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Tucked in the Appalachian mountains of Southern West Virginia, Oceana, is a small, once thriving coal-mining town that has fallen victim to the fast spreading scourge of prescription painkiller Oxycontin. As the coal industry slowly declined and times got tough, a black market for the drug sprung up and along with it a rash of prostitution, theft and murder. Soon its own residents had nicknamed the town Oxyana and it began to live up to its reputation as abuse, addiction and overdoses became commonplace. Oxyana is a harrowing front line account of a community in the grips of an epidemic, told through the voices of the addicts, the dealers and all those affected. It is a haunting glimpse into an American nightmare unfolding before our eyes, a cautionary tale told with raw and unflinching honesty.
Winner of Best New Documentary Director, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Soundtrack: • Oxyana Soundtrack
Follow us on twitter @veryapetv and director Sean Dunne @seanveryape
i watched this video 6 months ago when my addiction was at its peak , watching it now 1 week clean
Hell yeah man keep going strong. Just watching this again was tough for me, been clean for over a year now but the thought always crosses your mind... just remember how far youve come and every day is a huge milestone.
Here's to week 3
Congratulations.... May you keep going and stay clean.....love you
Praise God!! You got this. Turn to God and keep showing that beautiful strength!
I'm watching 2 yrs clean and I hate this whole situation I'm seeing on here...actually disgusted!
I'm from south eastern Ma. I have buried so many friends due to addiction. I started using perc's at 17 and oxy's before i was 20. I went from sniffing H to shooting by 21. I used daily for 4 years before my first detox. From 25 to 32 i went to 13 detoxes before getting clean. I've now been clean since 2013. It's been 8 yrs.
I'm not looking for recognition. I just hope someone my find strength from my story.
This deserves a lot of recognition. As do you. I’ve seen some of the best people I know fall into addiction and this gives me hope that one day my friend will be herself again one day. Addiction is hard to break so if you do, you shld be extremely proud of yourself. The people dying are getting younger and younger m. They need to hear this stuff
i’ll have 1 year clean on 7/4 after 10 years of herion IV use.
congrats
Currently 32 and have 6 months clean after also attending my 13th treatment center in November. Our timelines are eerily similar down to exact ages and drugs used at those ages. Wow. Something inside is telling me I’m finally finally done with using. Your post is helping solidify that belief for me. Thank you and congratulations you’re a miracle 💜
Congrats! I have 3 years plus clean and sober time. The only reason I tell people is in case there's a potential newcomer I'm talking to. The point is, that when the work is put in to a 12 step program, the results are undeniable. I have also been on Suboxone for 5 years now. It is important to understand that this is not simply a different form of drug.
@@charleswomack2166 sublocade saved my life. there’s no question.
I find it ironic that, as kids, we were warned against illegal drugs and street dealers, but ultimately it's the pharmaceutical corporations manufacturing legal substances that caused the most harm
Very well said...why question the doctor. He knows best, right?
Apollo Spade alcohol kills more people than all the drugs you just listed, combined.
Its all about the money. If the government gets their cut they will turn a blind eye
No, what caused the most harm was Fentanyl laced pills being shipped in from Mexico and China. That's the reason people are dying left and right.
Pharmaceutical companies don’t cause the harm, it’s the people who abuse their products who do the most harm. Addicts try and ease the blame by saying they’re victims but they are the ones who are hurting their families, hurting their children, hurting their friends, not the pharma companies. The pharma companies have created very addictive drugs I admit, but it’s the users who do damage to themselves and those around them. Will power is what separates responsible people from addicts
guy under the bridge "I get my fix but I never hurt nobody, never beat up nobody". Next sentence "i'm convicted of 2 murders"...
That’s addiction right there. Constantly lying to yourself…..
I believe junkies the same as politicians
Cognitive Dissonance
I was heavily addicted for 8 years. Got myself clean cold turkey and alone. It was a brutal month. That withdrawal is awful. It's hard to describe. I've been clean seven years. Going through it cold turkey is what has kept me clean. I never want to feel that bad ever again
Mike Freeman congrats..
Wish u luck stay strong
amen to that, congrats for staying clean, keep it up ! ;-)
Im very proud and happy for you. to me you are considered a hero and should be an inspiration to everyone that is struggling with addiction. I wish I could end addiction and animal abuse world wide. Thank you for being drug free:)
Its dehumanizing in a way
5 years sober now. My life is so much better. I remembers those days of hopelessness and desperation. Crawling on the floor to pick up a dull needle to jam into my arm. I never thought I would escape and have the amazing life I have now.
There are things such as a song on the radio or passing through all of the places that I picked up my shit , 10 years later, I still feel the despair and hopeless inwas of my situation and still makes me sad....the feeling isn't as intense compared to what it was in the beginning but it has not fully gone away..... and it prob never will.
Congratulations and God bless!
Wow!!! Dude thats absolutely awful to put a needle in your arm thats deep.
I used to go through the trash......for needles
God, that reminded me of some mornings waking up dope sick and spending 45 minutes trying to find a vein.. I would be dripping blood from my arms, neck, legs feet and screaming and crying. I hated that.
I was introduced to viccodin December of 2003 in the ER for an old back injury. February 2004 i was referred to a pain management doc and within 2004 I was hooked and abusing. One year is all it took. The next 11 years I fought to stay clean and lost everytime. It took catching a case, jail and probation to stop. Before I got clean I had graduated to doing meth. Im going on 7 years sober. Ive been clean for 7 years out of the last 20.
Incredible a person had the guts to go into this town and tell the story of these forgotten individuals. People don’t realize what it takes to make something like this they only see the finished product. Imagine approaching drug addicts and drug dealers and asking them to be on camera. I don’t know how this was pulled off but it is absolutely magnificent and so necessary.
