The Synanon Fix Season 1 Episode 1 - Here come the dopefiends

Airdate: 2024-Apr-01

Episode summary:

Recovering alcoholic Charles "Chuck" Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program in Santa Monica in 1958, offering addicts a welcoming space to work through their problems via emotional, verbal catharsis. Synanon, as he names it, soon attracts celebrities and non-addicts who donate their time and wealth to the program. The community grows into a social movement that expands across the country, with thousands of people saying Synanon saved their lives.

About The Synanon Fix series:

The Synanon Fix the series explores the rise and fall of the controversial treatment center Synanon, which grew from a groundbreaking drug rehabili...Show more >