Sheriff Bonner was initially written as a white southern hick, but Producer Frank Mancuso, Jr suggested making the character black.
The events of the film happen over the course of a year as evidenced in Hadley's house parties. Alicia enters Hadley's world during a Valentine's Day party, and she overdoses after a Halloween party.
In the scene where Alicia trashes her room, Mia Kirshner scratches herself so hard that she actually drew blood.
The scene where Hadley injures her wrist was shot in the same cement factory as The Crow: City of Angels, which also starred Mia Kirshner.