The Synanon Fix: Did The Cure Become a Cult? | Season 1 | Episode 1
Here Come the Dopefiends
TV-MA | 59 MIN
Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its confrontational talk-therapy approach. As the program attracts non-addicts and celebrity followers, Synanon expands across the country.
2.A War on Convention
As Synanon continues to grow, Chuck’s utopian vision begins to crack under his increasingly authoritative demands.