding light on this community ✨️ at the end of the day we are nothing less than human.
Sometimes "it" happens that folks lose their Way and I have lost friends & neighbors 😔. Praying for chains to be broken 💔❤
@@user-uj8sq1xh1b all blessings your way 🙏 ✨️
Did you have sex with other men to make money to support your drug habits when you were on the street? Are there a lot of straight men who sell their bodies to other men to make money to buy drugs? Are they willing to do anything to make money to buy drugs?
I am a fentanyl addict myself and it completely devestated every part of my life. Its grip was so strong I could never get off it without Suboxone. Ive been clean from fentanyl for 3 years. I have instead been taking Suboxone which I know isn't good but its been the only way for me to have a stable life...
My bro good luck quitting everything and trying to stay clean. I wish you well
IMO nothing wrong with Suboxone. I have a close friend that it's the only thing that has ever helped her to truly quit her addiction. Suboxone gives people a chance to stay clean, work on themselves, and best of all build a life. In time people can slowly stop taking Suboxone. Even if by chance they aren't able to taking a prescribed medication surely beats living, and likely dying, addicted to Fentanyl. Best of luck to you! Don't ever feel bad about doing whatever helps you stay out of a life of addiction.
when they asked that one guy to describe the effects of fentanyl, he just spoke of some tunnel vision effect. it didn't even seem to feel that good. So why chose that over heroine, I wonder?
One day at a time …
@@likmijnreet4542that guy is exaggerating for the camera he's an idiot don't listen to him everything he said was nonsensical
We can judge Sylvester all we want, but it’s important to hear the raw truth and how devastating it is.
It's the people who aren't so honest that people have to worry about. I think he's a good guy just trying to make it in a world that's extremely unfair, and cruel to so many.
Please explain to me, how is a drug diller showing his face to the journalists, like he's selling hot dogs? Something doesn't seem right to me...
@@igorkreep it’s called living in Canada.
I used to have a little bit of empathy for drug dealers selling heroin but selling fentanyl these days… it’s literally guaranteed death
@@johnnybarraza9679 exactly!
I'm still recovering 25 years later. A real taste of addict life so accurately portrayed it brought me back to tears. Pharmaceutical grade heroin was used for decades in the UK to treat addicts in a similar manner portrayed here with great success. So happy to see this wisdom resurfacing in the world. Uninformed or just bad choices only lead to more & I wouldn't ever want to begin getting clean all over again. It does over time get so easy I don't even think about it. Thank you!
I wonder why recovering addicts watch things like this
stay up ☝
@@HandbagDiva probably to remind of the reason why they are clean and to stay that way
Same here 2/23/88 crack cocaine
@@ssjess2504 Real.
Young man in the Golden State jersey broke my heart 😢 I pray just one person reaches out and connects with him , supports him through this nightmare and never gives up on him I’m praying for him that he gets clean for himself and his baby boy ❤ He seems like such a sweet soul ❤❤
I was in Vancouver quite a few years back and saw this place. My friends took me down there to show me the struggle people have. I never saw anything like this, but it can happen to anyone. My daughter kicked a fentanyl habit. I smudge and pray for these addicts every day.
Man the dude with tears in his eyes just really makes you feel it. You can tell he wants change with everything in him, but he just can't get past it. I hope he can get through it and turn around what he's done.
If he wanted to change he’d man up and get sick and kick the habit. It’s the same as not picking up a weapon and going on a spree. CHOICES. These addicts lie to themselves because they’re too soft to face the real pain of dealing with life.
@@jeltoninc.8542 You're both right and wrong. I used to drink a lot and I was hooked. The cravings were very hard to ignore. I eventually did get sober, but I had to really push myself. Honestly, the negative body effects of alcohol were the best motivator to stop. The constant nausea, diarrhea, sleeplessness, sweatyness, foggy brain, tiredness, bloodshot eyes, lack of cleanliness, heartburn, hiccups, headaches, weight gain, and cost were the big things that helped me stop. I'd want to buy alcohol, but would remember all of those things and just stopped doing it. I was lucky. You are right that if people want to kick drugs, they can if they just do it. Sometimes they have to have something even worse happen to them for them to want to do that. So yeah it can be complicated.
