Board of Supervisors - Mount Vernon District Alert:
The documentary Written Off is challenging conventional thinking about addiction. The 75-minute film tells the true story of a young man named Matt whose journals chronicle his 10-year struggle to escape dependency on prescription painkillers. By taking the viewer inside an individual’s fight against opioids, Written Off combats stigma and humanizes the victim like the movie Philadelphia did for HIV/AIDS.
Fairfax County is using the film to initiate community conversations about stigma in order to create an environment where talking about mental health and substance use disorder is no different than talking about cancer or diabetes.
Please plan to join us at an upcoming film screening and discussion:
Each of us can change the way we think about addiction, and together we can break down stigma and save lives. Learn more at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/community-services-board/news/2018/written-off-documentary.