SMACKED! Addiction and Recovery in Rural America

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Jessica Vecchione | United States | 2018 | 1:07:00

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Addiction is easy. Recovery is not. Rural America has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but hope is alive as well. SMACKED! tells the story of how law enforcement and the healthcare community are coping with the heroin epidemic that has swept the rural Western Catskill mountains of New York State. The film features stakeholders primarily located in Delaware and Otsego Counties in mid-state New York. Through the creativity of the law enforcement and recovery communities, unique education, awareness, and prevention programs have been created despite the scarce availability of funding. By focusing on recovering addicts and health professionals, SMACKED! humanizes the addict and addresses the dangerous stigma around addiction and recovery.

Writer
Jessica Vecchione
Lillian Browne

Producer
Jessica Vecchione