OxyContin

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

Netflix's Painkiller tells the dramatized story of Purdue Pharma, which aggressively marketed the highly addictive painkiller Oxycontin. Here's what's real…

8 months ago
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What Happened to Dr. Curtis Wright From Netflix’s Painkiller?

If you've seen Painkiller — Netflix's fictionalized drama series about the real pharmaceutical company that made prescription opioid OxyContin and…

9 months ago
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HBO’s Crime of the Century Questions Financial Incentives Behind Opioid Prescriptions

HBO’s two-part Crime of the Century documentary does a deep dive into the origins of the opioid epidemic — and the…

3 years ago