Summaries

Dan Schneider, a small-town pharmacist in Louisiana, makes effort to identify his son's killer, which leads to his gathering of evidence against a prolific "pill mill" doctor in New Orleans.

In 1999, after losing his son in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans and lacking answers from police, a small town pharmacist - Dan Schneider - beats the odds when he embarks on a dogged pursuit to find and bring his son's killer to justice. But months later, the ripple effects of his son's addiction and tragic death would find him again when a troubling number of young, seemingly healthy people begin visiting Dan's pharmacy with high dose prescriptions for OxyContin. Sensing a crisis long before the opioid epidemic had gained nationwide attention, Dan stakes a mission: Save the lives of other sons and daughters within his community. Then take the fight to Big Pharma itself.

Details

Keywords
  • oxycodone
  • true crime
  • pharmaceutical company
  • opioid epidemic
  • corrupt pharmaceutical company
Genres
  • Crime
  • Documentary
Release date Feb 4, 2020
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-MA
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Netflix Site
Language English
Production companies The Cinemart

Box office

Budget $3000000

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Runtime 1h
Color Color
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