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FIX: The Story of an Addicted City (clip 1)

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Contributed by Nettie

Length: 2 min 59 sec

License: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)

Year of Production: 2003

Director:

Nettie Wild

Producer:

Betsy Carson

Heroin addict Dean Wilson is in a relationship with Ann Livingston, a confrontational community activist. Together, they are dedicated to opening Canada's first safe injection site. As they prepare for an evening meal, they joke about Dean's difficulties in kicking the habit. To Ann, being honest is part of the healing process.

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by fatcha

Tue, 11/22/2011 - 00:00

please! stop listening to all these so called experts making money on telling what to do, or selling you something to do it with or perhaps like these people giving you a place to do it. after 20 years in programs, prisons, county jails i quit using herion. since i was 15, and now 65, i smoked luckey strick cigaretts, one day i decided i will not smoke any more, that was it i never smoked again and the open pack is still on my mantle piece.its all bull shit , if you want to stop you can the problem most don't want to, or arent ready to. in our society its a no no to blame poor you, don't blame people fot going to prison, for abusing others just say ohh its not their fault they are just poor, or uneducated and makes a business out of not blaming the person who is guilty. if you grow up hitting woman and your father had hit your mother, its your fathers fault not yours, did you ever it is never your fault never your responsibility it is societys, the televisions, it is your parents, the governments for not putting enough money in it.

thousands have aids in america and it is the highest in inner cities but its not there fault it is the fault of the government , its society that have not educated people in inner cities neighbor hoods , it is my fault your fault all these people have aids.

IF YOU WANT STOP IF YOU DON'T DON'T BUT DONT BE A LITTKE WUSSY AND SAY YOU CAN'T, TELL THE TRUTH YOU DON'T WANT TO STOP. IT IS NOT HARD WHEN STOPPING YOU KEEP GOING BACK IN YOUR MIND HOW HARD IT IS AQND THAUSANDS HAVE FAILED SO IT'S OK FOR YOU TO FAIL, IF THAT IS TRUE I AM THE SUPERMAN OF AMERICA RIGHT? NO I AM NOT I DID IT BECAUSE KNEW I COULD DO IT. I DID NOT FAULTER OR THINK ABOUT IT ONCE JUST DID IT.

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by Eating up the propaganda

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 20:09

John, I have to say not only are you a rude fucker, you're also terribly ignorant and a puppet. Were you aware that Heroin is an opioid and that opioids are a type of pain killer. Brett Favre & Charles Dickens were addicted to derivatives of this drug and were treated as heroes, whereas you condemn this woman for her honesty. This is no excuse for this fellow who's using heroin daily but simply to say give poor people the empathy you give better off ones. I'm sure you're addicted to something, coffee, fast food, loneliness, anger (as evidenced by your comment), being a dick (ditto). I hope that you become desperately ill and beg for painkillers when you'll have to make a crucial decision; "do i hypocritcally ask for the painkillers or continue to live in pain?". Then again you probably don't even think about your beliefs so maybe you won't even recognize how conflicting your existence is.

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by john

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 16:56

your honesty cost your son ann, what you taught your son killed him. dope kills did you teach your son that? appears not. you taught your children that heroin is acceptable and it killed your son. ann you are a murderer.