Thanks so much. Means a lot to hear that. More to come
soundcloud.com/oxyana/sets/oxyana-soundtrack
He stated he had armed security. But a great doc none the less. Should've blurred out the pill bottle the dealer James showed him.
I am from Princeton WV right over the mountain from Oceana my grandparents and uncles all live in Oceana it's extra the same in my town. I lost my mom, dad, brother, Uncle and soon to be my sister to drugs it's suck a sad situation. I felt it when she said there nothing here cause I've always said in Princeton you either do drugs, sell drugs, or snitch. I never went that route until I hit 40 and was in the hospital for 2 months I was on so much pain medicine they never weaned me off the medicine they just sent me home with 300 Roxy's month later I used heroin and 2 months later I went to Suboxone clinic took them for a week and never looked back. Proud to say I been clean for 2yrs. Keep your head up WV we will get thru this. Prayers too everyone struggling with addiction
Youre 40? Wow you look great and salute to you for being the exception in ur family and breaking that cycle !
I am so very sorry for your losses . ❤️ You broke the cycle . God bless you
@@roosreviews3624 Sending prayers from NJ.
The cinematography in this doco is so well shot. They captured the true feeling of this place.
Have you ever lived there?
Absolutely
Very dark and depressing.
I agree. I was born, raised and lived in West Virginia all my life until about 5 months ago. It's a beautiful land full of culture and tradition but it is also a snapshot of an older time that people are stuck in and shadowed by.
Yes. Well done docu.beautifully shot and edited
I watched this docu years ago and have never stopped thinking about it ever since. It’s one of the best depiction of addiction and American life there ever was. So sad and so eye opening.
Thank you my friend, really appreciate you checking it out
PLEASE do an update video.
PLEASE.
People absolutely need to understand the consequences of these addictions.
At least prob all on fent and xylazine now
@@gaba_goblin Terrible road to go down.
Most never return.
I seen hundreds of people I used to know turn to drugs and now they are dead or in prison.
Be safe and have a good day.
Sadly for most it’s the same story.
I'd guess the majority of the addicts in this documentary are no longer with us.
I think everyone gets it by now
Big Bro that lost his whole Family needs deep therapy for such a traumatic loss i feel so bad for him,he got to me more then everyone else tbh
Something was weird about his story. He said he had come back from going to get pills and a pizza then he said he ran out to his driveway without his shirt and shoes on... I'd love to know what really happened. Sad, traumatic story for sure.
@@ryansabstractart3518 he said he and his mom concocted the story about the piZZA SO SHE could give him money and he went and got pills and came back the next day brought his dad's check to him from somewhere...
@@ryansabstractart3518 i thought the same thing
We all make choices . No one forced him and his family to take drugs. Adults need to learn to be mature and responsible for their actions !
@@ryansabstractart3518 his story is true. His name is James Harold Maynard.
So if you’re watching this, you should visit west virginia. It is shocking how beautiful it is. Coal companies really dont want you to see what they are doing to the place.
absolutely, that's how we stumbled on this place
@@VeryApe Do you have any updates on the people? I take it Fentanyl would have ravaged the place in the 3 years since you filmed? Superb doco. You deserve the accolades you got. Beautifully shot and you got to the heart of things. Thank you.
@@Chrismooar Thanks for sharing. Stay strong and stay safe my friend. Unfortunately no updates. I know no one from the film has died. Besides that it's really hard to say. I know things have gone downhill there and other drugs started to move in. This is happening all over America.
Go to google earth. Zoom in on Oceana. Have a look at the two pharmacies- they are the busiest place in town. The carpark is full. No where else in town is that busy, not even Macdonalds. The government and doctors and companies are enabling this. BTW, whats with the purple roofs in town?
OMG I'm from Pennsylvania. I've always loved the natural beauty of our West Virginia neighbor. Good people. No judgement 💕💕💕
I’ve been sober for about 6 years now. This was one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen about this subject. I fully understand how hard this life is and I don’t wish it on anybody. If you are still struggling with this just know you can make it you can do it. I know how hard it is. I know it’s corny but if anybody wants to talk I’m always more than willing to hear you. You are wanted you are worth more than you know. Keep fighting
God bless you. I’m a mom of two little boys and I pray to god I can do this one day sooner than later
@@Beckyyshaeee stay strong. Keep your two boys in your sights and never lose that sight. If you havnt before look up some MAT clinic. I will say a prayer for you. If you ever want to talk I’m here ❤️
@Randy Marsh AKA Rusty Shack… That’s so strong and brave. Congrats!🦋
@@MissyRichmond ❤️❤️
Thanks I needed to hear that.much love brother,and congrats on your 6 years.i hope to be there someday.
I’ve never watched a documentary where I felt so much for these people. The man who said everyone thinks people in West Virginia are inbred just hit me in the gut. I wish everyone in this film has made it through. I would love to see a follow up to see how everyone is doing.
My guess is that the situation hasn't improved.
Sadly it's only gotten much worse in the years since this was made. Once the government cracked down on Dr's and pain clinics over prescribing pills, the heroin and now fentynal has taken over and is more deadly than the pills ever were.
I thank God for getting me and my wife outta this life and having 4 years clean with two wonderful kids. I would never wish this on no one. All our friends are dead
Nothing to do with god.
It was you and your wife that did it.
Don’t give the credit away… you deserve it.
Lord. This was made in 2013. I can only imagine how many ghosts I'm watching here in 2021.
Damn this comment hit me hard! As much as I’d love an update, I’m kinda scared to know the truth 😢😢😢
Damn.
