A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Cast:Patrick Radden Keefe , Edward Byrne , Kadrolsha Ona Carole , Barry Meier , Art Van Zee , Anna Lembke , Lynn Webster , Alec Burlakoff , Paul Pelletier , Sidney Caleb Lanier , Lenny Bernstein , Andrew Kolodny , Joe Rannazzisi , Jonathan Novak , Sari Horowitz , Giles Sartin , Gary Blinn , Scott Higham
Purdue Pharma's aggressive promotion of the highly addictive OxyContin lays the groundwork for America's opioid crisis.
While pharmaceutical companies mass-market the synthetic opioid fentanyl, lawmakers continue to grease the opioid pipeline.