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Based on real people and true events, Nordeast Boys is a story of
two brothers and a best buddy whose lives are forever altered after
dramatic encounters with drugs. Rocky starts experimenting with
alcohol and drugs at an early age, and by seventeen, his
experimentation escalates into heroin addiction. Drafted at the
height of the Vietnam war, he gets kicked out of the Army for
dubious reasons. He struggles for years before kicking his habit
and beginning a twelve year period of sobriety, during which he
establishes a Narcotics Anonymous group to help others battle their
addictions. Rocky earns a good job and accumulates wealth and
property; yet he loses everything when he relapses and becomes
addicted to the most insidious drug of all. Rocky's older brother
Brett strives diligently to escape his environment and modest
upbringing. He works his way through college, gets married,
performs an honorable stint in the Army, and begins a promising
career. Along the way he gets involved in some harrowing
situations; including being tricked into smoking near-pure,
Vietnamese heroin, a physical and emotional disaster. As a result,
Brett vows never to touch drugs again. Brett's best-buddy Charlie
is a street-wise kid looking for an easy buck. Charlie tries
marijuana on a dare. Not only does he enjoy it, he realizes its
profit potential. Passing on an opportunity to attend college, he
begins dealing marijuana and amphetamine pills, eventually evolving
into a major drug lord selling heroin and other narcotics. But
Charlie's Catholic upbringing plus his family's knowledge of his
livelihood cause him shame and he begins using heroin to alleviate
his anxiety. Following a friend's overdose and a painful end to his
marriage, Charlie's emotional load becomes too heavy and he teeters
on the brink of suicide. One of these men will experience a
profound, unexpected event - transforming his life forever. Who
will it be?
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