Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada (Full Documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- There’s no sugarcoating it - Canadian lives are being taken at an alarming rate due to fatal overdoses. From 2016 to 2019 more than 12,800 Canadians have lost their lives at the hands of this epidemic. So why is there not a blinding bright spotlight as hot as the surface of the sun being shined on this issue? Province-to-province grassroots initiatives provide harm reduction services, prevent overdoses, and reverse overdoses when they happen. From health inequality to a discriminatory drug policy, everyone alive today grew up surrounded by deep stigmatization towards drugs and the people who use them. Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada is a documentary that aims to reduce the stigma around substance use and inspire others to take action.
You have been #CaughtInTheFlood
0:00 Intro
6:20 Title Sequence
7:14 Ontario
26:09 Quebec
31:29 Manitoba
35:02 British Columbia
56:15 Alberta
1:06:24 Conclusion
1:11:04 Outro
1:11:44 Credits 
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I’m a couple weeks away from four years clean. Every time I watch videos like this it’s a reminder to keep doing what I’ve been doing. I’m only 30 and I have more dead friends than my parents. I know it I go back to my old ways I’d be dead sooner than later.
overdosed last friday downtown toronto on car fentanyl after being clean 6 years and loosing my fiance to a relapse and overdose ........ i'm just so tired but i do appreciate people caring about us.
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My son died thanksgiving 2020. I’ll never be the same. I know he regrets what he did… but I am not afraid of death anymore. Every day I woke up felt like Christmas before his death. I’ll never be the same. I’m just not
@@oneworld4all412 so sorry for your loss
Its sad to hear that, they should give out pure drugs in hospitals to people that tryed therapie and failed.
After every therapie after every detox i heared of people that die, but in methadonsubstitution or even heroinsubstitution you barly hear from overdose deaths. :( its sad that people with no clue tell use what we have to do, they have no clue and are scared. Instead maybe healthworkers and doctors that work in this field should be big part of the lawmakers in that area.
Hang in there , we all gotta stay strong through this shit. You aren't alone I promise you
18 months clean from fentanyl
I weep for every soul that we have lost to addiction. I feel their loss and I let it ground me in my sobriety. I have one year sober, and counting.
Congratulations on your year of sobriety. That's awesome.
@@CDN1975 thank you so much! I appreciate it (:
I wish you the best of luck!
Keep it up, you can do it..
Congratulations. Keep on going!! Stay strong. Faith will lead the way.
Well done you should be proud of your self May God bless you x
I just lost my brother a few days ago because of this here in Regina, Saskatchewan. He was only 31 and was a really good person. So many people are being destroyed because of drugs and so many families suffering! This has to stop. God help us!
I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏
My Condolences
Sooo sad for your loss…thinking of you and your family. Hugs from Denmark
I'm 1 year clean off heroin!! Thank you for this documentary. It's going to save lives. 🌻
Congratulations on your hard work! Keep it up, you can beat this. You are a value to this world.
Hannah Cochrane.... Great news. Very great news to hear. I'm 5years clean off iV use of smack. Although I have a bit of a Krystal meth issue which feels life long even though I have not had any for 1 year. ❤️🇭🇲
Congrats if that was your goal but this documentary is about harm reduction...
Good for you!! I'm a recovering heroin addict as well. It's definitely very hard work so I'm always happy to hear of recovery! It's been many years since I've used and when I was a user there wasn't any fentanyl around. Now I see that all is around is fentanyl. Barely heroin. I'm definitely glad that I didn't suffer from this fentanyl problem personally. I'm sure It would of been 100 times worse for me. God bless you all who are trying to work through recovery. And if you have to take advantage of medication to help you. Opiates changes the chemistry of your brain so that's why out of other drugs it's so hard to get and stay clean. That's why there's medication for it. Keep fighting!! Easier said than done but it can be done!
You are a hero! Staying clean is the toughest thing! God Bless and stay focused!
It is important to understand why some people are able to cope with often appalling pain and still manage without taking drugs. Drug use is a consequence of a problem and their use is essentially a palliative, so unless you address the drivers that lie behind the motivation the situation will remain unchanged.
So true...drugs are not the cause, they are a symptom of it. We also need to address the SUPPLY chain (Govt maybe?) find out who profits from the demand?
Stigma continues even after a person gets clean/sober, and it doesn't always matter that a person has been drug and alcohol free for many years (14). Some people will still look at you in distain and treat you as if you are untouchable.
People's patience with junkies is often tested, and can be most unpleasant when they steal everything they see, and only have one objective or purpose in life, you make it sound as if everyone should just stand down and accept their roles in supporting their addictions
@@peterwilliamson8721 Did you even read the comments HEEELLLLLOOOO
@@peterwilliamson8721 I am free off opiates 20 years, and If I'm ever ill or tired, I still get questioned about whether I've fallen back into it. Family and friends have deep rooted anxiety at thoughts of a relapse but I agree that you should be able to draw a line under it and move on. She's not saying others should support her addiction, we all want people to support us being sober.
You need to drop them on the list of importance
@@karenbaird1292 You need to have a hard look at why Governments are allowing this. The people are the victims. Drug use must in some way help the economy. In the end it’s all about $$$?
3 years clean age 31. And i cant explain to you how lucky i am to be alive .. we need more documentaries about this. Covid was a horrible thing. This epidemic is 100 times worse
The man at the beginning, man you can feel his passion for saving lives. He speaks the truth about addiction. Those who are battling addiction, keep up the good fight and stay strong. Your life is always worth living to its fullest.
