Trivia

During the home seizure scene, that occurs in the earlier moments of the film, the SWAT and DEA members appeared so real to the residents of the neighborhood that they called the police. Soon word spread that a home in town was being raided by the DEA and local residents began driving by to the point that production needed to be stopped. Although already notified the police had not received the notice and came by to temporarily shut down production as well. It wasn't until the residents of the neighborhood and the police were reassured that production was restarted. The filming and the confusion that ensued received the attention of a local newspaper which published an article on the event.

The film had a variety of locations used. Finding a police precinct was particularly challenging for the production as local towns were not willing to let the production film in their municipalities due to the subject matter. The production ended up using the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn NY for the police precinct in the film. The impound yard was in fact the employee parking lot at the zoo and the camera was framed to cut out zoo fixtures. In many cases an inch in one direction or another would have indicated a zoo fixture or sign.

During audience testing the film proved to be divisive with people either stating they loved it or hated it. The audience testing numbers showed that many who believed that drug use should be free and legalized had a strong negative view of the film while those who had been touched by addiction or lost family members due to drug use had a strong and positive view of the film.

To thank the New Milford town and School District (where several scenes were filmed) the production held a special premiere screening of the film prior to its worldwide release. The producers donated half of the proceeds to the school to thank them for their support and use during the film's production. Those proceeds went towards the continued refit of the school's auditorium. Chris Ryan (Billman and Co-Producer) presented the check to Superintendent Michael Polizzi in January of 2017.

The hazmat suit was donated generously by Daniel Lynch, a supporter of the filmmakers other projects, who joked to the filmmakers he was going to have a hard time explaining to his wife why they were getting a hazmat suit delivery.