在一年前有个青少年在夜总会外被谋杀，而悲剧发生一年后其他青少年同伴试图通过毒品﹑性爱和暴力来逃避现实，以应对无法确定的未来。

Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

讲述了摆脱毒瘾后的William Banks希望彻底告别过去的腐败，重头开始全新的生活。他暗下决心要帮助毒品吸食者戒毒。而所采用戒毒手段毫无慈悲可言，非传统而且非常冷酷。这其中所发生的各个瘾君子和他们的故事都将围绕William Banks 的人性展开……