Love is the Drug tells the story of Heather Edney’s drug user organizing which began with the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program. The film brings together a trove of archival materials: Edney’s appearances on television, photographs, zines, flyers, and community health education videos with new 16mm footage. Love is the Drug ultimately asserts that the archive is not a scene of redemption, but rather a cinematic apparatus that can teach us about durational love.