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Painkiller is an American drama television miniseries created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Based on Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, the series focuses on the birth of the opioid crisis, with an emphasis on Purdue Pharma, the company owned by Richard…
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Src English # Review of Painkiller: When ambition forgets ethics Hello dear friends of Movies & TV Shows, it's a pleasure to be here once again. This time I'll be sharing a review of a miniseries that I liked quite a lot. It is not among my favorites, because I think it became somewhat monotonous, but it does address a subject that catches me, and that is the subject of drugs and the pharmaceutical industry. It has…More
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I haven't been very impressed with Netflix's offerings in the past few months. So much so to the point where when my subscription "piggybacking" on someone else's account was rejected that I decided to just not have a Netflix account anymore. I still get all the new shows and movies if I want them through my Plex account though. Someone else is responsible for getting the "good stuff" on to Plex and I am subjected t…More
Hot topic - prescription drugs Although I watched a ton of movies and tv shows lately, I had no interest in reviewing them simply thanks to my medication. I slept through a lot of days simply because I was too high on tramadol. And that is exactly why I wanted to watch this mini-series on Netflix about another opiate, OxyContin. I knew this was even heavier stuff than the Tramadol I'm currently taking for my back pa…More
If you were to go on Google right now and type in “opioid pandemic” you would be amazed at all that is going on in the United States regarding this. The truth is I had no idea of the impact it was having even though I already knew of its existence. In today's review, I want to tell you about a miniseries that is trending right now on Netflix: Painkiller . > Si en este momento entrarás a Google y escribiera "Pandemia…More