{"id":144363,"date":"2024-12-18T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144363"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T09:35:17","slug":"his-name-is-ray-fentanyl-crisis-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144363","title":{"rendered":"His Name Is Ray (Fentanyl Crisis Documentary)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6mSY0kxhLlc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HIS NAME IS RAY puts a face on the growing fentanyl and homeless crises&#8217;, not through statistics or sweeping generalizations, but through the eyes of a man whose life has spiralled out of control. Ray once had it all \u2014 serving in the Coast Guard, a father, a husband, a man with a purpose. But his addiction took it all away. Now, the former sailor lives on the streets of Toronto with an entire population that has fallen through the cracks. With a remarkably intimate lens, the audience follows Ray on his precarious journey to get off the streets and back on the water, where in the ultimate achievement of the oblivion he craves\u2014he could just sail away from it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIS NAME IS RAY puts a face on the growing fentanyl and homeless crises&#8217;, not through statistics or sweeping generalizations, but through the eyes of a man whose life has spiralled out of control. Ray once had it all \u2014 serving in the Coast Guard, a father, a husband, a man with a purpose. 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