25% of residents live below the poverty line, and in the last few years, use of crack cocaine in Seychelles has also increased. ![]() Many people told the programme that drugs are used to escape the trauma of poverty. It was the drug withdrawal making me sick.” We continued taking it until we ran out of drugs and that’s when I started getting sick. ![]() He said: “I was looking after the drugs for somebody else… we said we were going to try it just for one day. Stefan’s drug usage started from around the age of 12. Two brothers, Stefan and Roy (not their real names) are heroin-dependent – so was their mother. The documentary also captures the common reality of drug-dependency passed from parents to children. The documentary follows Jude’s journey towards recovery as he finally visits a councillor with hopes to recover from heroin-dependency. However, there is still hope for drug-users like Jude. She said: “Parents have to pay for it because they will send people to collect the money…Of course you’re scared, they threaten you, they said they will kill him.” “It is hard…it’s very painful.” She revealed her second son, Jude, is also using heroin and has been in and out of prison, where he is still able to buy the drug on credit. Ravinia Jean, a mother, shares the impact of her son’s death Tony, who was heroin-dependent and a friend of Fady’s. Throughout the film, individuals share details on the gruelling ripple effect of drugs in their communities and families. I still don’t know why I started smoking heroin, but part of it was just because I could – drugs were everywhere.” He added: “I became a stranger to my own mum, and my son was taken away.” Business was not picking up, sitting outside I decided to try my first couple of smokes, and that was it for five years. He told BBC Africa Eye how he was introduced to drugs: “I was 27 when I first took heroin. Meeting drug users, dealers, government officials and the communities caught in the middle, the film captures Fady’s journey as he gains first-hand access to their stories. ![]() Now free of heroin, he uses his experience and role as a support worker to show viewers the true extent of the drug epidemic, whilst confronting his own painful past and reconnecting with the people he loves. Presented by Joseph Fady Banane, the Seychellois support worker was one of the 10 percent.
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