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How to Fix a Drug Scandal

How to Fix a Drug Scandal

TV-MA2020•50m•6.9/10
DocumentaryCrime

Ratings

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6.9/10(34)

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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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
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
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

Shannon O'Neill

Sonja Farak

Scott Allen

Self - Journalist, Boston Globe

Shawn Musgrave

Self - Investigative Reporter

Paul Solotaroff

Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone

Karl Kenzler

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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