Thank you!!
Beautiful documentary and super powerful message. I have been through addiction and recovery a number of times. Experience = Knowledge = Power. Just took my 90 day tag last night :)
Congrats Andy. It's not how many times you fall but how many you get back up xxx
Great for you
Good luck try to stay clean
ODAT 💓 👍
Hope you’re still going strong. You are worth it, fight the fight ❤️
well done andy stay strong😍
This problem will continue to get worse. People were never meant to live in industrial society. These are the side effects of a broken society.
i agree that this is by and large a societal and community (or lack there of) issue...people feeling disconnected and alienated is a huge problem
YES! Thank you! Now we are talking about the real issues. Harm reduction is the first step.
Well said man
there needs to be dedicated social areas, with "professional socializers" both in person and online. Despite the direction of internet culture and infrastructure trends, it is important for people to see and feel connected to other people, we're not saying police these places but make them substance free with a harm reduction mentality. Society is broken because it pushes us to be individualistic while ignoring our natural altruistic predisposition, trading it for attention and affirmation.
@@dev_ilmoon that's better than nothing but its still kinda superficial let people go back to tribal or village living and they won't have these problems
"Stigma is just a nice word for discrimination" Well said!
Exactly!!!
PC version for politicians and self help gurus.
That guy showing how you can steady your hand if it's shaking while administering the naloxone, is absolutely going to save lives.
The concept of harm reduction is great but the reality is that it doesn’t work in most cases. I have worked for several harm reduction programs where they ‘allow’ the drug use to continue. Clients come in high as hell and never have to be accountable for anything. They receive free money from SSI and just buy drugs with SSI money. I know of not one single client that is drug free from harm reduction.
The concept of harm reduction is not to get addicts off their drugs. Harm reduction is to make sure they use clean supplies and aseptic technics and non-fatal substances. There are 4 pillars. Harm reduction is only one of them.
Its the people with big hearts who cant take the pain of this hurtful world, and leaving us alone to our own forms of coping is the worst idea. We need friends and decent people surrounding us, not more bars infront of the invisible ones we've created for ourselves that already hold us back.
Mate you are 98% absolutely right I have a heroin problem and looking around my heart was sinking from most of the hatered and hurt going on in the world ✌💛🇬🇧👍
Amen
And invisible bars around ourselves which we did not create but were created through systemic oppression, trauma and a broken/lost culture, as well as environmental toxicity and prolonged stress.
God bless you!
Bars are for putting 'drug dealing gangsters' behind.
Thank you Adam for including Roger's story. While we can't bring my boy back, you are shining a light on the epidemic here in Canada. Your documentary will raise awareness. Remember our loved ones. #safesupplynow #safeconsumption #MSTH
Irene, as the mother of a young son, I teared up hearing your story. I'm so sorry for your loss and we will keep working and fighting to help those who need us. Thank you for sharing your sweet story about the carpet that Roger gave you.
@@victoriabolduc2257 God Bless and thank you 🙏
GOD BLESS YOU IRENE❣️YOUR ROGER WAS LOVELY & THOUGHTFUL❣️ IM VERY, VERY SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR BELOVED & PRECIOUS ROGER💜💕 THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN EVER MAKE YOUR TRAGIC LOSS ANY EASIER...BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT OTHERS CARE & FEEL FOR THE GREAT LOSS OF YOUR ROGER. I LOST MY ONLY CHILD IN 2015....MY HEART WILL NEVER HEAL. I GO ON & IVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS, IN MY DAUGHTER’S MEMORY.... THIS HAS HELPED ME. BLESS YOU & BLESS YOUR LOVELY ROGER❣️🇨🇦
@Glow Bright GOD BLESS YOU ❣️ CONGRATS ON YOUR RECOVERY❣️I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR PRECIOUS CHILD❣️❣️ I LOST MY ONLY CHILD IN 2015... HARDEST JOURNEY EVER... I DID NOT PICK UP A SINGLE DRINK!! I’VE GOT 19 YRS SOBER. 💜FROM 🇨🇦
I'm so sorry for your loss Irene. I've lost many friends and loved ones to this disease. They need to do more to fight this epidemic. I have been in recovery for 14 years and am grateful for every day. Sending you all my love❤
Videos like these make me so incredibly grateful for my almost 8 years of sobriety!! *#soberAF* *#onedayatatime*
Stay strong, tomorrow is a new day, proud of u
Blessings to you Brooke Bixler. Wishing you the best at one day at a time. Approaching 18 years myself. Be pleased with your personal experience and how you are maintaining. Be proud to give back and or touch one who is struggling. The grace comes back two fold. You’ll see. Peace..
@@johnlgreen7501 thank you for your support, I truly appreciate it!!
@@brookebixler1040 You are so welcome. One day, one mind, one love of self and one action. Be the best you can be. No need to look outside for self approval you have within!!
I'm an addict on soboxan. I overdosed 2x in my 20s. I'm 41 now I've been clean for 3 years straight now and feel I'm able to go out and help in my community! I'm from Hamilton Ontario. My ex is still using and drinking living at his parents we have 2 kids he couldn't stop. I don't know how to help him 😢 he hurts us a lot and takes from us if I let him in. He refuses treatment and just blames me. It's really tuff situation, I want to help people and I can't even help my husband 😪
I would support these measures. I would recommend a drug-free lifestyle but, addicts deserve compassion and medical assistance when possible.