May they rest in peace
My thought exactly
I’m from a town like this and on average I get a call a month about someone I know who’s died...my class started high school with 119 graduated 47 of those 119 and of the 47 around 23 were dead within 2 years ...
As someone who was an addict for 13 years I truly hope everyone one in this town recovers
Man, I feel for these folks. Watching this and being 8 years clean of Oxy makes me feel so damn grateful that i was able to escape that pharmaceutical hell
I did so many Oxys and percs when I was in my 20s I often feel guilty for having survived when I was just as self destructive as some folks I ran with and who didn’t make it. I won’t ever judge an addict for being an addict, I’d instead lend an ear or whatever form of assistance I can offer.
Same brother. Used to get 30s by the thousands from like 2010-2014/15 then they started to disappear and H appeared literally out of no where. Glad u made it 🦾
@@LiKWiDjay appreciate you and likewise fam. the shits no joke. Doesn’t care what race you are or background you got, it’s coming for all of us. Fortunately I got arrested and had to sit in county while detoxing right during the time Oxys started drying up a bit, so I missed the H by what I can say now is good fortune. I was on that path 100% and I salute you for how you’ve handled your journey. Nothing but love bro
@@JME1186 awesome bro glad to hear. Yea i detoxed in rikers island several times. They give u 5mg of methadone but at that point i was easily doing 15-20 blues and day didnt really help anything. Took me getting heart surgery from the h eating my heart valve to finally leave it alone. I try to help young kids no. They hear poppin percs in songs and thinks it cool but ones to many and 1000 isnt enough. Lost so many friends past few years its insane. Like good kids that i grew up with from good families. Like u said it doesnt care what or who u are it will get it. Stay strong man
@@LiKWiDjay 100% bro, knowledge from folks like yourself is exactly what the youth needs. Couldn’t tell me anything as a younger man but I look back and am thankful people spent the time (ironically in lockup more times than not) to school me however they could. Least I can do is pass that on G
@Jon Evans and @LiKWiDJay Congrats!🦋
God bless Motörhead and the dentist that cares so much about his land, his people, and his country.
He’s Dr Moore at Oceana Dental in Oceana, WV. His wife is a dentist, too: Dr Brown. I worked as as a Dental Hygienist there, and those are amazing people.
He seemed like the only decent person in this whole doc. It’s so disturbing the way opioids just destroy a persons soul.
@@Smoove_J , Jason's mother seemed really sweet and caring.
When the girl says "I'm still with you though" it's sad. I wish her nothing but the best and for her to get the love she wants so badly
Yeah that girl will never be happy with that guy.
holy shit right as i was reading this she said it haha. she is such a sweet girl that too many men would do well past right for, i pray she’s doing good today
I hope she gets the hell away from that loser guy ! That baby deserves so much better then a mean ass addict !
@@leanneadams2549 She does need to get away from him, but with his story I don't blame him for being the way he is. A similar familicide situation happened to my mom and you don't recover from it until decades later. Hope he gets sober so the baby can have a semi-normal life
@@King-ex4df the familicide guy was a different guy to her boyfriend, they look similar though! Although the boyfriend sounds like Boomhauer
Bandana Guy can use the f word as a noun, verb , adjective, adverb , exclamation, interjection or as a curse word. Sometimes in the same sentence.
Takes talent!
Exactly what that particular word was designed for.....fucken, fuckin ,fuckit , ya fuckin, fuck. Etc....
Boomhauer
He’s a piece of shit!
About the only word I could understand 😂🤣😂
Just over 3 years sober from this hell.
God bless & protect you ❤️
Congrats!🦋
This was a great documentary. Good hearted people stuck in a deep dark hole. I don't give a shit what anyone says but suboxone will work but you've got to WANT IT. I was an addict for 12 years. Got on suboxone with a little counseling for 28 months while slowly tapering down to nothing. Been clean for 6 years now thanks to suboxone I have the life I never thought was possible of getting. I wish them all the best.
daltons channel Sub saved my life, too bad uneducated zilches with little to no knowledge in pharmacology attack it's efficacy for maintenance.
So glad you’re tapering down. I wish you and all those fighting against the hell of addiction the very best.
Suboxone saved my life. Like you said though... You have to want it.
Ditto. I remember missing just being able to wake up and say, "eh, I'm gonna lay around and relax awhile longer." When I was hooked, I couldnt do that because I'd be on withdrawal when I woke up and I would need to find a fix, because I was on a timer. You miss trivial things when you're an addict. Things that are taken from you.
A lot of ppl don't realize wether it's a Co Pay or off the street that shit don't care.Long story short,I was Firefighter,and all my life I beat myself up..Ive had 12 knee surgeries,1 shoulder surgery,RFA's in my back for herniated discs...for about 15 years I was prescribed Opiates for pain...Im almost 9 months Clean...I hate this hell these people are goin through,the hardest thing you'll do is that first few steps,it doesn't matter if you go to a clinic/rehab Methadone/Suboxone..all it matters is where you end up,you owe it to yourself.I spent years saving others,it was hard to save myself.
I have been diagnosed in the UK with a degenerative back condition which has caused me great pain. I chose to go private, paid for my MRI and sought treatment. NEVER ONCE has ANY dr here EVER even SUGGESTED more than paracetamol (Tylenol) and/or ibuprofen (Advil). I immigrated here in 2019 and truly believe the pharmaceutical companies and lack of free basic healthcare is responsible for America’s issues with pills. God bless and amen. 🇬🇧
That's actually kind of sad if you're in that great of pain and left to suffer
if you can cope and manage the pain with advil and tylenol then your pain can't be severe, I'm also in the UK and I'm prescribed oxycodone 40mg a day for my spinal issues. regular painkillers don't do fa.