@@EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel BEST BREAKDOWN EVER!!! CONGRATS O. YOUR RECOVERY KEEP.PUSHIN IM ACTUALLY TAKING NOTES SOUNDS LIKE ALL MY SYMPTOMS SMH😢 THK U
Whar about NA Narcotics Anonymous?! To me it can work. ❤
YOU COULD HELP ME, BUT I BET U WOULDNT. I WILL BE COME THIS AND NO ONE WILL TRY TO STOP IT TILL ITS TOO LATE.
41:44 I hope this man got help. He is at his breaking point and you can see the hurt and hear it in his voice. I have never touched an opiate in my life but I see it every day as I work at a vape shop in a downtown area. It breaks my heart seeing people like this
Yeah man. Hope he finds health and happiness. I was him, 8 years ago. Change is possible. I hope he finds it. Seems like a good soul stuck in an evil cycle.
Never that’s a lie buddy cuz somewhere along your life hospitals use it for pain so to say never um that’s a stretch you just didn’t know it!
@@airr6434some people refuse pain meds at hospitals even some women refuse epidural for birth. So someone can say never.
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His plight hit me hard! I pray he’s alive, clean and well 🙏🏻
This documentary is absolutely heartbreaking. We are all a life crisis away from this. I lost 2 very close relatives to drug addiction and it's something you never get over💔💔💔
"Ask no questions and I'll tell you no lies."
One year clean. I’m a 3rd generation addict on both sides of my family. Nearly everyone I knew has been or was on drugs. What started out as “poppin percs” turned into a sickening fentanyl & crack addiction for years of my life. I stared doing drugs when I was 12. Nobody noticed. I am now 21. I’m not saying this for “so sorry boo boo me” I’m saying this because addicts are hurting humans with often times painful pasts with trauma. Obviously that’s not an excuse, but if you can get past that and find compassion for them and humanize them. The people In these comments throwing shade on addicts under a video about awareness, heartache and loss could NEVER walk a mile in these peoples shoes. So please appreciate your addiction free life, because it can happen to anyone.
Well done mate. Hope your proud of beating this stuff. You deserve to be happy
10000%. These drugs have a dangerous hold over the users. Nobody wants to be an addict. Everyone deserves a chance to live their best life. Everyone matters. Good luck to you and your future endeavors! Super proud of your sobriety!
Well said. Bless you
It's nothing short of a miracle that you were able to break the cycle. I take my hat off to you. You're an amazing person!
Anybody can become an addict. But not everyone can overcome addiction. Congratulations
Literally crying rn. That dude at 42 minutes just broke my heart… he’s a good person damn
For real. I've never seen someone so clearly illustrate the heart of true addiction: you know the root of the suffering, but by that point you're often powerless
That young man is my son. he has a beautiful heart and a relentless addiction.
@@donnadavis3301 you can easily see what a beautiful heart he has, addiction be damned. His genuineness leaked from him during his whole interview, and his words deeply effected me when watching this documentary. I truely hope he finds a way to permanent recovery; my best wishes to you both.
@@scribeslendy595 Thank you for your kind words!
@@donnadavis3301 why isn’t he with you?
I have so much empathy and compassion for all those affected, Arthur’s story really broke me. I hope he breaks free from his addiction. X
What an incredibly eye opening doco. Kudos for the team for getting this gritty truth out there and particularly the interviewer where superficially, not a trace of judgement can be picked up in his voice. We need less stigma for these poor people, more compassion and more crews getting these films out there. Well done. ❤ We are right in your corner North America, hoping you can get this done. 😌
My introduction into opiates came through a bad car accident that left my hip shattered. This was before the Fentanyl days, where i was snorting Oxy's and graduated into getting heroin for a cheap fix when my meds would run out. I had enough awareness to know that i had to make a drastic change in order to save my life. So i left everything and everyone behind in order to save myself. 3 days of traveling on withdrawal after quitting cold turkey was not a pleasant experience, i assure you. Luckily i can now say i am coming up on 15 years clean and sober.
