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The 2018 biographical film directed by Felix van Groeningen “Beautiful Boy”, adapts the memoirs of both father and son, David and Nic Sheff. The film…
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The song “Kevin” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis can be thought of as a follow-up to their song “Otherside”, a story about drug abuse and…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian-Puerto Rican parentage whose art reflected his obsession with capturing the dualities of life and the broader social…
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The song “Otherside” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis narrates a story about drug use and the descent into addiction. As a young man, Macklemore struggled…
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This series of in-depth interviews covers the difficulties that homeless men and women face with mental illness and drug abuse. A man named Cameron from…
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This song describes Neil Young’s grief from watching his friend and bandmate Danny Whitten fall into heroin addiction and die from an overdose. Image Credit…