@@Madame.de.Polignac I agree with you, if you have severe pain, otc medicine is nothing but candy.
The girl in the brown saying she takes them as prescribed while slurring her speech, just sad, hope everyone in the video can find help and get better
Also the homeless guy in the red was mad humble and honest about his struggles, hope the best for him
Homeless guy in the red is currently in prison for two convicted murders
Yea. She was high as fuck
Uhhm pretty sure she probably has some kind of traumatic brain situation or something... she alluded to it when she spoke about getting beat by her dad
@@michaelvance4492 no!!! Didn't he say he had already killed 2 ppl
And drinking on top of all that.
We’d like to congratulate Drugs, for winning the War on Drugs
Nope. Congratulate the CIA for all their support of the Cartels and Big Pharma and our Government for doing their part in keeping us asleep. And high AF. This comes from a woman who has fought tooth and nail to be clean from H and Methadone in LA, Ca.
@@christineadams1284 I love this thank you you are 100% correct here and YT deletes a lot of what I say too. Now that the powers that be can make Meth and Fentanyl in labs we now have a much more lethal coke and heroin not to mention much cheaper to make as we no longer have to worry about the plants and the processing. And again bingo all the so-called wars and aids and agendas to kill and control the population haven't been enough so boom now we have homelessness and open air drug markets.
@@AliciaM5555 Kids would probably be less likely to do drugs if they knew the government actually wants them to do drugs, get busted, and fill the slave labor private prisons. I hope more people catch on.
@@annabell3385 ikr?! Its such a catch 22 and mind-fck how the cia brings drugs in, floods the streets, incarcerate people over drugs because prison is a billion dollar system and slave labor, stigmatizes, discriminates its insane. And it isn't just kids. If we could legalize and tax and control drugs (as in quality) and put that money into the real pandemic which is missing and exploited children imagine what an amazing world we would have?!?! Crime would almost be non existent but trafficking is also another billion dollar industry so we all lose! Really, it makes me so sad to witness what the human species has become. Under our current system we are doomed. Lovely to chat with another awakened soul blessings to you and prayers 🌹🙏❤
@@AliciaM5555
Alicia, your comments are a breath of fresh air to read, you are also 💯 percent correct.
What a Beautiful world it could be.
God Bless 🙏🏼💙🙏🏼💙🙏🏼
1:07:28 When he explained that hes not suicidal, yet feels as though the he no longer has a soul, that hit close to home. As someone who's been addicted to painkillers for nearly 16yrs, I can totally relate. That feeling that "despite not wanting to commit intentional suicide, you would care less if you die" is a feeling of sheer hopelessness that only other addicts can relate to. I couldn't have said it better myself.
Yeah it hits home for me too ive been on suboxone for 6 years i was in rehab for almost 2 years my pill addiction was really bad id take 50 a day if i could find them and hes right i felt dead inside like i had no soul and life didnt matter anymore because all i did from morning until night is hunt for pills nobody will understand until they go through it they will never understand what being dopesick feels like id rather die than be dopesick
@@jasonlinton9902 hang in there.❤️
I was addicted to pain killers for about that long its hell if u could just stop after a couple weeks u have a whole new outlook on life. It wasnt as hard as i thought it would be. By the grace of god i have been clean 10 yrs!!9😂😂
@@sueepple6945it's not a couple of weeks though bro. It's a few months.
@@sueepple6945wtf was funny about that?? Why tf do people do that? Why do you feel the need to put not one but 2 laughing emojis after a unhumorous statement. That’s weird af and needed to be addressed….
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When he said, "Nobody cares, we're just a bunch of inbred pieces of shit" that broke my heart. I care and I see & understand your pain. I was diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease at age 22, by the grace of God I was able to get my life together but my heart breaks for everyone still suffering.
God please may I have the strength to get clean 😔
You ok
You can do it! I spent 14 years on meth pills and heroin. I didn't ever want to get clean but here I am... 2 1/2 yrs clean. Serious if I can do it anybody can do it.
Praying for all everyone that went through or whose going through addiction.
Thank you, God bless yourself
You got this.
10 years clean from opiates this past January! All my sober soldiers keep up the good fight, it’s very possible!
You're awesome😁😁 congratulations👍😉
Congratulations!
Thank you Tiffany and Alayna!!
@Tim Light Congrats!🦋
Congrats! That's so amazing.
I was way addicted in 2014. I got severe asthma + a pacemaker. It was the worst time of my life. I found a treatment doctor + who saved my life. I would never touch it again. It’s hard to get off because of the impending withdrawals. That’s what kept me addicted - I was afraid of getting dope sick. I’ve been clean since, never feeling tempted ever. I’m 59 years old. Stay off drugs - nothing good comes of it
Congratulations
I started taking pills after an injury in the military. Ended up getting tons of pills from VA/pain clinic back then. For almost 10yrs I was a functional addict hiding it from my family. It all caught up with me in the end. I lost everything I ever cared about and all I had worked for almost overnight. It took a few more years for me to hit rock bottom. I've been clean since 14'. I don't even know who I was back then and this video hits home. If anyone reading this is still struggling with addiction dont give up. It is possible to get clean and stay clean. Talk to someone anyone you trust there is help and relief. Don't give up on yourself and it's never to late
Hugs, fellow vet and internet stranger.
Thank you for your service 👏
Lost over 10 people close to me, including my dad and gf. Didn’t think I’d make it past 30. 34 now and was able to kick it 4 years ago. I consider myself lucky sometimes but the losses I’ve had don’t make it easy
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Just stay in the ring keep throwing the jab and you will be fine life a marithon
well done dude - sending u Love , support & strenght
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24 years October 7th 2020.....its a wonderful thing to be drug and alcohol free.
