The Last Stop is an upcoming documentary about the Elan School in Poland, Maine - one of the most controversial therapeutic boarding schools that ever existed.
"Inspired by his own battle with heroin addiction, Mr. Ricci founded Elan in 1970 with the late Dr. Gerald Davidson primarily as a drug rehabilitation center. Elan's treatment philosophy was based on confrontation; the program used shouting, costumes and humiliation as tools to make addicts face their problems." - New York Times
Here is the full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/sty...