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How to Fix a Drug Scandal is an American true crime documentary miniseries that was released on Netflix on April 1, 2020.
- Documentary Crime
How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Created by Josh Adler. With Shannon O'Neill, Karl Kenzler, Paul Solotaroff, Daniel Marx. Two Massachusetts drug-testing laboratory technicians are caught tampering with and falsifying drug evidence, and prosecutors are reluctant to disclose the full extent of their criminal behavior.
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- 2020-04-01
- Documentary, Crime
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Watch How to Fix a Drug Scandal | Netflix Official Site. Two drug lab chemists' shocking crimes cripple a state's judicial system and blur the lines of justice for lawyers, officials and thousands of inmates. Watch trailers & learn more.
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- April 1, 2020
- A Jigsaw Production
- Drug Chemists Aren’T A Thing on TV
- Sonja Farak, Football Star
- Shannon O’Neill
- It’S A Show About Mental Health
- “Hi, I’m Mat” Mat
- ACLU and Olivia Wilde
- It Passes The Bechdel Test
- One of The Largest Mass Dismissals of Criminal Convictions in U.S. History
- Flaw and Order, Mass Exoneration Unit
This mini docuseries was produced by Jigsaw Productions, the very same production company that worked on the memorable documentaries Citizen K, American Jihad, and Water and Power: A California Heist. Director Alex Gibney of Jigsaw Productions has been called "one of the most important documentarians of our time" by Esquire, and even The New York T...
In the first episode, audiences are revealed a very important fact about television - drug chemists aren’t actually a thing on television. In the documentary, Heather Harris, a forensic chemist, states that drug chemists don't make for compelling television. She states "you aren't going to find a Forensic Files or a CSI: Miami that covers a drug ca...
Sonja Farak, one of the drug chemists put in the spotlight in the documentary, first made headlines when she was the first girl in Rhode Island to play high school footballin a public school system! Specifically speaking, she played on the line on offense and defense. RELATED: The 10 Best Football Movies Ever Made, According to Rotten Tomatoes Whil...
In the documentary, an actress plays Sonja Farak for B-roll scenes, and that actress is Shannon O’Neill. According to IMDb, she’s appeared in HBO’s High Maintenance and will star as Angie in Make America Bake Again, which is currently in production. While she's gaining traction in the television world, she has much deeper roots in the theater world...
First and foremost, this show is about the utter importance of mental health. Throughout the show, many interviewees state that this isn’t really about a drug problem, it’s about a problem that’s been going on way before drugs came in the picture - mental health. Since very few people willingly dabble in drugs, it’s more of a question to ask “why i...
No shot is filmed on accident. In episode 3 of How to Fix a Drug Scandal, there’s a shot of a mat with text that says “Hi, I’m Mat.” In the next shot, it shows the educational diplomas of Matt Segal, Legal Director for ACLU of Massachusetts. RELATED: Wicked Good: 10 Great Movies Set In Boston Matt is short for Matthew, and the mat is a play on word...
In episode 3, audiences are introduced to the ACLU and its involvement in the case. In one scene, there’s an ACLU poster, and on it is a woman that looks eerily similar to actress and producer, Olivia Wilde. And surprisingly, it’s actually her! According to the ACLU, she became a voice for the ACLU in 2012, which is right around the time when the S...
The Bechdel Testis a test that measures the representation of women in fiction. While this series isn't fiction, it would've passed this infamous test if it was. Most of entertainment usually involves male characters or people in some way as the key players of a story, but this documentary shows that that isn't always the case. For How to Fix a Dru...
According to Matt Segal, Legal Director of ACLU of Massachusetts, the justice system is set up to where it is "so easy to hold onto a wrongful conviction and so hard to overcome it." Yet, the cases of Sonja Farak and Annie Dookhan became "one of the largest mass dismissals of criminal convictions in United States history." These simple statements c...
In the last couple of minutes of the mini-series, there seems to be a reunion at a local Boston restaurant, where many of the key players in the series appear. This is when Matt Segal reveals a T-shirt to commemorate their time on this case. The T-shirt references the popular television show, Law and Order, but instead of saying Law and Order, it s...
Apr 1, 2020 · How to Fix a Drug Scandal tells the true story of two chemists who tampered with evidence in thousands of drug cases, leading to overturned convictions. The series explores the systemic failures and cover-ups that allowed the scandals to happen and their impact on justice.
In 2013, Massachusetts State Police arrested 35-year-old crime drug lab chemist Sonja Farak for tampering with evidence: and that was only the beginning.
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- Netflix
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A true-crime series about two drug lab chemists who framed thousands of people for drug crimes in Massachusetts. See ratings, reviews and watch trailers of this miniseries on Rotten Tomatoes.
