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Dopesick

Series 1

First Bottle

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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Richard Sackler begins to launch a powerful new painkiller. But is the drug safe enough to be released? A rural doctor is introduced to the revolutionary powers of OxyContin by a driven pharmaceutical salesman.

A young coal miner plans her future, unaware of what lies ahead. A DEA agent learns about a racket in black market prescription pills. And federal prosecutors decide to open a case into Sackler's 'wonder drug'. Show less

Contributors

Dr Samuel Finnix:
Michael Keaton
Rick Mountcastle:
Peter Sarsgaard
Richard Sackler:
Michael Stuhlbarg
Billy Cutler:
Will Poulter
Randy Ramseyer:
John Hoogenakker
Betsy Mallum:
Kaitlyn Dever
Writer:
Beth Macy

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