7 Days: The Opioid Crisis in Arkansas | Opioid Awareness in Arkansas

7 Days: The Opioid Crisis in Arkansas is an intimate documentary illustrating the effects of the current opioid crisis in Arkansas. It provides a unique lens into the state’s crisis by sharing presonal stories from Arkansans who have suffered from addiction, their families, and those who are fighting to bring an end to opioid use, misuse, and addiction,

The film documents the progression of addiction that begins as help for patients in severe pain as it builds until the cravings are uncontrollable and the need for stronger opioids take addicts down roads they never expected to travel. The film also provides insight into the growing use of fentanyl, the life-threatening dangers surrounding it, the loss it has caused, and startling facts about this drug.  

BE ADVISED: Actual footage of real-time, medical emergencies due to overdoses occur at 0:01-0:39, 24:41-25:05, and 25:20-25:49.