Why? So many addicts don't have any compassion for society while they get underage girls hooked on dope to sexually exploit them and ruin their lives , lie, cheat steal and their mission is to get other people hooked on drugs and sucked into that life , ruin others lives cuz theirs are ruined. and so many are predatory
@@birdkey4400 For every addict that has done things like that there are addicts who have not hurt a soul and are just in pain themselves your comment is generic you can't paint a group of people with one brush.
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Thank you!! 🙏
I saw so many of my teenage friends lose everything to heroin and other drug use. They were condemned to live on the fringes of society, cast out for making poor choices. It's an ugly side effect of our society that the majority will portray drug users and addicts as being 'scum' and refuse to see that condemnation only makes the problems worse. Allowing users to use safely is painted as 'enabling'...it's just not. If allowing users to do it safely is 'enabling', then so is allowing pubs/bars to serve alcohol. Alcohol is as addictive as heroin, and more people die from alcohol than all illegal drugs combined. We have attached a stigma to drug users that they don't deserve...they are just people who have made a few poor choices in their lives. They need support, not criticism. The so-called 'War On Drugs' was lost a long time ago, and now it is just an excuse to condemn a group on the fringes of society. It's well beyond the time that we, as HUMAN BEINGS, acknowledge that condemnation and contempt exacerbate the problem.
It's also a failure in countries like Colombia. Our problem is the violence and death that it generales. However Usa press to follow this. Who is this war good for ?
I agree 100%
Well said.
You understand, u see it as a chronic brain disease like I do, To bad others don't fill the same to stop the stigma.
Alcohol is not as addictive as heroin. Being drunk is nowhere near as desirable as an opioid high.
This breaks my heart. I had liver failure and with a couple days left, I received a transplant. The donor was a woman who overdosed. It will always make me feel bad that I lived and she died.
Feel blessed, she gave her life for You.
She chose death. You choose life💕
I was smoking heroin from 25 yrs it's not a good life you go from living life to just a existence I'm on methadone at the moment I'm really trying I want to beat this nightmare and hopefully walk out into that light and the joy of waking up and don't feeling sick straight away one day I will beat this💛✌🇬🇧👍
I really hope you beat this. Love from Scotland ❤
Brother u just need to brake the circle of this methadone for two weeks that’s it u’ll be free trust me I did I was on same shit u wer on? I know it’s hard but u need to stick in to ur mind I m not so happy but better yeah I take mild stuff now but not like I’m stuck to it!! Here n there sometimes mate blv me this methadone is even worse than others shit it sentetic drug I know it’s cheaper but no brav u need to quit I’ll tell u one day k! Just two weeks.🙂
Great news, keep it up mate!
Been using it over 12 years ....I'm 3 years clean now...all i can recommend you from my experience if you wanna get clean and you have the willpower and balls but wanna reduce the dopesickness and reset your brain go referre research "ibogaine" I'm from Vancouver and fortunately for us ibogaine is was legal at the time i used it to help me... By the way I'm not a doctor so so your own research
Mate you need to get off that methadone and take kratom instead. I did and it has changed my life. Detox for 3 days off the methadone first. You need to be feeling a bit ill before you start.
Smiling at an addict and say hello is what got me in a horrific two-year abusive controlling manipulating relationship with this scumbag narcissist addict who used me for everything. How about just don't say anything and keep a distance to protect yourself? Why give a predator an in? Don't be friendly and give them a chance to manipulate you.
fair point - this documentary is very sympathetic to drug user - and that is ok because the criminalization does not work obviously. So I am all for doing the best to treat this problem in the most rational sane method as possible ;. That does not mean that addicts are VERY sick people - handle with care
Keep fighting the battle! We would all benefit from more of these openminded approaches.
That’s California! I’m a recovering addict and I’ve been in recovery for 5 years trying to get your life back together is starting to feel a hopeless situation💯 and I thank God for family because my children and I aren’t sleeping outside or in a car but being a single mother who’s a recovering addict in California is feeling hopeless to ever get back on my feet and provide a loving home for my children while putting my sobriety first, and it’s starting to feel like a losing battle 😔😔😔💔 please pray for me and I’ll be praying for you all 🙏🏽
You're doing great take one day at a time. You can do this. I've been sober 9 years and if I can do it you can 😊
Never give up on you. One moment at a time. Our world can be cruel so dig deep. Your kids deserve a mom who’s clean sober and shows self love and respect. Meditate morn/night for few min and ask ‘what do I need to know? Envision white etheric bubbles around all. Use your head and gut. Be a warrior. Also enjoy the sunset and sunrise and sound of kids laughing. ❤️✨
Praying for you and sending you LOVE. BE BRAVE.. GOD IS WITH YOU IN YOUR MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS AND IN YOUR JOY.. BELIEVE.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I’m praying for you 🙏❤️📖 Jesus is King 👑
Thank you really enjoyed this documentary. Keep up the amazing work. We shall prevail. Cape Town, South Africa.
We need to get more likes and shares on this doc to get the word out. I know firsthand about harm Reduction and the stigma surrounding drug use. Really well put together, guys. Congrats 👏
I'm watching this while still in the Covid epidemic, April 2021. I can only imagine that there have been even more overdoses during this dreadful time.