Yeah ok, thats normal to snort "oxys". You were already an addict. Blah.
@@edwardwright2989 What does this comment even mean? What are you talking about Edward?
@@edwardwright2989 He acknowledged he was an addict. How about a little support for someone that was able to overcome addiction. Happy to hear you got clean!
You are a warrior!! I am so happy to read of your recovery!! You are a miracle
I can relate to my brothers and sisters who struggle with addiction. I was one of them. Im now in a MAT program.(medically assisted treatment) The truth is,It doesn't work for everyone. Neither do 12step programs. What does make a difference... education,understanding,compassion and a little love. I hope those that want it,find sobriety. The young man that said he made a bad decision once and after that its not a decision,was right. My name is Jason and I'm a addict....but I'm also your brother.✌
bless your heart my dude
How many mg are you on ?
Hi Jason. May Jesus Christ bring you comfort and strength. You got this.
@@calvinbarron2870 12mg
You are so right .......12 step programs may not work for everyone. Please dont give up and find something that does. God be with you on your recovery journey!!!
Wow! That look between Steven and his missus when he asks her what she would've done if he had died was pure intensity man. The love she has for him must be astronomical.
I live in Zurich. We had the open drugscene for years and it was terrible to see the people die everywere. The decision to introduce the program was the best for their health. So do it!
I can relate to Spike's situation. Physical injuries like that, over the age of 35, take a long and very painful road to recovery. Im lucky though, because I live in the UK I was allocated a specialist pain management team, who I still see 12 years post trauma. The medication has changed from morphine to Oxycodone and tramadol with Naproxen for the arthritis i have now developed, and which Spike appears to be wracked with. I am dependent on these medicines to alliw me to live a normal, productive life. The NHS in Edinburgh, Scotland started to take this approach because people who were not given sufficient controlled pain relief for chronic injuries and illnesses, were self medicating. I'm a senior executive with a successful career. I am disabled and in constant pain but because I have the support of a specialist team, I have a life.
No disrespect meant, but we hear that Scotland has the worst drug problem in Europe. Is that the case? Hopefully nothing like as bad as this heartbreaking documentary shows. You were lucky to get assigned a specialist, not everybody in the UK can even see a GP when they need to, let alone get referred.
Try medical cannabis. A lot of people are able to come off opiates with it.
My girlfriends aunt died of a fentanyl overdose this past year and the way its affected her and her family is so heartbreaking and its been a really tough experience to deal with even a year or so later. Your family loves you, your friends love you, please be safe.
I'm sorry for your loss. Depression and trauma are drivers of this drug. Not every addict has a loving, caring support system. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter who loves them because they do not love themselves. They are sitting in a very dark, isolated tunnel where their shame and guilt are too unbearable to sit with. Self love and self worth is what they need. Nobody can save us from ourselves except ourselves.
I feel your lost. I know wonderful christrian church, God manifiest himself with miracles, prodigies. He talks with the people. He can ease your pain and find peace. Glad to send you more information.
My heart hurts and I cried, really cried. It is so very depressing, to the point of being overwhelming. But these r humans with feelings and these addicts r someone's child, mom or dad, brother, friend etc. Maybe if I focus on just helping one person, that would make a difference. It will be a huge difference in that one person's life.
How a person can turn $400 into $100k and still live on the the streets tells you all you need to know.
That intro statement of that guy expressing “the tunnel getting smaller and smaller and smaller, and then you’re dead”, made me get just .0009% idea of what he goes through.
I hate to say this but that actually doesn't sound too bad. Kinda reminds me of when I fall a sleep. Seeing people overdose though does not look as nice or as easy as the tunnel closing analogy he used. But then again if the people have no idea they are overdosing, it doesn't sound like the worst way to die.
They basically just suffocate. They're totally unconscious tho.
@@andrelouis9422 true
It is easy to see only the junkie, but you showed the people behind that. Well done.
Agreed. One way of welcoming humans without homes or substance use concerns is to respect their dignity and avoid referring to them as 'junkies.' It perpetuates the stigma.
