{"id":14634,"date":"2021-01-19T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/?p=14634"},"modified":"2022-07-04T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:46:50","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-anti-drug-messiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drogriporter.hu\/en\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-anti-drug-messiah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Drug Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sanpa, a new miniseries now featured on Netflix<\/a>, tells the story about how a man\u2019s dream of saving people from addiction turned into a nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Where is the line between therapy and abuse? What is the difference between an autonomous community and a total institution? Do people struggling with addictions have free will?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These rather philosophical questions are the focus of Cosima Spender’s new TV show, Sanpa, which is now available on Netflix. But the miniseries is far from a theoretical treatise on ethical questions. It is the story of a therapeutic community (San Patrignano<\/a>), led by a charismatic leader (Vincenzo Muccioli), whose mission is to help drug users. It tells the story of how this community became paradise for some – and hell for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 70s Muccioli, surrounded by a group of followers, established his spiritual community on his family farm near Coriano, a small Italian town. He offered a solution to people who were hooked on heroin, which had spread rapidly on the streets of Italy at that time. \u201cCome to us and we will not only help you to recover but you can be part of something bigger, a loving and caring community,\u201d he told them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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