I would bet with the mental toll this pandemic has given the drug use will skyrocket for new users as well
Honestly growing up with a family with lots of addiction I never thought about looking at both sides, thank u for making this piece, I’m passing this along,
this is such an important story that more and more people need to hear.
Stigmatization plays most important part in prevention. A lot of people are using drugs but most of them stay away from opiats because they know where it eventually takes you.
Its not that black and white. But I agree with you to a point.
This may sound cold, but I personally believe overdosing and dying is a self-solving problem. Its just one less drug user on the streets. Nobody forced these people to start doing drugs, if anything their deaths should be a cautionary tale of exactly why not to START.
I'm very pleased to have stumbled across this Documentary. This is a tragic epidemic that's happening. I'm full of Gratitude seeing others commit themselves , there time to investigating the situation, addressing the issues and coming up with an optimistic outlook on the solution. It will be a process but I'm confident and am one of many a living proof. We can get better, Be Better Human Beings as long as we seek for Solutions to Problems instead of just identifying them. God Bless
Thank you for this documentary. You're doing great work. Id been thinking about it for awhile but this made me actually take the first steps to help by reaching out to my local harm reduction services and start volunteering my time for such a necessary cause. Keep it up!
From UK: It gives me great heart seeing people step up despite the cruelties of our system that cares so little for us. Humanity still has a heart thank God!
people are so money hungry they'd sell any kind of drug to make money without thinking about the consequences 😭😭😭
That’s usually addicts who will sell anything to anyone for their next fix. Real dealers will stay away from anything that’s killing people left and right.
What a thought provoking eye opener. Thank you for posting this documentary.
Best coverage I've seen so far on the topic... thanks!
I'm so tired of everybody pointing the finger at everyone else but their loved one that died no personal responsibility at all I know that sounds absolutely cruel and horrible I obviously feel horrible for them but go ask any of those addicts what would you do if your dealer got arrested I would call another dealer or find another dealer would that make them stop using hell no people do whatever they have to do bagging those dealers to give it to them. I don't understand why they just don't give it away to people it cost may be like pennies for each dose if people wanna do it that's their problem sure there should be places to help people who want to stop it would be so much safer if people knew what amount of whatever it is that they're taking and that nothing else was in it that would be harmful. My 2 cents
It's always been amazing to me how ignorant law enforcement can be. Maybe they should start looking into people with long term sobriety for potential employees. Could be a great thing.
Agree!!!
I agree for sure. I'm a recovering alcoholic and i would like to help others that are going through what I went through as a long term alcoholic. I'm still battling every day with opiates though. I take a very low dose but it could all change in a matter of weeks if I spiral down. So I take my meds as prescribed.
What a great statement!!!!! From a recovering heroin addict
Bingo.
Addiction is a disease yet for over a century we have treated it as a crime. The police don't want to let go of enforcement because they would loose massive budgets and sexy jobs. The war on drugs was lost at about 1900.
For the last few years large raves around Vancouver BC the police will check your stuff to make sure it is safe. It's voluntary and no questions asked.
Vancouver used to be famous for heroin. You would be hard pressed even find any heroin.
Did an OD (I hate that term these are intentional poisonings) several years ago. Tox came back that the heroin the man purchased had no heroin at all. It contained Cocaine, benzos, fentanyl. Most likely the dab of coke kept him viable to be resuscitated.
My only child is gone at 24, four years of hell. Doctors do NOTHING but addict our babies! Treatment Centers do very little, it's callous, and very eye-opening, I am never going to be the same ever again, I saw too much, he's gone. My heart is broken. I am putting my energy into research and study, just took the Ibogaine training a week ago and found out they bumped it for Suboxone years ago? Unreal.
Agree totally. Both Ibogaine and Kratom need more research🙏
I’m sorry for your loss :(
@@natasha1918 give thanks for your generous heart Natasha
Should have been more conservative parents. Liberalism destroyed the youth
I feel for everyone that's in the grip of addiction. There are always reasons for it. There is hope out there for you. Want better for yourself, you matter! You deserve a better life ❤
We can't even get the federal government to treat veterans with the respect and support we deserve. I get that addiction is a disease but why should those of who chose to use drugs get to the front of the line of assistance versus someone like me, who was injured for the rest of my life while in the line of duty? Money for safe injection sites? How about money to bring proper medical care, both physical and psychological to those of us who have earned it first. And yes. I get that for some, addiction is not a choice. But myself, along with thousands of your fellow Canadians, served without question and we have been thrown to the side when we arrived back home. Yes everyone deserves treatment for their illness or addiction. But someone who climbed the drug ladder shouldn't get priority, simply because it makes someone else feel better that since they are helping an addict.
How about helping me, with a bit more than a shitty pension and months to years wait for scans and specialist appointments. How many people in Canada die a day due to drug overdose vs those of us who choose to end our lives due to what we have done in service of our country, so they had the right to choose or not choose, to use drugs? #22aday
Theres a youtube video called Psycdelics Frontier , very useful for PTSD
To your point, these governments are the biggest drug pushers and enablers in existence. They are worse than El’ Chapo..
