How to Fix a Drug Scandal
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4/1/2020Runtime
4 eps, 211 minsGenres
Overview
The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.
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A methodical examination of institutional failure and personal tragedy, this docuseries traces how one chemist's addiction to the drugs she was testing poisoned an entire criminal justice system. It builds from individual ruin to systemic indictment, leaving you shaken by how long the scandal went undetected.
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Luke Ryan
Self - Deffense Attorney
Shannon O'Neill
Sonja Farak
Scott Allen
Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
Shawn Musgrave
Self - Investigative Reporter
Paul Solotaroff
Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Karl Kenzler
Lawyer
Jared Olanoff
Self - Defense Attorney
Annie Dookhan
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Heather Harris
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist
Sonja Farak
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Linda Farak
Self - Sonja's Mother
Deborah Becker
Self. Reporter WBUR, Radio Station Boston
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