News Nearby: Student Filmmakers Tell Uncut Story of Naperville Youth Drug Culture
"Neuqua on Drugs" documentary reveals Naperville's drug problem encompasses bigger and deeper issues than solely heroin.
[Editor's note: In March Patch featured a Lisle family who struggled with their teenage son's recreational drug use. While this film focuses on Neuqua Valley High School students, we recognize these issues aren't contained to a single community.] Cocaine, ecstasy, whippits, Adderall, meth, MDMA, acid, magical mushrooms, marijuana - the list went on. About 30 other types of drugs students said they have tried were rattled off during the opening moments of the documentary “Neuqua on Drugs,” which played last night at 95th Street Library. Within those first minutes of the film, students made it clear that Naperville’s drug problem can’t be solely pinned on heroin. “It’s a whole culture that people get into,” said one student in the film…
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Karlie Baker
10:54 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Students recently started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds so they can produce and distribute DVDs of this documentary: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/835141374/neuqua-on-drugs-documentary?ref=users more ›