Watched this document from Holland ...and i subscribed also.....heartbreaking .story's ...respect for the people trying to help and be there for those in need!!!!💕💖💞👍✌
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS DOCUMENTARY & FOR YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS❣️I’M CANADIAN... CANADA IS 1 of the RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, YET THERE ARE MANY, MANY 1,000’s OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN EVERY CITY OF EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY IN THIS HUGE COUNTRY. RENT PRICES ARE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH.... WHICH IS ABSOLUTE GREED!!! OUR PRIME MINISTER IS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE (HE INHERITED THESE MILLIONS-HE DIDNT WORK FOR THIS MONEY) & HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE 10’s OF 1,000’s OF HOMELESS CANADIANS. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE HOPELESS & ATE USING DRUGS AND DYING. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. CHEERS FROM 🇨🇦. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
@Glow Bright... You don’t know what your talking about, for one, it’s not in the presidents power to implement any of that or change the laws to make it legal. That is Congresses job, you know, currently run by democrats that don’t seem to care anymore than he does obviously.
Two, there are needle exchanges already in the US where they do give out needles, so, wrong again.
Take your ignorance and politics somewhere else and please stop making Americans look worse than we already do.
I went on methadone 7-17-17 and quit cold turkey at 130mg on 1-9-21... I'm thankful to have overcome it without dying or a criminal record
Congrats. I high;y discourage going to Methadone as it's a full agonist, and even worse to get off unless you're really doing much better. Suboxone is a way better option, but only for those who are really ready to stop.
Well done! How long did it take you to come off? Thanks
@@TartanArmy85 the withdrawal lasted about 5/6 weeks honestly. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it still wasn't pleasant
@@chimrichalds5205 I'd have to disagree. I was on it twice, it changes the chemical makeup of your brain. It made me such an angry person on it. The withdrawal was worse also. Short term, 2 weeks enough to get over the withdrawal of opiates, is the best way to go with Suboxone
@@recoveringbeautifully4920 So you're saying you were on Subs and had lasting effects? I'm currently on them and agree they're useless for serious imbalances, and are 'dirty' AF like Tramadol with a bunch of unknown mechanisms and risks. Subs were my first addiction in 2010, long before hard drugs and helped me get my life together, now though they barely work at best.
I think my anxiety/insomnia/depression is worse since starting Subs in '19, and suspect the Naloxone is disrupting what little endorphines I have. It's not just absorbed IV but also mouth and nasal. Getting just Bupe (subutex) next Rx to see if it helps, if not I'm quitting it. I quit Heroin in early 2017 and never once craved it since. I'll never forget how relieved I felt once I ran out of money and knew the hell was finally over. WD was terrible but by the second week I was borderline manic for at least a month and felt amazing, I don't know why or how but I've never felt even 'normal' let alone hypomanic.
I've been on 20-30 antidepressants, Ketamine, ECT, years of Kratom followed by a year of Heroin followed by 2 years of a ghetto Amphetamine. I'm seriously worried that my chemistry is permanently broken, and my Adderall suddenly stopped working after 2 years of working great. I feel alone but maybe you can relate some. Glad you're clean,
Subs were my first W/D ever, back in 2010 and while it was /slightly/ less dysphoric than Heroin, I laid in bed for 2 weeks straight before being able to sleep. I was only on 1.5mg/day but it was my first dependence. Heroin W/D was worse, but I was only up for 7 days and rapidly started feeling better from week 1 to week 2. I'm only against Methadone because it's too good and is too tempting for addicts as an easy out. It's a burden and often not much of an improvement. Every story of withdrawal was 5-6 weeks of acute severe W/D on par with any opioid followed by lasting dysphoria. I 100% understand why people go for it with legit chemical imbalance and I was briefly tempted, but everybody said it was WAY harder to get off than short-acting opioids so found themselves resigned to long-term use even when they didn't want it.
God bless you for getting out there and making people aware
Great work - really thoughtful POV for those on the front lines and those affected. Be brave. There is always hope. There are always people who care and will fight for the marginalized. We persist.
The amount of valuable information in this documentary is huge.
A society that was serious about this problem WOULD NOT open "safe injection" sites where people can get their drugs for free. If I were an alcoholic I wouldn't benefit from a bar being opened in my neighborhood where I could drink for free whenever I wanted.
Now I could be wrong, but from what I know you don't get free drugs at safe injection sites. At least not the ones they are trying to put up in my state. Safe injections sites are for people to get clean needles and be able to use in a place that is off the streets and away from people having to witness it. It is supposed to make things "safer' for addicts and for the people who live in the neighborhoods where they are using on the streets. I still don't know how I feel about safe injection sites but I can understand from both points of view.
There's no free drugs at injection sites. BYOB
You said that the way I wanted to say it, but just didn’t know how I feel like there’s absolutely no consequence to using drugs and they have no reason to get clean. And I use the same analogy about drinking. Would you give them alcoholic a big bottle of vodka for free? Would you like to be part of him getting liver failure?
Being portuguese, I think there is a huge difference between Europe and North America, here almost no one is prescribed opioid pain killers, and I think a big part of the addiction starts there, with how easy is to get pills.
It used to be but not easy anymore. This drove a lot of dependent people to seek street drugs. Then fentanyl came and here we are dealing with thousands of od's.
It's not easy anymore. I am a severe chronic pain patient, and I literally could not live without my pain pills. My bad heart would cave.
@@mattneil1449 I can get thousands of Oxys if I wanted to and of course had the money. It’s still flooded in the streets, but fentanyl definitely took over now. It’s amazing how easy it is to get, and I never saw this many addicts. I feel for anyone trapped in addiction because I know how hard it is myself.
