Dopesick

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2021-10-13
Genre:Crime, Drama
Duration: min
Country:United States of America
Director:
Actors:Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter, John Hoogenakker
Production:The Littlefield Company, Danny Strong Productions, John Goldwyn Productions, 20th Television

Overview:

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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