Because of Oxycontin

Produced in part as a response to national media coverage of so-called “hillbilly heroin,” the film focuses on the stories of people from the mountains of southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the U.S. whose lives have been devastated by the misuse of the prescription painkiller Oxycontin. Form...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:2e817b63-10fb-40d3-aacf-47e5660250b9
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description Produced in part as a response to national media coverage of so-called “hillbilly heroin,” the film focuses on the stories of people from the mountains of southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the U.S. whose lives have been devastated by the misuse of the prescription painkiller Oxycontin. Former addicts speak candidly in a raw testament to the pain of drug abuse and recovery.
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spellingShingle Because of Oxycontin
[Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements, Human rights organizations, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Censorship, Military Conflicts and Activities, Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements]
title Because of Oxycontin
topic [Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements, Human rights organizations, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Censorship, Military Conflicts and Activities, Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:2e817b63-10fb-40d3-aacf-47e5660250b9