April 24, 2025

Methadone Mile: Inside Boston’s Drug Epidemic

This video uncovers the complex reality behind Methadone Mile, speaking with everyone from Harvard doctors and crack dealers to addicts fighting for survival and those who have overcome addiction to help others. As they dig deeper, they explore how this notorious area came to be, uncovering how a single failed infrastructure project may have played a pivotal role in the hundreds now living on the streets of Boston. This episode is sponsored by Better Help.
April 24, 2025

Flood: The Overdose Epidemic in Canada

This documentary travels across Canada to discuss the magnitude of the opioid crisis / overdose epidemic and the importance of harm reduction initiatives across communities. You’ll learn about what harm reduction entails and why it is essential to combating this crisis because “since 2016, more than 12,800 Canadians lost their lives due to fatal overdoses.”
April 23, 2025

Gambling Interview – Archie Karas (Soft White Underbelly)

Soft White Underbelly interviews Archie Karas, a gambler who arrived in Las Vegas in 1995, gambling with just $50. He then turned it into $40 million within three years, but then lost it all in just three weeks. Archie Karas passed away at the age of 73 in 2024.
April 23, 2025

Do It for Her: Gambling Disorder Short Film

Bilal is silently struggling with the pressures of university, family life, and finances. As he searches for an escape, the devastating effects of a hidden addiction begin to consume every part of his life. Gambling has taken control, threatening everything he holds dear. Now, Bilal faces a critical decision: can he take the first step toward recovery, or will he lose everything and everyone he loves in the process?
April 23, 2025

Only Need to Win Once: Gambling Disorder Short Film

Teenager Brady Thornhill takes out a loan from an online payday site to feed his gambling habit. After losing it all, Bailiff Liam is sent to collect, pushing Brady deeper into a cycle of loans and online casinos, leading to a devastating spiral of depression and entrapment.
April 23, 2025

Pieces of a Dream: A Story of Gambling

When Phillip Wong died by suicide, his family believed that staying silent might ease their pain. But his sister, filmmaker Michelle Wong, felt compelled to understand what had led him to end his life at just 36 years old. Through intimate conversations with those who knew Phillip best and her own honest reflections, Michelle embarks on a deeply personal journey. As she gently unravels layers of silence, she uncovers Phillip’s hidden struggle with gambling disorder and his descent into isolation, desperation, and depression. Set against the contrasting backdrops of Las Vegas’s bustling casinos and the quiet streets of St. Paul, Alberta, the documentary lays bare the raw grief of those left behind. As feelings of guilt, sorrow, and shame surface, a once-fragmented family slowly begins to rebuild a sense of closeness. This powerful and heart-wrenching film captures one sister’s relentless search for truth and healing—for herself, her family, and others impacted by addiction.
April 23, 2025

The Psychology and Neuroscience of Gambling Disorder

In this presentation, Dr. Luke Clark, Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC, takes a closer look at the modern conceptualization of Gambling Disorder as a behavioural addiction. After a quick overview of how it’s diagnosed and how common it is, he explains the psychology and neuroscience of gambling disorder - how it can change the way people think and how these changes are connected to brain chemistry and the brain’s reward system.
April 23, 2025

Understanding Joy: The Devastation of a Gambling Addiction

Understanding Joy takes a deep look into the life of Joy, a 57-year-old woman whose gambling addiction led her to embezzle $700,000 from two employers. Now facing sentencing, Joy wrestles with the weight of her actions and tries to help her children — and herself — understand the grip of her gambling addiction.
April 23, 2025

Trapped in a Gambling Addiction That Almost Destroyed His Life

After struggling with gambling addiction, Ike Dweck slowly turned his life around. He has gone on to help others in need. He created the SAFE Foundation, an outpatient treatment program located in Brooklyn, New York. They serve as a reliable haven for those experiencing difficulties with cigarettes, vaping, prescription drug addiction, alcoholism, and compulsive gambling. In this video with That’s an Issue Podcast, he shares his inspiring journey from being a compulsive gambler to saving the lives of others struggling with addiction.