Fentanyl: The Drug Deadlier than Heroin

Patrick mcguire is the executive producer of FENTANYL: THE DRUG DEADLIER THAN HEROIN (2016)…

One of the first documentaries to expose the human impact of the fentanyl crisis in Canada, and the world at large, Fentanyl: The Drug Deadlier than Heroin has been viewed over 5 million times on YouTube alone.

Directed by Shawney Cohen, and based off of the enterprising reporting of Allison Tierney, this unhosted feature-length documentary follows a host of characters in Canada's western oil-rich city Calgary, and a nearby First Nation — the Blood Tribe — a notorious hotbed of Fentanyl abuse.

AWARDS:

• 2017 Canadian Screen Awards - Winner: Best Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction