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

Here Come the Dopefiends

Season 1, Episode 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? (HBO)
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The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult? (HBO)

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

Episodes

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 ...

Season 1, Episode 1 - Here Come the Dopefiends

Release Year: 

2024

Rating: 

12

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