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Based on Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, the series focuses on the birth of the opioid crisis, with an emphasis on Purdue Pharma, the company owned by Richard Sackler and his family that was the ...
- Matt Morton
- English
- United States
- Peter Berg
Painkiller: Created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster. With Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi. The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
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- 3 min
- TV-MA
- 6
Aug 10, 2023 · Painkiller, a Netflix drama out Aug. 10, follows the mint green OxyContin pill’s trail of destruction from the very top—Richard Sackler ( Matthew Broderick ), the former chairman and president of...
Aug 18, 2023 · Each episode of Netflix’s Painkiller, a six-part drama examining the Sackler family’s complicity in the creation and growth of the opioid epidemic, opens with the bereaved parent of a young...
- Ellin Stein
Aug 17, 2023 · Based both on Barry Meier’s book, Pain Killer: An Empire Of Deceit And The Origin Of America’s Opioid Epidemic, and on Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker story Empire of Pain, Painkiller...
- 3 min
Aug 10, 2023 · Painkiller tells the story of the rise of OxyContin, a highly addictive drug manufactured and sold by Purdue Pharma in the 1990s and 2000s. The six-episode show takes focus on a fictional...
Aug 7, 2023 · Updated Aug 7, 2023. This Netflix limited series will unveil one of the biggest betrayals in the history of medicine. Image via Netflix. Quick Links. When and Where Is Painkiller Premiering? Is...