I've lost two cousins to opioids now. One was my best friend growing up. You guys did a great job with this film. It's the second of your docs I have watched now. Refreshing to see your film style. True fly on the wall documenting, letting the people and place tell the story.
This is ridiculous . I am a doctor in Scandinavia and watching this i am outraged. Prescribing so many opiods is INSANE. I Can count on ONE hand the of times i have prescribed opiodes. If the Danes can cope with Panodil so can the Americans. And Methadone? Why give people something they Will have more difficulty getting off? I am shocked
Our health "care" system in America is predicated on unregulated predatory middle men having their way with us. Profits above everything. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been sacrificed in this process and there is no end in sight. It's truly hard to believe unless you've lived here.
It seems to me that America is on its last legs. Mass shootings, drugs crisis, health Care , homeless in every city. Its all very sad
I was a pain management nurse for 5 years and I agree…this was INSANE to hear. Our docs would have never prescribed meds that way. They have to know those amounts are being diverted. I wonder if these people have ever even been offered steroid injections or physical therapy? We Americans seem to have this idea that we should be “pain free” all the time. That’s unrealistic and leads to this belief that you need opioids for everything from a back ache to a pulled tooth.
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As a nurse working in a correctional institution..it’s sick watching drs prescribe methadone ..and morphine doses like 1200 mg at one time …it’s so sickeningly
I wish I could give everyone in this video a hug. They need it so much. I really cannot imagine the mental health issues going on in this area. Heartbreaking
This should be a tv series, centered around the good looking Motörhead dentist who loves this community and fights to help save the addicts who live there
Oceana 90210?
Yes.
You should watch Dopesick
bro....im a social worker in switzerland and I also work totghether with folks from swiss national television. we also did a couple of documentaries and so on...but this one has a special place in my heart. been watching it many times in the past couple 5 years. so well done. its been an inspiration for me. a goal to achieve for me.
That precious baby at the end is the reason we must do something to heal the pain behind addiction.
Man hearing that man losing his whole family that way would keep me on drugs to numb the hurt too! I’m going on 3 years clean and everyday I thank God🙌🏽 I’m praying for the man with cancer too and I’m praying for his family 🙏🏽
@Travis Reitan NO, his father killed them
@Travis Reitan That's what he said and he is a free man!
@Travis Reitan do you not think the cops would've looked at forensic evidence?
For real it's so sad
This was heartbreaking. Especially the last scene of the newborn, that really hit hard. I pray the suffering and pain will end. It's despicable what the pharmaceutical industry has done to humanity.
I hope the girl in the green tank who is pregnant realizes she can’t help someone who can’t help themselves. It’s insane she is sober and she should be proud of that.
I hope for her child’s sake she realizes that
I'm a year and 12 days clean and thank God every DAY that's not my life anymore. Please get help if you need it and are able to...believe me it's worth it!
I would love to see an update on these people ❤. I pray for their recovery. It happens, even in small towns. We can and do recover. A new mind set is what it takes, and a little isolation from the people who make us crave. The baby is BEAUTIFUL 😍.
Heroin and dead
That's so sad 😪. I'm sorry to hear that.
@Jorge Pelongo how do you know for sure?
"There but for the grace of God, go I."
More documentaries should take this focus. Gangs and smuggling and the war on drugs may be exiting and cool but this film here shows what the everyday reality of addiction is: people not having a chance to do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, an education to help them make smart choices in life and a health care system to help them take care of themselves.
I've watched this probably a half dozen times and it breaks my heart every time. I'm down in Florida now, but I grew up in the poorest county in Minnesota and the drugs were bad there too. My heart goes out to all the people of Oceana and all the little communities like this. God be with you all.
Todd County? I grew up in Cass. I'm still in Hubbard, near Park Rapids.
@@efleishermedia At the time I lived there, it was Kanabec County. Mora, Mn
@@timothymayer3142 ahhh, right on.
Hello from Marshall County!!
My heart broke for the man who has cancer , the one that shot up himself and his wife...I hope that he had a miracle 🙏 praying for all of you in 2021
4 friends and 1 beautiful uncle gone because of prescription drugs. 2 of my friends left behind young children who are now raised by their grandparents. My husband and I are some of the lucky ones who have made it so far. I'll celebrate 7 years clean this fall and am finishing a bachelor's degree end of this year. People need to set down the stigma and realize it can touch anyone. So sad to hear us be referred to as the "lost generation." Our parents messed around and experimented with drugs in their day but they weren't playing with fire like today.
That's all a byproduct of the drug war. People used to be able to just get natural opiates.
She is staying with this man even though he is incredibly addicted, and MEAN. You have to be there for him? No. You have to be there for that baby. Not him. That is not a safe environment. Baby wasn’t even there yet, and she is already worried about this man harming him.
I thought the exact samething.. There will come a time when he takes their last $10 for dope and the baby needs diapers
The pregnant girl, she's fallen so far down the hole, she doesn't know what it is like to see the light.
I'm not sure if she understands that the addict dude is mean when he is off the drug and likable when he is high. That's a sad and unfortunately backward way of thinking.
She tolerates it because she's using too
She's terribly codependent. She's addicted to him and he's addicted to drugs. They BOTH need treatment. Drugs are what is holding them together. No drugs, no relationship.
Subs saved my life! Been clean almost 3 years now!
A Troll suboxone/subutex. It is used to treat addiction and can be a true life saver, but sadly here it is being abused just like dope. It’s a great thing for so many people but it’s sad to see how it’s being used.
the bit where red-shirt-guy-under-the-bridge talks about tearing the paper in half and putting it under his toungue
Subs saved my life as well. 14 months clean from heroin.
