Sanpa : Limited series doc on Netflix about a rehab community in Italy and its controversial founder. Started with just a few, developed into a village hosting thousands, having a lot of support ... and funds. - Very good, i watched it in just two days. A lot of footage, and although i dont know the story i feel it's a 'fair' , balanced doc that let viewer decide for himself what to think, to form his own opinion.
Personaly i believe that 2-3 deaths [murders or 'suicides' i mean] only in many years with hundreds of addicts live and work together is an achievement, and not something they had to apologize for. Neither the harsh methods used and strict discipline annoys me much. What really annoys me is the saviour mentality, either that is plain "I will save you" or the more 'elegant' I will help you to save yourself. Not even doctors / surgeons have that mentality. - But I generaly dislike rehab communities, -both old-school 'arbeit macht frei' model and modern psychotherapy-based ones. Either them have saviour mentality or are just businness, it doesnt matter- , group-therapy, psychology related and all that shit ...
I think more appropriate is a medical , no-drama approach. Just reduce the addict to a reasonable but satisfying daily dose-s -heroin or substitute- and provide it to him to use in controlled enviroment, for lifetime if neccesary. Also have a person available if he wants to speak or ask for guidance.