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Dope Is Death

Dope Is Death

2020·Movie·1h 18m

Documentary

7.0 / 10 (2 votes)

We will fight heroin & methadone addiction by any means necessary

The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.

Directed by
Mia Donovan
Original language
English
Released
6 March 2020

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

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    Mutulu Shakur

    Self