I saw this programme which BBC bought from Disney, got a mention on the thread about recommended series. It's such an overwhelming subject in its miscarriage of justice, it will as one poster commented on that thread, "leave the viewer reeling"
In a nutshell it's about The Purdue Pharmaceutical Company owned by the Sackler family who introduced the opioid painkiller, OxyContin, very much with the emphasis that it would be completely non addictive. Trialled in poor mining areas such as West Virginia where injuries from the nature of dangerous work in mining, patients were encouraged to use this new miracle drug. What followed was a wave of addiction to opium derived drugs in rural America, which brought devastation, misery and death in the tens of thousands. Anyone who has read the excellent book Demon Copperhead will be familiar with the nature of the content in Dopesick.
8 episodes, a very good cast including Michael Keaton well worth watching.