The man and his lady I thought were very intriguing in this documentary, particularly when he asked her what she would have done if he overdosed. Shows that many in those alleyways don’t have friends or family, and when they do they take life very seriously all of a sudden. All in the meantime gambling their own life with this drug and fully aware of it. Shows you just how powerful this addiction is and how it’s able to easily disassemble one’s entire identity.
Fantastic documentary! I love that people were so open and willing to share their story. Very heartbreaking, though
This makes me think of my best friend. She’s in active addiction right now. Even though she’s trying to quit, it’s a struggle for her every day with the withdrawals. She hates everything about it. I think of her all the time.
its been 7 months, i hope she’s okay now
To anybody who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. 🙏
Thank you so much for making these videos. I have been binging your channel all day and the quality and messages behind the ones I've watched are so heavy. I really appreciate the hard work that you've put behind these.
My mother died at 61 from a Fentanyl overdose this year. The woman living in the tent in Vancouver reminded me of her. Spent most of her life struggling with addiction. Please tell your kids and loved ones this is a bigger crisis than Covid.
Melodee so very sorry for yr loss
sorry for your loss, i hope you are doing well and you are in a good place place right now.
@@xboxswitch9457 Facts!
@@xboxswitch9457 ew, go away.
900,000 people in the United States have died from Covid in two years. Roughly that many people total have died from opioid overdoses in America since the 90s. I’m not saying it isn’t a pandemic, it is and something seriously needs to be done about it, I’m sorry for your loss by the way. But this constant trivializing of the corona virus people have is ridiculous. Covid killed as many people in two years as it took opioids two decades to reach the numbers of. Just because you haven’t been affected by the numbers doesn’t mean they aren’t relevant.
This actually blows my mind. To be honest I always thought that those people are crazy but in the end almost all of them are actually so kind hearted and friendly .. it’s sad what they went through they could’ve endet up so successful.
Well, life is a choice! Unfortunately, it is what it is......
Some of them ARE crazy.. and some of them aren't. These are just human beings like everyone.. just made bad choices in life.
@@VonDutchNLthey are all crazy drug people
@@ProbotX-eo5ln Let me guess, you lived a sheltered life.
Trust me they aren’t all Kind hearted I got attacked mugged and bear sparyed by one near East Hastings
huge props to the people who made this very well made documentary
Darkness, the tunnel closing into darkness and then nothing-silence and darkness. Wow I’ve ODed a handfuls of times and everytime it was the same. I pray I can heal fully from this once and for all. I’m so tired of this life I want to be genuinely happy and not constantly worried about being sick 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Imagine you need to take fentanyl to feel the warmth of one big hug or the feeling to be in a warm place. It's easy to judge this book by it's cover but the story shows a lot more and much of it is pain. Great documentary. Hope some users get a new chance in life.
i hope so too. I really do. Nice comment btw - thank you
@@ENDEVRDocs you're welcome.
Exactly. People are like one or two bad decisions away from this, or even one or two bad moments in their life that they have no control over, like losing their job, spouse, or some other severe trauma. It's easy to sit from the comfort of my house with my wife and kid in bed and feel like this is a world away...but it isn't. I like to think I'd nip it in the bud before I ever went down this path, but nobody in this doco wanted to end up that way either. There's people watching this video right now in relative comfort who will end up just like this.
@@RifleEyez Well said.
@@musicfreak8550 I could see myself ending up in this situation really. Doesn't matter how 'smart' you perceive yourself to be, or how responsible you think you are holding down a job all your life and raising a kid. All it would take is losing something big in my life and not being able to cope, like if my family just up and left for whatever reason, then my work performance tanked, then I lost my job... And boom, I'm in the same boat. I already know how nice Codeine feels, but I can function. But it would then escalate massively into the strongest Opiates and there I am, on this Doco.
Thank you for this video, it was very educational and gave me a different view of whats happening. This is a valuable documentary
Thank you so much! Very happy you found it gave you a broader perspective. That’s the intention. You got it. That’s awesome.
why used drugs, i dont understand why they using it.😢
@@jonmacuto8251 because they are addicted. They will get sick if they don't keep taking it. Why did they start to begin with? most common answer- masking trauma symptoms.