Subs definitely helped me quit, 8 years clean. But Jesus Christ saved me and with His strength and the subs combined, it was a powerhouse against addiction.
Use Kratom
“We don’t have ANYTHING TO DO.”CLEAN YOUR HOME,CUT THE GRASS,ENJOY YOUR MOUNTAINS,RAISE YOUR KIDS,GET A JOB,VOLUNTEER.POOR EXCUSE!
There aren't a whole lot of jobs where these people live because they have all moved. Walmart & McDonald's is pretty much it. Can't make a living working at those type of places so that's why they sold pills. Coal mining is hard work so the epidemic all started when they were prescribed to pain pills. Doctors & pharmacies did this.
its 2024 not 1950. Hard for these people to get jobs when they are strung out on drugs and cant pass a piss test. Sure its their fault but recommending people do chores every day to kill time is insane. Takes 30 mins to clean the house, 45 to cut the grass, some dont have kids and most volunteer places dont want a junkie walking around. So you want them to stare at the mountain for the next 22 hours? 0 places for young or old people to go to just get out and have a good time. Only thing all these small towns have is bars, drugs, and almost 0 opportunity to really move up in the world. Not like all these people have transportation so places like where im at now takes 30 mins either way to get to some kind of town with work. So if even if some people wanted to work theyd have to walk 4 or 5 hours both way. Everyone's life is different.
This! Jesus Christ. I grew up in a little nothing town too but you can figure out other things to do. Boredom as an excuse to pop a bunch of pills is the dumbest excuse.
If it was that easy all major problems would be solved. It wasn’t boredom but the pill industry buried this area with pills.
It's POVERTY! When you know you ain't got no where to go and you ain't ever going to have the "American Dream" you escape in other ways.
If you've NEVER been addicted... it's hard to relate, empathize... HELP!
I paid to watch this when it first came out. I live in Morgantown, WV. I hate the devastation to our state. I pray for the addicts still suffering....
Heidi Hudgins how many of them act like the wild and wonderful whites lol
@@mijreed geez dude looking for an argument much? Way to let your white guilt interject race into something that's totally non racial. Douchebag
Do you think maybe my wife and I could come visit you. We have money and could bring you gifts and lots of maple syrup
How's that area doing?
Odds 17B that’s more the southern part of our state. And from what I know of people who have met the Whites- you do NOT wanna fuck with them.
The best documentary I've seen ever!!!. The people are so real and it's so sad . I've watched this so many times and I've made my friends and family watch it. Praying for us all!!
The guy whose dad killed the whole family while he was out of the house hit me hard
Ik bro sad ass story frs..
He was out of the house because his Dad gave him money to drive to Oceana to ick up a Izzy but instead, he went to buy a pill with that money. By the time he went home, his Dad had killed his Mom (who had severe MS) , killed the guys younger brother, went to the living room and shot himself.
@@anitalusk3165 yeah…we all watched the same documentary you did bro.
@@atlascollective3000 I’m not a damn bro, Stop being such a drama Queen!!!
I remember when everyone thought drug addiction only affected a certain demographic that lived in the inner cities. Only now have we discovered that drug addiction can affect anyone.
Both scenarios occured due to a failure in policing and regulation. A shame at every level
anyone who abuses drugs.
That dentist in the Motorhead shirt looks a lot like Trent Reznor. I bet his waiting room music is great.
His name's Rent Treznor
He does tho
the irony
he looks like professional skateboarder chris cole aswell
He is the highlight of this here little film, as terrible as that sounds.
The guy with the cancer truly made my heart break..hell, everyone’s story makes me wanna find every single Purdue and big pharma employee and force them to take this poison and throw em in the gutter
Same!!
@@mamarobyn crazy how pharma gets away with systematic murder of AMERICANS smh 🤦
@@ADIMusic-md1ij that's EXACTLY what they did. Not only did they get away with it, they are billionaires. Disgusting.
Pain meds in a lot of cases help the patient - it’s when they are not allowed to have any and resort to dope
Same here. He seemed like such a genuinely nice person. Sadly, with his condition, I'm sure he has long since passed. I hope his wife is ok. You could tell they really loved each other.
as an opiate addict this is easily the best documentary on opiates (and best documentary in general) I've ever seen.
This is my second time watching this, can't really pinpoint it, but I love this documentary for some reason.
It's VERY well done.
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Please everyone who watches this video and sees this comment. Say a prayer. I will be praying to Our Lady. Any prayer that you pray is powerful.
@ 34, the guy is describing domestic abuse. She is agreeing, nodding, proud she is still with him. And it is lost in the conversation about drugs.
She says he can be ''mean'', and he later agrees, after describing _addiction._ Nothing he said indicates domestic abuse, though the potential may be there. Based solely on what he said, i.e the only available evidence, he described nothing more than opiate addiction, the rest you shamelessly added yourself in a hopelessly biased, subjective interpretation.
This documentary is one of the most powerful I have ever watched.These are things all children should learn and watch in school,every decision you make has a consequence,be STRONG and realize drugs will get you NO where.
Everybody’s story is depressing on here, but damn i felt terrible when dude told the story of how his father killed his whole family
That shook me! How sad, rock bottom.
He knows he would have died that night too if it wasn’t for chasing his addiction.
This is a powerful and moving documentary. The rich create artificial divides between the lower social classes. We need to understand that people within the same social class share more in common than location, race, religion, etc. Until we can collectively unify problems like this will run rampant.
