The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? - Season 1 - Eps 1: Here Come the Dopefiends

Name: Eps 1: Here Come the Dopefiends
Released: 2024-04-01
Rating: 3.4

2024-04-01 • 61 min • ⭐ 6.8/10

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.

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

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

First Air Date: 2024-04-01

Last Air Date: 2024-04-22

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.8/10 (from 10 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 4

Network: HBO

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Moxie Films, HBO Documentary Films

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.