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montanacowboy

(6,052 posts)
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 02:07 PM Oct 2021

Anyone watching "Dopesick"

Excellent series on Hulu about the corrupt Sackler family and Oxy.
These people are truly monsters, stopping at nothing to make money and knowing full well what they were doing.

Michael Keaton doing an excellent job as the doctor in a small WVA town who becomes addicted himself.

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Anyone watching "Dopesick" (Original Post) montanacowboy Oct 2021 OP
it is excellent. We are hooked. Thanks for posting. Hamlette Oct 2021 #1
I see what you did there! nt Shermann Oct 2021 #7
Yes, but I was really depressed after episode 4. I had to watch a different vsrazdem Oct 2021 #2
Yeah episode 4 was rough Sedona Oct 2021 #3
I watched The Forgotten Battle Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #6
I don't want to watch it because I was one of those sucked in RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #4
I'm stunned they got legal approval. Voltaire2 Oct 2021 #5

vsrazdem

(2,176 posts)
2. Yes, but I was really depressed after episode 4. I had to watch a different
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 02:17 PM
Oct 2021

show afterwards because I didn't want to go to bed thinking about that one. My daughter is in her final year of law school and is doing a paper on Purdue Pharma and this issue.

Sedona

(3,769 posts)
3. Yeah episode 4 was rough
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 02:23 PM
Oct 2021

Michael Keaton is amazing in this part.


I watch What We Do In The Shadows as a palette cleanser before bed.

(also on Hulu)

Voltaire2

(12,622 posts)
6. I watched The Forgotten Battle
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 03:04 PM
Oct 2021

As a break from Dopesick, lol, that was even more depressing. Also excellent.

RFCalifornia

(440 posts)
4. I don't want to watch it because I was one of those sucked in
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 02:27 PM
Oct 2021

I was given Oxycontin for my herniated disks in my back

Felt great, all day long, nice puffy clouds to climb on

Then the pain came back, and the doc upped my meds until I was on a really high dose

I took a look at where I was, sleeping until noon, going to bed at seven, not at all worried that I was laid off

I knew there was a problem and tapered off

That was one of the hardest things I ever did

Led me into a bender on alcohol for a few years

I still miss it

I still miss that feeling when it kicked in

Give me opiates when I am dying

It's a great palliative care drug

But for the living, stay the fuck away from that shit

Voltaire2

(12,622 posts)
5. I'm stunned they got legal approval.
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 03:01 PM
Oct 2021

They are not leaving anything out.

And yes it’s pretty fucking good.

Also I was sucked in by the 1% bullshit. A really effective pr campaign.

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