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Dope Is Death

Nan

1h 18m

2020

8 /10 (1)

We will fight heroin & methadone addiction by any means necessary

Overview

The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.

Country : Canada

Genre : Documentary

Languages : Not Available

Released Date: 2020-03-06

Cast : Mutulu Shakur

Director : Myriam Magassouba, Katie McKay, Ryan Mullins, Ramachandra Borcar, Cory Rizos, Mila Aung-Thwin

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