My Friend the Addict
The documentary follows the life of a "P" addict and the attempts to help her. Carthew Neal tries to get his best friend off methamphetamine and films the rocky process. When things don’t go to plan he searches for answers in a country gripped by a methamphetamine epidemic. He meets a woman with seven people in her family addicted and a mother who has spent $20,000 on her son’s habit.
Documentary
Primary Title
- My Friend the Addict
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 9 November 2005
Start Time
- 23 : 25
Finish Time
- 23 : 55
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- TV2
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Documentary
Episode Description
- The documentary follows the life of a "P" addict and the attempts to help her. Carthew Neal tries to get his best friend off methamphetamine and films the rocky process. When things don’t go to plan he searches for answers in a country gripped by a methamphetamine epidemic. He meets a woman with seven people in her family addicted and a mother who has spent $20,000 on her son’s habit.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
- Medical
Hosts
- Carthew Neal (Narrator)
Contributors
- Jude Callen (Network Executive)
- Annie Murray (Network Executive)
- Justin Pemberton (Executive Producer)
- Carthew Neal (Producer)
- Carthew Neal (Director)
- Fumes TV (Production Unit)