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The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult?
12
2024
Documentaries
Crime

Here Come the Dopefiends

Season 1, Episodes 1

: 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 expands across the country.

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The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult?
12
2024
Documentaries
Crime

Here Come the Dopefiends

Season 1, Episodes 1

: 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 expands across the country.

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The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult?
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The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult?

Explore the rise and fall of the controversial treatment center – which drew criticism for cult-like behavior.

Episodes

Season 1

    Here Come the Dopefiends
    1. Here Come the Dopefiends

    Former alcoholic Chuck Dederich founds a controversial drug rehab that soon grow...

    A War on Convention
    2. A War on Convention

    As Synanon continues to grow, Chuck’s utopian vision begins to crack under his i...

    What the Hell Is Happening?
    3. What the Hell Is Happening?

    After his wife’s passing, Chuck becomes increasingly tyrannical and demands that...

    Strap Yourself to the Mast
    4. Strap Yourself to the Mast

    As Chuck and Synanon face serious allegations and scrutiny from the press, many ...

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    Season 1, Episodes 1 - Here Come the Dopefiends

    Starring: 

    Jady Dederich Montgomery, Miriam Bourdette, Phil Bourdette, Elena Broslovsky, Marshall Carder, Ron Cook, Rebekah Crawford, Mike Gimbel, Judi Ehrlich, Bill Goodson, Terry Hurst, Norm Johnson, Buddy Jones, Lance Kenton, Lena Lindsey, Rod Mullen, Bob Navarro, Lynn Ritter, Phil Ritter, Josh Silvers, Robert Gambonini, Alvina Balistreri, Narda Zacchino

    Directors: 

    Rory Kennedy

    Writers: 

    Mark Bailey, Jeff Swimmer, Keven McAlester

    Producers: 

    Rory Kennedy, Mark Bailey, Alexandra Korba, Keven McAlester, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen

    Release Year: 

    2024

    Rating: 

    12

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