STREET TALK
Drugs don’t work — harrowing tales of addiction and long roads to recovery in South Africa
Peer pressure, gateway drugs, and the ‘glamorous’ appeal of chasing the euphoria — when you start taking drugs, you never think it's going to turn into dependence.
The more you do it, the more you rely on the high for comfort, for courage, and for an escape. How do drug addictions happen? How do people ask for help? This group of recovering addicts share their stories.
This film was produced by Street Talk.
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