HBO recently premiered a documentary series titled The Synanon Fix, which showcased the exploits of an organization called Synanon. Initially, this organization offered revolutionary drug ...

A California rehabilitation foundation for people addicted to heroin transformed into a "communal living experiment" with cult-like tendencies in the 1950s, according to a new documentary series.

Viewers of The Synanon Fix Season 1 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and their release. The Synanon Fix is a documentary series directed and produced by Rory Kennedy. Furthermore, ...

During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

Four months after Born In Synanon debuted on Paramount+, Synanon is getting the HBO documentary treatment with The Synanon Fix. The four-part docuseries covers a lot of the same ground, but all the ...

What happens when a rehab program that is supposed to cure addictions becomes addictive itself? That’s the story of Synanon, an organization that went from providing revolutionary therapy to becoming ...

“The Synanon Fix,” Rory Kennedy’s latest documentary, is a full-on immersion in the 30-plus years that were defined by Synanon’s promising rise and terrible fall. It began in 1958 as a landmark ...

Read up on the latest The Synanon Fix News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Explores the rise and fall of the Synanon organization through the eyes of the members who lived it, from ...

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Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its confrontational talk-therapy approach. As the program attracts non-addicts and ...