The eight-episode series is a devastating indictment of the American pharmaceutical industry. Nearly 1 million people have died in the US since 1999 from drug overdoses and over 70 percent of such deaths have involved an opioid.
If you want to spend a few minutes to understand how corporate power works to undermine justice in America, watch the New York Times mini documentary titled – A Secret Memo that Could Have Slowed an Epidemic. Paul Pelletier in New York Times documentary A Secret Memo That Could Have Slowed an Epidemic The memo…
Michael Keaton, Will Poulter and Kaitlyn Dever lead the cast of Dopesick, currently streaming via Star on Disney Plus, which is inspired by true events.