The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?

The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? (2024)

TV-MADocumentary
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Description

Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

Rory Kennedy
Director

Actors

Status

Ended

Network
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?
Type

Miniseries

Original language

English

Keywords
child abuseparanoiagroup therapyheroinutopiacultaddictionalcoholismdrug rehabilitationnew agebrainwashingshaved headheroin addictalternative lifestylesobersanta monica, californiapower abusecommunal livingnon-profit organization