@@cvgodd1432 me too it's such a hard life, and there are so many on the streets. It's really sad.
Rogers carpet, a beautiful story. I feel truly honoured to have heard his mother regale it. Bless you I wish you peace and love
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I cried, so sad.
Appreciate your eye-opening work.
I am an ex addict and have overdosed as well. I thank god everyday it happened and I am here to tell my story💕💕
Do you think having a no harm station would’ve helped you get clean sooner? I feel like it’s enabling and not useful at all.
love it, very in depth
I’m from Dc about 30 minutes away from ground zero for the heroin epidemic in the USA ..we really need to adopt Canada’s whole brain of ideas like it’s so sad to see how we are treated here..you have embraced the addicts almost , here we are thrown in jail..we need safe injection sights and like the women said they need to send FEMA in to hardest hit areas cause that’s how bad it is..my father was Henry champ CBC journalist who passed back in 2013 ..he would have said the same.
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I'm also american and let's face it our society is heartless and crass commercialism doesn't help either
Very well said! I agree with you about all they do is just send addicts to jail. Especially where I live. It seems like they LOVE to put addicts in jail in my hometown. It makes me sick. I'm a recovering addict myself and have been through the legal process and was even once picked up from rehab by my parole officer and put in jail. There explanation was " You only went to rehab to get out of a dirty urine" That's there thought process. They didn't look at it like I wanted help. it's just unbelievable!!
You mean Baltimore?
I disagree to some extent. What got me started on my road to recovery was getting arrested numerous time if I had open access to drugs and no law enforcement bugging me, I would be dead, and dead much sooner. The last time I used, I was arrested again and realized this was not going to get better. Each time I thought, I would do it right this time. I am not against clean using areas or naloxone tents. I do not think we should make it legal. All you have to do is look at the downfall of California...
God bless all the people that get up and do something to help!
Its so sad to know so many people are dieing from this disease! We are now dealing with a pandemic too! Its so scary to live in these times plus homelessness is on a big hig high! Im always one pay check away from homelessness and worrie every day to loose a loved one! I Pray for the World! Its a hard time to live all over the world! Let us all just love echother! And help as often as we can! Its the only way to heal the world!
Lovely message and I truly agree.
Those numbers are probably higher. Like the guy in the beginning said they signed off a 23 year old's death as heart failure.
This is really important
This is people’s choice, nobody puts a gun to their heads to get into drugs, and NOBODY ELSE can save them from OD. They are the only ones that can stop it.
Yeah, and homeless people should just buy a house lol. War veterans with PTSD? Just stop having trauma lmao. Orphans? Get some parents you idiots. People with cancer? Just get better.
Absolute garbage take.
Ur clueless on how opioid use works.
It seems like doctors often get folk hooked on opioid pain meds which are basically heroin.
Well done documentary
As sad as this situation is, but there's only so much anyone could do to help those who self-inflict harm. Offering them safe injection sites is not changing their lives for the better, rather, making life a bit comfortable for those seemingly hopeless. First step is to get clean and only they could do that for themselves, no one else can. And if one hasn't touched any drug yet, just don't do it.
I'm almost 3 years off iv meth heroin fent addiction
I think one of the things people who oppose the harm reduction sites are thinking about is their kids. Generally teens and young adults can be influenced by their peers. So I think that maybe parents of teens and young adults, don't want to know that they can get access freely to those sites and it might cause them to later become addicts. Or that they could go to work on the substance and potentially harm themselves or others. 🤷🏽♀️Imo
Money is the answer , unfortunately money has left , it’s travelling with the rich , on a permanent vacation
Ain't that the truth
Definitely
No, money is definitely not the answer.
@@whotelakecity2001 well you must know the answer do tell
She is not the first person that I hear to compare heroin with warm hug.
Warm hug from the devil himself.
On of the best and most sensfull drugdocumentary. Stop The War On Drugs...there are better solutions. Thank U
I really don’t understand these people who apparently aren’t willing to allow it in their homes or watch over their own children but think the public should provide places for it. Sorry your son died, but why was he alone on the street and your explanation is that the place didn’t open for 3 weeks? Why not do it yourself instead of expecting strangers to watch over your son?
Substance use is shrouded in shame and guilt, there’s a good chance the families weren’t aware of the extent of the use, plus, as the documentary states: a person can die from a drug poisoning the first time they use, and this is why harm reduction is crucial. Harm reduction saves lives
Good job Y'all... god bless
Ridiculous and unfortunate! Making hard and POWERFUL life choices deserves something POSITIVE!
This is one of the BEST and most thorough documentaries i have watched on RUclips and i scarf these down.. i'm literally running out of drug documentaries and this showed on my feed. I must say it encapsulates beautifully all of the problems surrounding this epidemic. I'd like to add that this crisis only happens because of lobbyists and people who don't care about anything other than capitalism. Everyone is connected. Yes, some with money and some through community.. that's what makes me sad because when looking at the Americas it's all black of white, you vs us, democrats vs republicans, but in reality it's segregation because of federal laws and people making money off of the population, not caring or some even not being able to empathize. I've never had an addiction with opiates but i like to learn to understand why it happens. I've shown interest in this topic for educational purposes and all it showed me is countries with poor health systems (might i add i live in Europe) and those countries are the ones that like to profit off of insulin as much as methadone and it's sad to watch people resort to opiates because either of lack of knowledge, being raised hardcore christian and ''away from reality'' (no hard feelings, everyone has their right for personal beliefs), being evicted because the prices keep going up and most importantly because of lack of social security and help of taxpayers money to help prevent this from growing. Rich politicians probably also have drug addictions and sticking their necks out would make them be replaced by maybe even more horrible people with ''traditional views'' aka conservatism towards any and all change. The need for the Portugal approach is so great that spreading awareness to a mass like publishing this documentary is a must to reverse the effects.
