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What Painkiller Gets Exactly Right — and What It Made Up to Dramatize the Opioid Crisis

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Margeaux Sippell

Netflix’s Painkiller tells the dramatized story of Purdue Pharma, which aggressively marketed the highly addictive painkiller Oxycontin. Here’s what’s real about the limited series, and what’s made up.

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Margeaux Sippell

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