2023
114 min
The true story of how America got hooked on a lie.
The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one-percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.
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Premiere DateOct 14, 2021
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Cast
- Michael Keaton as Samuel Finnix
- Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Richard Sackler
- Kaitlyn Dever as Betsy Mallum
- Will Poulter as Billy Cutler
- Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer
- John Hoogenakker as Randy Ramseyer
- Will Chase as Michael Friedman
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References
S01E01 First Bottle
Richard Sackler begins to launch a powerful new painkiller, a rural doctor is introduced to the drug, a coal miner plans her future, a DEA Agent learns of black market pills, and federal prosecutors decide to open a case into OxyContin.
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- S01