Our governments are who is distributing this.
@@jonmacuto8251 they're in pain, they use to cope with the struggles and pain of life. i have lost friends to crack and heroin, not through death but due to me not being a user, it absorbs all the pain but it also absorbs your soul and humanity, it makes them a shell of who they were and the only way to get them back, is for them to get help, then getting clean. the services that do get provided, refuse to help users, meaning they are stuck in a cycle.
So sad man, this breaks my heart. Here in Arizona I saw a guy in a wheel chair sitting outside at a McDonald's in his wheelchair, he was skin and bones was amputeed from the knees down had his colostomy bag laying on the ground and was smoking it just like that girl on here, he'd get so high he'd pass out almost , recover and then do it again and again until he ran out, he then would wheel to the intersection with his homeless sign saying need money for food and the from the people who give him cash (enabling him and all the others) thinking there doing a good thing and they'll buy food they go buy this stuff.
42:00 this man is breaking my heart. 😞😞😞😞😞 I wish he could get clean and love his life. Everyone deserves to live
These precious people are so astonishingly brave. Their dignity is quite humbling. I kept tearing up while watching this. I can't write any more - I'm lost for words. I just want to sit quietly for a moment and see if I can make sense of our world.
42:57 “I’m lost”,- that statement broke me. Just broke me. That’s about it. If you want to know what it’s like, you feel lost in the dark, but the light or map to find your way back home, it feels as though it will never come.
I couldn't even begin to see the light at first. That's why you need someone to hold it for you in the beginning and remind you its there.
he's lost? Meanwhile a few yards away there's a clinic that gives out free, clean drugs, if he only bothered to go there.
@@likmijnreet4542this is so scary
Thank you to the addicts that shared their story, I truely hope you find help, to find your way out of the situation you found yourself in. My prayers are with you. 🙏🙏🙏
10:19 This is so heartbreaking. I was an IV opioid addict for 3 decades. I pray for them all. Prayers for young Ronnie. Y'all hang in there. God bless all of you. Much love.
I feel so sorry for that guy.. The one with the 5 year old son. I hope he manages to get out. I wish that to all the other people who are in a similar situation. May God give you the strength 🙏
I feel sorry for his son. Jesus.
Brought tears to my eyes and an ache in my heart. For 35 years I worked with addicts trying to help them find a better life. At age 57 I became seriously physically disabled no longer able to work or even help train new therapists. It was my life for about 35 years and I seriously miss being able to do it now. Most of the time I'm just stuck in my chair. I sleep in it as I can not sleep well in a bed. I was able to teach music and perform in coffee houses for a few years after I couldn't work a regular job. I made enough for gas and new strings to at least enjoy my hobby then that ended in 2017 as the medical problems progressed. I hate not being able to help people like I started doing as an undergrad even before I went to grad school for a degree in clinical psychology specializing in addiction treatment. There's a serious need for treatment folks and I don't believe there are enough who really care. I saw the folks trying to help in Vancouver knowing there still aren't enough. I understand the trap of opioid addiction.
I'm so sorry to hear about this but I'm so happy you were able to reach out and help others when you could. I know the feeling of being left out and alone. I'm 47 with health problems and mainly confined to my flat. Getting results on tests for cancer tomorrow. This makes me realise how precious life is! Just to see another sunrise or springtime and cuddle with my cats! I hope you'll be OK. Stay positive! 🙌
9:03 I'm 11 years sober. One time I was sitting at a bus stop in downtown Denver next to my rehab and a drug dealer came up to me offering me fentanyl. I told him that I was 10 years sober & then asked him if I could just take 1 hit of it and not pass away. I told me I would definitely pass away and started walking away from me!! I wish I could thank him for saving my life that day. 29:33 and this is why I wish I could thank this guy... Wow 😳 scary 😨
Excellent documentary. This stuff makes me sooo sad to see. And now seeing the rise of xylazine tainted fent is even scarier. Bless those who are still enduring this awfulness and may you find the light to pull you from the grips of addiction
To the dealer, thank you for being so honest. You helped me understand a lot. It’s so unbelievable how easy it is to buy ! Had no clue, you truly brought honesty to an awakening. Meanwhile, I’ll pray no one more has to go through this next call of someone. He made an honest statement, from my hands to theirs, & yes, it is up to ones that make choices, obviously however, it’s addictive. Interesting also how government won’t allow prescription meds , etc. I can see this vicious cycle... absolutely.
