Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip | ENDEVR Documentary

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Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip | Investigative Documentary from 2020

With the world fighting a deadly pandemic, another heartbreaking public health crisis is raging in North America. A new synthetic drug is killing more than gun crime, homicide and car accidents combined. 100 times stronger than heroin, the deadly opioid fentanyl is cheap, potent and small enough to send in the post. These market forces have seen it replacing the heroin supply, spreading unprecedented death, destruction and misery. And, like all epidemics, it is spreading fast.
The death toll has disproportionately affected the homeless and marginalized. And now, due to its strength and low cost, the drug is also starting to appear in party drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis – with fatal results. We travel to Vancouver, the epicenter of the fentanyl epidemic to meet with health care workers, activists, fentanyl dealers and people who use it. We learn of radical initiatives to fight back against a toxic drug supply and ask what the world should expect if the fentanyl epidemic spreads outside of North America.
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All Comments (21)
  • My name is Cori Mitchell. I am the "Cory" .showing my tent.golfing, blowing bubbles. This was a true heart breaking video. I am now living clean, going to college to be a community support worker/ addictions counselor . We are all real people. Some of us make it some of us don't. I pray for all those still in the struggle. Peace and love to you all❣️
  • @MNAZ480
    My son is addicted to fentanyl and he lives on the streets. He’s been an addict for about 10 years. I’ve cried out all my tears. I know one day the call that his body has been found will come. I will be devastated but I don’t think I’ll be able to shed any tears. I’m numb.
  • @PastaSausta
    The drug dealer is extremely honest. He’s just so transactional about the process. He says, “it’s your choice and I’ve got to make a living.” No matter whether we consider him good or bad, he’s not hiding anything. He told him he would die if he bought it.
  • @annepoitrineau5650
    Thank you for interviewing them in a compassionate and peaceful way. For understanding the pain. Spike has a beautiful face. He is intelligent. He needed help for the pain after the accident. I am so sad he did not get it and his life has become so hard.
  • @ForlornMiasma
    This is probably one of the best opioid crisis-based documentaries that I've ever seen ...very humanizing..
  • @HandbagDiva
    That kid’s statement that he made the wrong choice ONCE & nothing since then has been a choice is so powerful. More young people need to hear this from people like him!
  • @Paul_Michael
    I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to fentanyl for over 6 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.
  • @jasperdudek
    One of the best documentary I have seen. Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
  • I was a heroin addict for years. That stuff came out and it scares me so much. I'm in recovery now. I've got 5 good clean years now.
  • Just under 22 months ago, I too was always one shot away from an OD. Treatment, a program, and acceptance of myself and my addiction is all that saved my life. I now sit behind a desk at a treatment center being a part of the community that saved my life. THERE IS HOPE.
  • I'm speechless. And heartbroken. When Ronnie was asked if there's hope and he said sometimes, but he didn't know what kind of future he was going to have. That he could die in the next 20 minutes. It's heart-wrenching. That was 2 years ago! I hope he is still alive and he has found a way out of his addiction. 🙏🏽
  • @PastaSausta
    Can we just stop and give a shoutout to those people out there everyday saving lives! Those people are doing an extremely tough and dangerous job, but they are out there doing it. It looks so easy, but they see a lot of terrible things out there, and ultimately, they don’t have to be out there doing this. There are many other jobs. I have upmost respect for them. Mad respect!!! ❤
  • @yummee4059
    Spike seems truly like an amazing soul. Just lost. Amazing to hear how he is so proud of his son he raised. I hope he gets better.
  • That drug dealer is honestly the most honest, straight up and down guy I’ve ever saw in these type documentaries. Most dudes try to brag and boast they got this and that, but he just telling it like it is.
  • @BigJordan92708
    I’m 30 now and Ive lost So many friends I’ve known my whole life since childhood gone, so many friends I’ve met an known for 5yrs,10yrs, 15yrs gone, extended family members gone, all from overdoes from Fentanyl smh. The most devastating part is all them are 30 and younger and their parents have to bury their children and are out living their kids and now have to carry that pain with them into their 2nd half of life and will never be the same. I have a 7 yr old son and I can’t imagine anything bad happening to him. I pray for anyone still in active addiction and tell you there is still hope and you can overcome, also for parents or anyone who has unfortunately lost a loved one behind and overdose. Amen
  • Recovering opioid addict here. In recovery for 8 years. Do we know where Ronnie is and how he is? I wish I can help these souls... I know how devestatingly hard it is. To every addict reading or watching this... you can find recovery, you are a beautiful soul and you can heal and your life is worth so much... please don't give up...
  • @stacy1541
    I lost my boyfriend of two years a week ago to fentanyl. I found out he was using again and kicked him out after going through this same cycle last year. He went to rehab, but secretly began using again. I couldn't have my children exposed to it. Two months went by after kicking him out and hes dead. I'm struggling to cope with the guit. He messaged me all the time begging to come home. I kept saying no. I love you Brian Laronge, I'm so sorry.
  • 41:42 My heart sank for this poor guy. I was right where he's at in my late teens and all through my 20s. I was addicted to Opioids for 9 years , lost everything and everyone as my family had turned their backs on me. I too have a son who was a year and a half old when I started using. I could go on and on about the horrible things that happened to me through using including only being able to see my son when someone I didn't know stood by to supervise. I got clean on March 4th 2011 and I've been marching forth ever since!
  • On 12/11/23 at the age of 22 my younger brother died of a fentanyl overdose. One of the biggest things that I wished happened that night was that he told me he was going to relapse so that I could help him if he needed it. However I do agree with what was said about people using being ashamed of it and that's why I feel he didn't tell me. I found him 5 hours after he passed and it was the single most traumatic event in my almost 25 years of existence. Please if you're using fentanyl I urge you to get help, if anything else make sure you have someone there to keep you safe. You are loved and you are wanted in this life.
  • @EoCEoCEoC
    Ronnie "It's not living man it's dying". Saddest monologue in the whole movie. Ronnie is so eloquent. Obviously a smart guy.