Nicolas DeSarno

-- Winning Video of the 2016 DMAC Contest --

You never how Heroin will affect a person and a family until you have that personal experience and for me it was truly THE UNIMAGINABLE...

The voices you hear are real addicts who are now clean from Heroin and there are two other voices one is a sister who lost her brother due Heroin and a mother who lost her son due to Heroin. These people have seen and heard the worst of this drug, it is truly unimaginable.

When someone is addicted to Heroin we often only think of the addict's perspective. We associate the disease with the person using and never look into what that addict's family is going through. Over the next three minutes, you will be meeting a mother who lost her son to a heroin overdose in 2014. You will see what an addict's life looks like through her perspective. This story is as real as you can get this disease affects anybody who is close to the individual who is using. The FBI of… Show more

When someone is addicted to Heroin we often only think of the addict's perspective. We associate the disease with the person using and never look into what that addict's family is going through. Over the next three minutes, you will be meeting a mother who lost her son to a heroin overdose in 2014. You will see what an addict's life looks like through her perspective. This story is as real as you can get this disease affects anybody who is close to the individual who is using. The FBI of Pittsburgh, PA has designed the H.O.P.E. Initiative (Heroin Outreach Prevention and Education) though the Speak Out To Save Lives contest to go around to local schools and communities in our state and across the country to educate people about this epidemic that is killing the next generation. Take a minute and share this video, you can make an impact on someone and possibly save their life.

When sharing this video use the hashtag #FRVIEWS
https://youtu.be/3JFr6kQJz3w

#FRVIEWS #Perspective
nicolasdesarno.com/heroin Show less

Heroin a cheap alternative to prescription narcotics/opioids. Heroin is the fastest growing drug on the streets today. Heroin is claiming more lives than any other drug. The young men in this video have seen the worst of this drug and being a slave to this drug. They are all recovered addicts and have a constant battle each day to remain clean and sober. There sobriety times range from a few months to over 4 years. They share their experience, advice and real stories to help teenages, young… Show more

Heroin a cheap alternative to prescription narcotics/opioids. Heroin is the fastest growing drug on the streets today. Heroin is claiming more lives than any other drug. The young men in this video have seen the worst of this drug and being a slave to this drug. They are all recovered addicts and have a constant battle each day to remain clean and sober. There sobriety times range from a few months to over 4 years. They share their experience, advice and real stories to help teenages, young adults, and just about anyone to understand the reality of heroin and educate on the true dangers of this drug. These are recovered addicts not actors, their stories and experiences are real and will be apart of them forever. This video was created for educational purposes to help raise awareness of the heroin epidemic in today’s world. This is sponsored by the FBI Drug Prevention Program H.O.P.E. All of the video content is copyright to Nicolas DeSarno and music is copyright to Amplify Church. Show less

An inside look of an addict's life and recovery.

Copyright to Nicolas DeSarno, all rights reserved

Winning video of TVT Competition 2015


The video that I am submitting from Franklin Regional Senior High School, is a “Documentary on Heroin”, the audience for this video are teenagers through adult. This disease effects everyone, no matter what the age. My objective for this video is to raise awareness on how the usage of heroin doesn't just effect the addict, but it also… Show more

An inside look of an addict's life and recovery.

Copyright to Nicolas DeSarno, all rights reserved

Winning video of TVT Competition 2015


The video that I am submitting from Franklin Regional Senior High School, is a “Documentary on Heroin”, the audience for this video are teenagers through adult. This disease effects everyone, no matter what the age. My objective for this video is to raise awareness on how the usage of heroin doesn't just effect the addict, but it also effects everyone around the addict. I have a very personal experience with addiction to heroin, my cousin passed away due to an over dose with the drug after being clean for seven months. I just wanted to have a way for people who have made it through the process of getting sober to be able to share their story and help people who are dealing with addiction because they are not alone and people will be there to support them. The process that I went through to create this documentary is: I called a young man from the House of Principles in West Palm Beach Florida, and he helped me get the interviews of the recovered and recovering addicts. I also went to downtown Pittsburgh to film all of the videos for my b-rolls over the interviews and stories. After those were done my aunt who has lost her son due to heroin told her story and my cousin who lost her brother due to heroin told her story as well. Everything in this video is copyright to me. Show less