Drying Up the Streets (1978)
- Directed by
- Robin Spry
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 3.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mother tries to help her teenage son who becomes addicted to heroin. The film shows the difficulties of dealing with addiction and the failures of the social systems meant to help.
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What happens
Drying Up the Streets is a 1978 Canadian feature from Robin Spry produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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