POWERLESS  |  Originally aired Feb. 13 on CBC-TV; Check your local listings for CBC Newsworld airings
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Powerless
The world of teenaged addiction is as frightening and confusing a place as any a parent will enter. Most rehab centres claim a 30 to 40 per cent success rate. AARC's founder says the facility works with "the worst of the worst" among addicted teens — yet it claims an extraordinary 80 per cent recovery rate of those that come through its doors. Gillian Findlay investigates the centre's claims of its success rate, as well as its controversial treatment program.
Powerless Credits

producer/director
MORRIS KARP

written by
GILLIAN FINDLAY

associate producer
ALEX ROSLIN

research
DANIELLE SUCHET
COLLEEN UNDERWOOD

editor
LORETTA HICKS

cinematography
JOHN BADCOCK CSC

additional cinematography
COLIN ALLISON
DOUG MONROE
PAUL SEELER
DOUG TRENT

audio
LARRY KENT

additional audio
KEITH BONNELL
JOE PASSARETTI
ERIC SCHRADER
graphic designers
TIM KINDRACHUK
AMEDEO DE PALMA

audio mix
DAMIAN KEARNS

archival material
BBC MOTION GALLERY
CTV ARCHIVE SALES

special thanks
JACK PERLOV MD FRCPC
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF PSYCHIATRY
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

BRUCE ALEXANDER
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHOLOGY
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

website producer
ROBERT BALLANTYNE

senior producer
SALLY REARDON

executive producer
DAVID STUDER

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