Synopsis from Wikipedia: “Dopesick focuses on “the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction” across the U.S. on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Justice, and finally, on the legal case against Purdue Pharma and their development, testing and marketing of the drug OxyContin under the Sackler family.

The narrative takes place across different points in time and centers around numerous intertwining storylines, beginning with OxyContin’s initial launch and ending in the contemporary present following the Sacklers’ exoneration in court. Most of the characters are composites highlighting the broad effects of the opioid epidemic, with the exceptions of the Sackler family, several government figures, and prosecutors Rick Mountcastle and Randy Ramseyer.”

It screams of corruption and criminality, and is based on a true story, highlighting the very worst, and also the very best, of humanity.

Believing that people with dementia have been harmed by psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, is why I was inspired to watch this series.

It was disturbing. It was meaningful. It was deeply distressing.

However…

It has heightened my feelings of hopelessness of anything meaningful ever changing for people with dementia, and made me question everything single thing I am currently doing in terms of my research and activism.

It’s caused me to have a mild existential crisis, but more about that on another day!