C DH
Bingo 🎯🎯
This is what so called civilication has bought ! What was wrong with riding horses, maken clothes, working on the land for food, learning to hunt, play, lecture language, being around grand parents ? How stupid have they made this century people !
This was truly heartbreaking and beautiful. I hope these people find what they need and find peace
Wtf there is nothing beautiful about this. These people are horrible. They trash the earth.
It's hard to understand how the prescription dealers (doctors who give drugs as remedy) are trusted cent percent, and yet there is no cure, but only addiction and misery. The spiritual expert is not trusted on the other hand, but rejected. I think the truth lies somewhere at least in the middle.
We are made of flesh and bones, skin,and mucus, bile and bones, but is this WHO WE ARE? Am I just a bag of substances? When the thing called death happens, all that stuff is there, but it is useless with out the soul or spirit, that was the source of our consciousness. Get it? The active ingredient is what makes my body APPEAR to be living. A car is cool sitting in the garage, but without a driver it will never ever move. IS THE SOUL IMPORTANT? (Does the car need a driver.) Simple question, simple answer. The driver needs food, the car needs fuel. The body needs material food, the soul needs spiritual food.
Let's give the innocent people their spiritual nutrition. They will be happy, and strong enough to face all troubles. These addicts need spiritual salvation, as every human does. Otherwise, it is a life no better than an animal's life.
Whatever name you like for God, chant it constantly not just on a blue moon Sunday morning. In these awful times there is only this chance to be delivered. The holy name of the Supreme Lord is as powerful, beautiful, friendly and loyal to us as the Lord Himself. Every town and abode on the globe will receive the holy name. Do not waste your valuable human existence on pampering the body only.
My mother got a real hard time to get Tramadol prescribed because she needs hip surgery. I have to pee in a cup and have pill counts for failed spine surgery severe chronic pain and rheumatoid arthritis. Vets are stripped of their meds by the VA, and even cancer patients have been denied their prescriptions at the pharmacy. This is the collateral damage barely covered by the media...many suffer from under dosing or being weaned off when they've done nothing wrong and have been at a stable dose for years.
It's hard to understand how the prescription dealers (doctors who give drugs as remedy) are trusted cent percent, and yet there is no cure, but only addiction and misery. The spiritual expert is not trusted on the other hand, but rejected. I think the truth lies somewhere at least in the middle.
We are made of flesh and bones, skin,and mucus, bile and bones, but is this WHO WE ARE? Am I just a bag of substances? When the thing called death happens, all that stuff is there, but it is useless with out the soul or spirit, that was the source of our consciousness. Get it? The active ingredient is what makes my body APPEAR to be living. A car is cool sitting in the garage, but without a driver it will never ever move. IS THE SOUL IMPORTANT? (Does the car need a driver.) Simple question, simple answer. The driver needs food, the car needs fuel. The body needs material food, the soul needs spiritual food.
Let's give the innocent people their spiritual nutrition. They will be happy, and strong enough to face all troubles. These addicts need spiritual salvation, as every human does. Otherwise, it is a life no better than an animal's life.
Whatever name you like for God, chant it constantly not just on a blue moon Sunday morning. In these awful times there is only this chance to be delivered. The holy name of the Supreme Lord is as powerful, beautiful, friendly and loyal to us as the Lord Himself. Every town and abode on the globe will receive the holy name. Do not waste your valuable human existence on pampering the body only.
I’ve watched this several times they should do a follow up
I’m sure they all switched to heroin in 2016 when the DEA got involved, limiting the number of scripts and pills a doctor could write. I’m sure they are ALL dead now.
@@cm1133 wowww you may have a point I didn’t think about that however it was a great documentary though
@@shanb.9690 I bet the guy who showed the camera the bottle of 450 pills he got from a doctor in Washington DC is in prison!
@@cm1133 I hope so even if he isn’t
Had a dr prescribe me fentanyl for failed back surgery at 22 yrs old. Not only did he put me on it but instead of changing patch every 3 days he had me do it every 2🤦♂️ I was totally dumb about that kind of stuff. This was late 90s to 2002. I knew a shit ton about street drugs but we just were not messing with pills and they honestly were not going around. It was a doctor that got me hooked, and I realize I'm not the only one. So many ignorant people think someone just chooses to go to an H dealer and start that life. People need to realize that addiction is so powerful you will give up everything. To many judge the person and not the strength of addiction. That dr. ruined my life and I'm lucky to still be alive. I finally couldn't take the cycle anymore😥
They need to cut their drugs with birth control.
It's like a town of zombies. All of the light in their eyes is gone. Those pills are a portal for demons.
i agree. so fucking sad.
Never a truer word said. The saddest doco I have ever seen.
Drugs are witchcraft
@Fish Sandwich Where did u read that? The Bible???
They help many ppl with terrible PAIN.📌 They work well if used properly.
Lord God bless these folks in West Virginia.
I'd like the soundtrack to this whole program
Me too
Absolutely, very atmospheric and fitting for the subject matter. I hate that awful schmaltzy, crappy pull at your heart string type music that they put on most of these types of documentaries, utterly tasteless.
@Hello Newman I've just googled it, there is a soundtrack in a sound cloud by john mccauley and jonny fritz! So you can all go listen and download. x
Purdue Pharma, and the Stacklers specifically, should be sentenced to providing FREE clinics and rehab until there are no addicts of pharmaceuticals.
I'm sad for the children. All of them.
Every time I see this it breaks my heart. I wonder what happened to the children in this movie? That should be West Virginia’s biggest concern- what do we do to help these kids?
i recently hit 90 days of sobriety, being young, im grateful that i beat it at an early age, i shouldve died several times. im grateful for the restart ive been given
15:13 just blew my mind. How is it possible that you could ever get a prescription for 450 oxys a month filled? Are pharmacies bought off too?
