Should you watch Dopesick?
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Dopesick
Series · 2021
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.
The sides of Dopesick
- A drug company selling OxyContin
- A small-town doctor in a mining community
- Investigators chasing the company
Dopesick is good for you if…
- you want to understand how the opioid epidemic began.
- you like seeing how a pharmaceutical company and its owners shaped a whole crisis.
- you like Michael Keaton as a trusting country doctor.
Dopesick is bad for you if…
- you can't watch addiction and overdoses on screen.
- you lose track when a story jumps between years and several storylines.
About: addiction · greed · justice
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