The Synanon Fix 2024
★ 6.920241 Seasons
Documentary
Creator
Mark Bailey, Rory Kennedy
Synopsis
Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Here Come the Dopefiends
61 min
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.