I don't get it either, 6 30s in the morning seems crazy to me.
Yes, political warfare… War on Drugs have caused more harm than help… Nixon created the dea and nullified all good research on cannabis and it’s healing… This was the beginning of drug culture control…
The pharamacy is right near my house. I'm thinking of doing something about it.
The song at the end is a traditional song called "Down By the Willow Garden."
And very well done!!
I can play this song if you want
Very powerful documentary! I lost my husband to alcoholism which all of it is an addiction just a different way of consuming it. Addiction is terrible and it robs us who are left behind to deal with the pain of losing the ones we love so dearly.
I need to beat this damn disease! 5 hours clean, and counting! One second at a time, and hopefully i get to one day at a time.
I hope ur doing ok.
Hope you're good
I'm in the boat you're in!!! Wish you tbe best...truly. Once this takes hold it is hard to get away.
Suboxone has helped me immensely
I’ve watched the clock ticking , telling myself just get through the next five minutes. It’s bad I know, but it can be done. I’ve got twenty years clean now, I’ve had experiences I never thought I would have had ,travel, being someone my kids and grand kids can depend on, Christmas’s and birthdays 20 years that I never thought I could have had. I’m no longer that person trapped in a cycle of misery. But first....just get through the next five minutes and know people are praying for you all
sometimes I just put this on to listen the music at the beginning / throughout it , haunting and sad yh, but I love it
My friend OD’d on prescription oxy’s about 8 years ago. He really was an incredible human, he didn’t deserve for life to end the way it did. 21 years old, you were a great person Mike.
So sad...
My mom died on fentanyl.
She had a patch on, 1, prescribed by a doctor.
She followed the doctors order, and died.
44 years young.
I'll never forget finding my mother dead and the look in her eyes.
Our government is hugely responsible.
God bless you Bombcat.
@@rdallas81 Hope you are ok Roy, really I do. We can spread the message and facts on opioid dependence. I think there is a better understanding now thanks to media sources, but it doesn’t change the past. 44, I couldn’t imagine losing my mother at that sort of age, I’m sorry you lived through that.
@@bombcat9289 I appreciate your kind words.
The sad part is the fentanyl (and opioids) scourge costed the lives 108,000 last year in the states alone. I believe we are witnessing the beginning of something terrible. There is a lot if things happening across the world that from the outside seem separate but within a generation or two at most will converge.
Have a nice evening Bombcat and I appreciate your comment.
I'm sorry for your loss 💗
Heartbreaking story. Big 👍 to the filmographers and big 💓 to everyone in the comments struggling to get / stay clean.
camera man: " hows that make you feel?" Big John : "goooooood"
This deserves more views .. saw it 4 years ago and again today
Thank you for making us care about the people you interviewed in this film.
There is no war on drugs. Coming from a small town, this is every small town in America. For all these stories there are thousands more.
this is heartbreaking. love wv and the people. my prayers are with you all
1 Chance Music Group prayers don't do a fucking thing
1 Chance Music Group I live in oceana wv actually its a great place to live if you like the country, but you ha e to deal with all the drug dealers, my friends live real wealthy, sadly I don't but I'm sure prayers will help if you really tty hard. btw thank you so much for the prayers
1 Chance Music Group when I said tty I'm meant try lol
I had a hard time understanding many of these folks, speech I mean, not their struggles. I hope they have learned some new skills and found satisfying work to get them out of this terrible addiction.
Shout out to everone that stayed off drugs. Some of us have to be strong and think.
Man..... thanks not fair.... that's a really big punch in the guts with that ending. Congratulations on a perfect picture of life. That is one of the most truthful hard documentary I've ever seen and I've seen a lot. 😓🥺😥
These people are suicidal from oppression.
@Freedom Fighter i dont think anybody says that, progapaganda might say, and if you believe the propaganda than its working
Lol oppression. The ultimate excuse. Nobody is forcing these idiots to live where they live and do what they do. This is the life they have chosen.
I grew up in a town exactly like this in north Florida. We started doing drugs at such a young age because we had nothing to do. It was either church, or drugs. My hometown got taken over by meth and pills so hard. It’s sad to think that when I was a young child, it just wasn’t like that. It seemingly happened overnight. Hard to watch this because it brings back so many memories, watching everything turn to shit.
I was addicted for 12 years but I’m now clean for 9 years. Took losing my husband, my home, my vehicle, and almost my kids. They were teenagers and didn’t give up on be me. I did a lot of damage to my health over the years pretty much ruined my liver but my grown sons and I have wonderful relationships and I’m a proud Nana to 4 beautiful grandchildren.
I’m also from West Virginia but further north from where this documentary was made.
Addiction is still really really bad just different substances. If I hadn’t gotten clean when I did I would’ve been dead years ago.
Jasons gf needs to run for the hills
Man he pisses me off. A very narcissistic addict
She looks terrified of him.
Yep. He is a waste of space
I'm a smoker, but seeing the mother holding her child with a sigarate in her mouth is just not right
She is also holding her daughter and high af. Oxys etc. But the cigarette is the focus. It does suck but the pills are much worse. But both suck.
I know, but somehow it does suit her character perfectly.
A lot of people commented on the cigarette in the child's face, which I don't like but have seen many times over the years. Since there were much worse things to focus on, I'm surprised at the amount of attention the cigarette got. Keep things in perspective, folks.
Almost heaven, West Virginia..
Sweet tune, thanks for taking my mind off the documentary.
:(
Lines as long... longerrr than the trees
Please make another video or provide an update on the people in this one! I've watched this video a few times and so many of these folks tugged on my heartstrings.