The Crime of the Century

Matt Roush says...

Concluding Tuesday, this two-part documentary from Alex Gibney (The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley) and The Washington Post enlists whistleblowers and insiders to expose the machinations of Big Pharma and political operatives that allowed the over-production and distribution of synthetic opiates including Oxy Contin and fentanyl that have led to a half-million fatalities in the last 20 years. The report features first-person accounts from first responders, survivors and family members affected by this crisis of addiction fueled by corporate greed and government corruption.

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