And as the video beautifully and tragically depicts that we can't reverse the deaths of so many, we can affect the quality, overdose prevention, education and viral and bacterial screenings and safe environments. Not just for drug addicts but for the WHOLE population. In my country insulin is free, methadone is free, checkups are free, we have people on raves that help with overdoses and provide a safe space and guidance how to get through it and it alleviates stress from a lot of medical workers, coroners , etc.
A full body screening for STD's and STI's is approximately 200€ in a private lab. And just a town over, back in the 80's and 90's there was a huge scare about heroin epidemic and everyone feared going there especially at night because of the stigma and it not being publicized in the right way.. now, 25 years later that town is busting with tourists, the homeless have a place they can stay and if you're a single mom with 2 kids you'll get at least 600€ a month from the state and they will work with you to get a job, applies to single men as well, because we have the system working for us not us working for the system. I'm happy to live in a country (yes we too have corruption) that won't charge me more than 35€ a month to be insured and if i break my arm i won't be in debt so a lot has to do with the social standards and access to supplies. Money will ALWAYS be an issue, but extending an olive branch to your neighbor is the least we can do, because if it was us in need and shame and living with trauma and guilt of out past that was put onto us by our surroundings, we'd feel grateful for anyone asking us how our day way and being human and humane are two different things. Take care kids!
I would love to see more money go into why people start using drugs in the first place.
Truma for most. Mental health for a lot. Boredom for some.
Mostly depression and anxiety disorders. Most addicts are good people with a bad disease
Watch the channel The Soft White Underbelly
Check out Gabor Mate’s in the realm of hungry ghosts
Some are just party mongers they wanted to try everything no trauma nothing
Canada, look at San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles and their efforts to deal with opiods and homelessness.
That's your solution.
Any questions?
It's a holy hell on earth of homelessness in la and Frisco
Compared to large cities in Canada
Obviously
Look at old movies with San Francisco in them
It was Heaven back then
Clean streets no needles syringes or shit on the streets back then
What the hell happened???
Oh man, when he talked about Ford I had to chuckle. My husband can’t stand him: he grew up in the same community as the Ford boys & “good ol’ Doug” was the biggest dealer of them all. And, like all dealers, he’s about money.
Excellent documentary mate, really eye opening stuff. It’s changed my perspective on safe consumption site, and as no longer against it. You can see the essential need they fill in every community. I would like to focus on parenting for once tho. I think parents have the most important job in our society, which is raising a child. The lack of capable parenting, is something that is obvious and alarming to me. We need to have a serious discussion and perhaps more consequences against families that are negligent with their kids. I am not totally opposed to parents needing to show proof of financial resources prior to having a child, we can’t keep bringing people into this world, and already have them climb an uphill battle. For as long as we have our beloved rights and freedoms we truly have to bear the responsibilities of our actions.
Yes it is a family issue. We have an issue with raising children the right way. It is generation after generation.
This!! Children are a privilege not a right! 🤦🏻♀️😩
I had a brother who died 6 years ago drugs are not a disease they are a very bad choice that people choose in a very low point in there lives and it takes advantage by covering the pain its sad though an people need help but the word disease is not the right word.
Harm reduction practices basically create space and recognition for people's humanity and pain.. its like saying we see you and we're here to love you and support you and help you return to that felt sense of safety. There's profound collective healing on the otherside of strengthening the foundation of community connectedness. Protecting, nurturing, empowering and pouring into the vulnerable and/or marginalized members of our societies
Great documentary! Thank you. Our city of 83,000 is opening a harm reduction centre - finally - and I've just requested to volunteer.
I wish the USA would do this.
Fantastic documentary. Harm reduction is absolutely the way.
In my country there’re a lot of laws regarding smugglers, dealers/suppliers and abusers. 1. Smugglers are immediately executed (beheaded in public to be exact) because they’re the source of the destruction and problem. 2. Dealers/suppliers if it’s their first time then they’re either jailed, fined or whipped but if it’s their second time then that’s it, they’re also executed. 3. Drug abusers are never executed because the government recognizes their illness therefore they’re either treated or jailed (if they refuse treatment then they’re locked up, if they choose to get treatment then they’re sent to treatment centers) and if they’re immigrants they get deported. Alcohol is also illegal here and to be honest, I’d never want that to change because I can’t imagine how far the problems would go if the country is more exposed to these things, our youths are already struggling and are affected when it’s illegal and the consequences are inevitable.
As harsh as it sounds your county has the right idea ! I agree with your country!
Dubai?
@@cm1133 Saudi Arabia
@@Sara-tr2gh close enough! I knew it had to be a Muslim country though. Although, Dubai is an Emirate.
Perfect!!!
