Use Once and Destroy is a Canadian short film, written and directed by John L'Ecuyer and released in 1995.
[1] Created as a student project in L'Ecuyer's second year of film studies at Ryerson University, the film features L'Ecuyer narrating the story of his own prior experiences as a heroin addict.
[2] Made for just $250,[2] the film's genesis resulted from a magazine asking L'Ecuyer to write an article about his experiences as an addict.
[3] L'Ecuyer's feature film debut, Curtis's Charm, premiered at the same festival.
[4] L'Ecuyer subsequently published a memoir of his experiences as a drug addict, also titled Use Once and Destroy, in 1998.