The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?(2024)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2024-04-01
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.8
Votes: 11
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
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.
Keywords
child abuseparanoiagroup therapyheroinutopiacultaddictionalcoholismdrug rehabilitationnew agebrainwashingshaved headheroin addictalternative lifestylesobersanta monica, californiapower abusecommunal livingnon-profit organization
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Episodes: 4E01
Here Come the Dopefiends
Air Date: 2024-04-01
Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its...
E02
A War on Convention
Air Date: 2024-04-08
By the 1970s, Synanon boasts its own farm, a school, and multiple businesses, but Chuck’s utopian vision begins to cr...
E03
What in the Hell is Happening?
Air Date: 2024-04-15
Chuck’s behavior becomes more belligerent and abusive. He forms a military-like boot camp for delinquent children whe...
E04
Strap Yourself to the Mast
Air Date: 2024-04-22
In 1977, the Los Angeles Times reports on the nine-day abduction of Frances Winn by Synanon. Lawyer Paul Morantz wins...
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