A powerful documentary film that tells stories from the front lines of the opioid crisis. The film features four families whose lives have been impacted and forever changed by addiction, and includes perspectives from the recovery community, law enforcement, health care workers, judges, prosecutors, and others who deal with people in this crisis every day. Trigger Warning: Scenes of drug use.
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