Methadonia

Methadonia is the borderland between high and straight, where recovering heroin addicts on methadone "maintenance" exist. Passing the time on benzos and other prescription drugs that enhance the methadone, addicts find themselves in Methadonia for years, or decades. Selected for the presti...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : First Run Features, 2005.
Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
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Online Access:A Kanopy streaming video
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Summary:Methadonia is the borderland between high and straight, where recovering heroin addicts on methadone "maintenance" exist. Passing the time on benzos and other prescription drugs that enhance the methadone, addicts find themselves in Methadonia for years, or decades. Selected for the prestigious New York Film Festival and featured on HBO, this unflinching, intimate film reveals the culture of addiction through the eyes and lives of men and women stuck in Methadonia, holding on to the hope they will wake up one morning and not think about getting high.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time:01:27:55
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Originally produced by First Run Features in 2005.