Crime of the Century: How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis

Dr.Docs' Take

Crime of the Century is Alex Gibney's forensic case that the opioid epidemic was not an accident but a business plan, one that has helped kill more than half a million Americans since 1999. I drop the jokes for this one entirely. It traces the marketing, the lobbying and the pill mills straight back to the boardrooms. A cold, careful account of a massacre committed with paperwork and prescriptions.

This documentary, drawn from the work of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, investigates how the pharmaceutical industry helped fuel America's opioid crisis. It examines the marketing, profits and regulatory failures behind an epidemic that has killed hundreds of thousands since 1999. Through its reporting, the film builds a damning account of corporate greed and public tragedy. For anyone following the opioid story, it is a powerful and infuriating watch. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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