Dopesick (2021)

The true story of how America got hooked on a lie.

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.

Dopesick

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as Samuel Finnix

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

as Rick Mountcastle

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Richard Sackler

as Billy Cutler

John Hoogenakker

John Hoogenakker

as Randy Ramseyer

as Betsy Mallum

as Bridget Meyer

as Michael Friedman

Cleopatra Coleman

Cleopatra Coleman

Mare Winningham

Mare Winningham

as Diane Mallum

as Jonathan Sackler

as John Brownlee

as Amber Collins

Brendan Patrick Connor

Brendan Patrick Connor

as Howard Udell

as Beth Sackler

as Theresa Sackler

Andrés Erickson

Andrés Erickson

as Mortimer D.A. Sackler

Jaime Ray Newman

Jaime Ray Newman

as Kathe Sackler

Lawrence Arancio

Lawrence Arancio

as Raymond Sackler

as Paul Mendelson

as Jerry Mallum

as Karen Johnson

as Elizabeth Ann McClung

as Dr. Alan Spanos

Rebecca Wisocky

Rebecca Wisocky

as Cynthia McCormick

Carolee Carmello

Carolee Carmello

as David Haddox

as Paula Greene

as Grant Simmons

as Marianne Skolek

as Louis Melton

as Sister Beth Davies

as Arthur Sackler

as Regina Carter

Annabelle Toomey

Annabelle Toomey

as Catherine Brownlee as Thompson Brownlee

as Sharon Burnham

as Dr. Hershel Jick

as Shelly Finnix

as Maureen Sara

Spencer Garrett

Spencer Garrett

as Larry Berger

as Rudy Giuliani

as Alice Fisher

Susan Halsey Singer

Susan Halsey Singer

as Perdue Employee (uncredited)

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

First bottle
1x2

Breakthrough pain
1x3

The 5th vital sign
1x4

Pseudo-addiction
1x5

The whistleblower
1x6

Hammer the abusers
1x7

Black box warning
1x8

The people vs. purdue pharma

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