![]() ![]() Betsy tries to replace Oxycontin with prayer and exercise.Sadly, many prescription opioid abusers - including Betsy - end up turning to heroin when Oxycontin becomes difficult to obtain.The AA leader and the medical board both hold the opinion that suboxone and methadone treatment for opioid abuse is merely replacing one addiction with another.Richard Sackler ( Michael Stuhlbarg), the head of R&D and of marketing, and later president, of Purdue Pharma who led the development and distribution of the drug.Billy Cutler ( Will Poulter), a Purdue sales rep who pushes the drug to doctors, including Dr. ![]() Rick Mountcastle ( Peter Sarsgaard) and Randy Ramseyer ( John Hoogenakker), a pair of federal prosecutors from Virginia who start building a case against Purdue in the 2000s.Bridget Meyer ( Rosario Dawson), a DEA agent who starts looking into Purdue in the 90s when she sees how people are getting addicted to it on the streets.Betsy Mallum ( Kaitlyn Dever), a young coal miner in Finch Creek who starts taking the drug after injuring herself at work and slips into addiction.Samuel Finnix ( Michael Keaton), a medical doctor in Finch Creek, a small town in Virginia, who starts prescribing Oxy to his patients It takes place over several years, from the drug's development and launch in the early to mid-90s to legal action taken against Purdue Pharma in the 2000s. Dopesick focuses on the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction across the U.S., specifically the drug Oxycontin. The first three episodes of the eight-episode series were released on Octoon Hulu. Dopesick is an American drama miniseries created by Danny Strong. ![]()
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