When The Smoke Clears

When the smoke clears is the story of three childhood friends and the year that will dramatically change their lives. The story opens with a flashback to the first time the three try drugs,and then zooms forward to them in their current setting as roommates.Chris is trying to finish getting his degree fom a local community college, Shawn works at a local movie theater the he is scamming from,and Raymond is trying to make a move to be a major player in the local drug trade.The story follows each one down their separate paths, Chris struggles to stay sane in his current surrounding,Shawn becomes more and more a drug addict, and Raymond becomes more ruthless as he loses ties to family.The film is a drama based on the events that change people's lives and make them ultimately stronger or weaker.