I've seen many drug dealers on programs like these but some hid their face ,they must get paid for the interview or they might show off and say 'see me on tv the other night !?'
He's an actor.
Lady you seem to be living in LaLaLand
@@powerwise234 no hes not
@@haileennevsmom09 lol you probaly not from Van drug dealers around here aren’t homeless 😂
As of last week, I have 10yrs clean/sober 🥳🎉 Healing IS Possible!!!! Most people, not just women, use Opiates as THE Ultimate escape from the past ~ horrific sexual abuse and child trauma. Not knowing how to Live Everyday with the memories, flashbacks and Pain. It was a process, a Beautiful learning experience and Journey of Love for Self & helping others get that Shot of Hope, we all need to keep going ❤ 💙 May EVERY addict find Recovery before it's too late ✨ 💖🙏💕
Stacey's mom has got it going on
@@chrishamilton1189 ...why did you say that? Why did you turn her comment into a rump fest?
Congratulations Stacey....soooo proud of you and thank you for being willing to share and be encouraging. The best thing you could have ever said was it's not too late.
@@midnull6009 because everyones heard the sob story of a junkie before
Well said, Stacey. Congratulations,stay strong and thank you for sharing n caring. - Much Love from Europe. 💗💐💗🤗🙏
Corie it was a pleasure to listen to you and thank you so much for showing me your home ❤😊
Thank you for this video. I now have a very different perspective. I hope this documentary is introduced to every school across Canada. Maybe save a lot of lives
Thank you to all those who volunteer and work in this industry. You're all saints and we appreciate you more than you know
U should see Honduras, Venezuela, Columbia, supplying the US
💯💯💯
NAH, ITS CHEAPER TO LET NATURE TAKE SITS COURSE AND LET THOSE GUYSY HAVE LOTS OF FUN DOIGN WHAT THEY DO BEST
In 2018, overdose was the highest cause of death in Ohio. Though everyone pretends it isn't happening. Thank you for speaking about this when everyone else just tries to brush it under the rug.
@Riley Pruitt Don't know if you remember back in '07 or 08' ... when newspapers actually had an obituary column? My husband was looking at a section from the paper (we were in the process of moving) he noticed all the deaths were younger people, ages ranging from middle teens to later twenties. Heroine damn neared wipeout a WHOLE generation by govt design in KY. What I read was, West Virginia was the # 1 targeted state & Kentucky was the # 2. Forgot to mention, the reason my husband noticed was b/c we were having marital problems & I had left Georgia. He eventually moved to KY and he noticed this during our move. Have a blessed day.
This is big, and it has to be adressed. The thing about addictions is that they change who you really are. Imagine if Albert Einstein would've decided to stick a needle in his arm or sniff some powder's fumes? We would've been different as a whole if he never did what he did. This is how I think of addicts... people that in another timeline might've saved us all. It's hard to tell what someone will do with just a quick glance. You never really know.
yeah just throw them in prison like they did with all the crackheads
@@julieann4616 Well Dear Julie, I don't have mashed potatoes for brains. But if you would care to look up South Carolina, see what the #1 drug problem is? I'm waiting.......
@@julieann4616 SFDAC
Heartbreaking and brilliant documentary. Thanks for the upload.
A great documentary. Thoughtful, insightful, compassionate and so well photographed. A rare and wonderful thing.
thank you 🙏
Excellent piece of material right here. I myself deal with addiction. Everyone can only be strong for so long. No one is safe. One must be vigilant.
How are you doing nowadays??? I watched this vid & kinda blu my mind how big this problem is over here,, anyways keep on trucking dude 👍🏴🤘
I don't think ppl get that. Getting clean is easy, staying clean and maintaining it, is very hard
Ronnie it’s not to late to change your life!!!! Seeing him cry made me cry. I hate drugs.
you know my son?
