The Best Addiction & Recovery Documentaries

Internet & Digital Life - 21 free documentaries about addiction & recovery.

Start with What Actually Happens When You Overdose On Heroin (43 min, VICE), then The Crystal Meth Epidemic Plaguing Fresno (19 min, VICE). All 21 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on addiction & recovery is Dreamland by Sam Quinones.

• What Actually Happens When You Overdose On Heroin (43 min, VICE)
• The Crystal Meth Epidemic Plaguing Fresno (19 min, VICE)
• Fentanyl: The Drug Deadlier than Heroin (52 min, VICE)
• Can Pot Help Opioid Users Get Clean? | WEEDIQUETTE (23 min, VICE)
• The Geriatric Ravers Still Smashing Drugs: Gravers | High Society (22 min, VICE)
• The Meth Epidemic (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Smoking Weed with the President of Uruguay | WEEDIQUETTE (28 min, VICE)
• America's Fentanyl Problem (Narcotics Documentary) Real Stories (53 min, Real Stories)
• Can Weed Help Trauma from Gang Violence & Police Brutality? (23 min, VICE)
• New Crystal Meth is Stronger Than Ever | High Society (22 min, VICE)
• Opioid Tragedy: Inside the Fentanyl Crisis | Ten Dollar Death Trip (53 min, ENDEVR)
• How Online Gambling Took Hold Of Philippines And Indonesia: Will The Crackdowns Help? | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Thailand's Deadly Drug War On Meth: A New Epidemic | Insight (45 min, CNA Insider)
• Poland’s fentanyl crisis (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside America's Opioid Epidemic (53 min, Real Stories)
• The Real Cost of the Online Gambling Explosion | Breaking the Deadlock (57 min, PBS)
• What Happens Inside Singapore's Drug Rehabilitation Centre? | Breaking The Habit - Part 1/2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Curse Of Crystal Meth: Addiction, Trafficking & Dangerous Production Exposed | Addicted - Ep 1/3 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Prescribing Death: Inside America's Opioid Crisis (55 min, Real Stories)
• The Fentanyl Epidemic - How This Drug Transforms Cities Into Zombieland (44 min, ENDEVR)
• Offered Drugs On Release Day 1: Can These Inmates Stay Clean? | Breaking The Habit - Part 2/2 (47 min, CNA Insider)

Top-Rated Books About Addiction & Recovery

1. Dreamland by Sam Quinones (4/5) - View on Amazon
2. Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari - View on Amazon
3. Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
4. Dopesick by Beth Macy (4.2/5) - View on Amazon