Methadonia

Infobase, (film distributor.). First Run Features (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: There's one cure for heroin addiction, but is it a cure? Methadonia is the borderland between high and straight, where recovering heroin addicts on methadone 'maintenance' exist. Passing the time on benzos and other prescription drugs that enhance the methadone, addicts find themselves in Methadonia for years, or decades. Selected for the prestigious New York Film Festival and featured on HBO, this unflinching, intimate film reveals the culture of addiction through the eyes and lives of men and women stuck in Methadonia, holding on to the hope that they will wake up one morning and not think about getting high.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 27 min., 49 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : First Run Features, [2006]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by First Run Features, 2006. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 24, 2017.
Formatted Contents Note:	Drug Progression (4:53); Heroin Addiction is Work (4:41); Former Addict (3:42); Getting Clean (3:41); Comorbidities (2:14); Expectant Mother (4:12); Detox Experiences (5:16); Drug Stacking (5:32); Lifetime Drug User (3:30); Apartment Fire (3:42); Long-term Addiction (2:21); Prenatal Care (5:46); Methadone Use (4:52); Clean and Sober (4:54); Premature Birth (2:34); Group Members Struggle (5:26); Trouble Staying Clean (4:20); Fast Detoxing (3:46); Clean and Sober? (3:42); Addiction and Recovery (5:45); Credits: Methadonia (2:15);
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	Academic/AP
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description