It is so heartbreaking. All characters are touching but Dave is the one that really just made me cry.
I'm only 1/2 way thru the movie and I'm so grateful 🙏 to be clean and sober. Fighting my way back was so hard. I don't ever want to forget how hard it was or how bad things got.
I lost my best friend to fentanyl about three years ago. The poor guy was also smoking spice... I saved the three voicemails he left me the night he passed. They remind me of why I don't use it anymore. It was a very sad thing to call him back the next day and to get the terrible news...
This was a hard one to get thru..the tears that came out of me,from the pain you can feel from the people in the video. I am very thankful for the people who help and saddened of what it has all turned into.
It's truly heart breaking
i lost a lot to this junk. love your brothers.
USA is paying his debt to the unniverse for what they DID and STILL do to colombia. People in colombia died massacrated by your paramilitary friends... and you are DYING by the drugs of colombia. real talk! is somehow sad seeing all those blonde blue eyed decimated by chems
@@theroldan8675 what are you talking about
@@joshtarzia7022 You (North america) got what was coming to you...
Thank you. Love the film I shared it I hope lot of people see it. It got so much to think about addictions. ❤
I will be showing my daughter this. She needs to see the truth of what one decision can lead to. My mom was always honest with me about her own drug use and the effects and it kept me far away from them. I will then show my daughter the truth through amazing docs like this one so she too can hear the honest stories from those who live like this. I wish our govt cared more than just MAiD and opening up more safe injection sites. So much mental health being lost.
The guy in the golden state jersey made me cry. I really wish this country took mental health more serious and could help these poor people. Most drug addicts have so much trauma and mental health issues. That's what's at its core. It makes me so deeply sad.
I appreciated this humanizing documentary, I little empathy and consideration goes along way for humankind.
Exactly
As an addict who's been in recovery for a few years now, I can't begin to say how much this saddens me. I can relate to every single one of them and I know how hard it is to get your life back. Praying for them and all of those still in the struggle. Stay strong.
I really appreciate Sylvester’s honesty. Hope he finds a way to come through this.
As an ex addict, I'm honestly glad my old "friend" snitched on me, not because he cared about me, he did it for his own reasons, but since it was basically entrapment, I didn't get much time, but my life changed for the better after that. I said I'd never do heroin, let alone be convicted for selling Carfentanil.
28:50 really hits hard. Damn. It's like a huge revelation for me, as a meth user for a decade, that I'mseriously considering of going sober right this very moment. Their testimony has got to be one of the best things I've ever seen from a drug addiction documentary. Although I've never tried fentanyl myself, we share common struggles that's apparently becoming a worldwide issue that'll continue to destroy millions of lives. I'm very grateful to have cross paths with this video and I truly wish this couple all the best.
Are you sober?
how are you?
Yes... I've been sober ever since I made this comment. My advice is to completely remove yourself from people that can influence you to relapse. Surround yourself with friends that have good intentions and who would want to encourage, and motivate, you to do better for yourself. It's definitely a struggle, but it's not impossible.
@@c-bone578 Good for you. Congrats, it's not easy, but it's worth it.
There are plenty of other ways to get a buzz out of life, your own body can give you the same high, just find things that excite you....try bungee jumping, downhill cycling... whatever. Life is more than laying about like a cabbage 7 days a week.....
It’s an incredibly touching video. I wonder if in the 2 years it’s been made that the epidemic has spread to Europe, Australia and Britain.
This was just heartbreaking on so many levels.
@41:35 I really felt that through his tone.. I used to be a junkie and that's how I felt every day.. idk why/how I kept going, but I'm glad I did. It's been almost 7 years without dope. Crazy to think I was once in the same shoes as him.
Congratulations on your continued sobriety Dwayne
100%
Glad you made it out in the other side!
Keep pushing I’m 18 months sober. Still struggle with cravings after hard situations but manageable.
That is exactly the point that broke me too. Well done on your recovery.