Nice ! I love this awareness it takes more then a video to open ignorance . People who don't understand those in that situation . If you take there choice of drug away with medical assistant they will all die . It's sad that the government won't help and look at them like garbage . They did not ask for that and didn't know where they would end up by a bad choice . I prey for them to get better ❤️❤️
Sometimes Drugs are the only sensible option! I've suffered for over 63 years with Major Depressive Disorder! I Never feel Joy or Contentment in life! There is no cure! The only two options for people like me is Drugs or Suicide!
There are millions of people like me. Sad but true!
I know how you feel mate.
I relate. Life is hard.
DMT or psycadelics
I’m with you, there are so many of us living with this.
Try Kratom
My beautiful daughter passed in Nov from an OD in Sudbury. Heartrbroken..
So sorry for your loss. 💐
@@happycook6737 Thank you. And it's only gotten worse. Purple Down is creating more addicted every day. And many will die. We need more help.
Sorry ❤️
Sorry for your loss 🙏🏻
Sorry for your loss.
What a great documentary ,hard hitting but sadness in my heart ❤️
The salvation army had a 300,000$ program run by a public transit system in the sf bay area (bart). It only helped 1 person. The rest of the money disappeared.
The first thing they have to change is the mind set of people like the old guy that intro this program; he relates the not-enough funding to shelter addicts to getting evicted,really, so screw landlords paying mortgages and keep the deadbeats in the homes while others pay for it, those tree huggers are the ones that have caused all of these waves of drug addiction both in Canada and the USA but they won't admit it, we have to force this reality down their throats, these derelicts are asking for funding to administer drugs, drug dealers must be having a party seeing government money used to make sure their consumers are healthy to continue stealing and pilishing the communities so they can buy their products, wow how low can we go in western societies!
Very wise comment. I wish more people had your opinion!!!
After seven yrs sober clean I picked up on the main and Hastings streets. Stayed in shelter, O.D.d in there, finally MoM reached out and offered me a way out . O i left to the okanagan and never looked back, still can't find the long-term years of sobriety however ii could seriously still be struggling and living there. It was not scary only knew it was close to death
OMG thank you God for Six YEARS Clean from all drugs. Praying for everyone affected by these dam drugs
Addiction does not discriminate. Don't every think it can't happen in your family.
Such terrible stigma towards addicted Canadians, no help, no resources that are available, combined with no money, housing, health care....the most important resource canada has, its people, are in pain, being destroyed, neglected and dying....wake up canada. Blessings and love to all those struggling and the families of those who passed..thank god for those who are helping them. bless you
This is just heartbreaking .What's even more upsetting is the fact that the government is doing so little to help addicted people. What we need is safe supply and better treatment programs .This is a health emergency!!!
Great great vid
I do hope that in time the world should decriminalise all drugs, in Portugal they have the stats that the number of addicts have fallen sharply, plus HIV and HEPC numbers have been reduced.
Lmao. Portuguese people have achieved zero. Portugal as a nation historically has no culture or achievements. Drugs are for degenerates
Policy reform tends to be an extremely slow process, and unfortunately many more lives will be lost why we all wait for the change.
I read this in a novel from one of my favourite authors:
Everyone counts, or nobody counts. SO EVERYONE COUNTS.
Thank you everyone of you for your beautiful truth.
recovery is connection
I find this crushed glass in dope business difficult to believe. I’ve been hearing this for decades and I’m pretty sure that the results of drug analysis has yet to find glass as a cut!😩🤷♂️. Just sounds like the old scare stories being regurgitated yet again.
This is a wonderful documentary and thank you so much for educating us. However, I'm still confused. Why are we not searching for the cause of this increased addiction rates? Why are we not looking at the factors driving our population towards this? I'm truly convinced that if there were more programs that taught people trades, coping, socializing, assertiveness, sports, music, or any other kind of activities that promotes thinking, learning and discovering of your potential and passion, how to deal with your own mind and how to establish goals and follow them, maybe, just maybe, people would focus in this, instead of on drugs.
I might be naive about this, but I've seen drugs from very up close in dear friends And these are the things that saved them and helped them get back to their feet.
I mean the problem with drugs is, THEY WORK. People have trauma and pain, just like they always have, now there are drugs available everywhere, people are going to use. What we need is AFFORDABLE therapy, support systems, someone for people to talk to.
@@amandafeliciano542: The key word being AFFORDABLE : DRUGS are what happen when people CAN’T AFFORD to live real, meaningful, productive lives. When college or apprenticeship/job training programs are UNaffordable ; when decent housing is UNaffordable ; when Utilities are UNaffordable ; when health and/or Mental Health Care is UNaffordable ; when dental care is UNaffordable ; when Medical Equipment (canes, etc.) are UNaffordable ; when transportation is UNaffordable ; when childcare is UNaffordable ; when healthy food is UNaffordable ; when clothing is UNaffordable ; when movies, theater, concerts and sporting events are UNaffordable ; WHAT DO YOU EXPECT from those for whom everyday life is a struggle?! Our government hacks away at what little Social Safety Net we have, leaving the elderly, disabled, and children on the ragged edge of Survival, while giving away many millions in FOREIGN AID : Talk about misplaced PRIORITIES! Frankly, it’s a wonder that MORE American citizens aren’t caught in the trap of Addiction-aside from foreign OIL, that is....
@@nanwilder2853 all of that too, I don't disagree.
@@amandafeliciano542: Thank you, Amanda.
Take care.
cold, unfeeling hearts
Excellent 👌 informative and IMO absolutely right.
Love in Action ❤️