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1000 · 236 mins · English
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Directed by
Alex Gibney
Starring
Edward Byrne, Patrick Radden Keefe, Alec Burlakoff, Roy Bosley, Lenny Bernstein, Scott Higham

Big Pharma sold America a lie and made a killing. The film delivers a searing indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, the political operatives, and lax government regulations that enable over‑production, reckless distribution and widespread abuse of synthetic opiates, revealing how profit‑driven decisions have devastated countless lives.

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