How to Fix a Drug Scandal
TV-MA2020•50m•7.0/10
DocumentaryCrime
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.0/10(38)
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.
Production
Jigsaw Productions, Abstract
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
April 1, 2020
Last Aired
April 1, 2020
Networks
Netflix
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Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2020-04-01
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2020-04-01
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2020-04-01
Farak's disturbing confessions lay bare a broken system. Dookhan takes the fall in court, but suspicions of a high-level cover-up grow louder.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2020-04-01
The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.
Cast
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
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