Doctor Finnix begins to taper Betsy off OxyContin, Bridget sees the toll the drug is taking on communities, Rick and Randy investigate the world of "pain societies", and with sales climbing, Richard Sackler makes bigger plans for his new drug.

Dopesick Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - First Bottle
• s01e02 - Breakthrough Pain
• s01e03 - The 5th Vital Sign
• s01e04 - Pseudo-Addiction
• s01e05 - The Whistleblower
• s01e06 - Hammer the Abusers
• s01e07 - Black Box Warning
• s01e08 - The People vs. Purdue Pharma

Dopesick Show Summary

The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of 'one percenter' Big Pharma Manhattan.