Erin Lee Carr
Director
How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020)
Season 1
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.
Released April 1, 2020
Episode 52 min
17+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.drug-crime, tmdb.drug-addiction, tmdb.cocaine, tmdb.chemist, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, tmdb.evidence-room, tmdb.miniseries + 5 more, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.netflix-original, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.crime-documentary, imdb.true-crime
Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Production Companies: Jigsaw Productions, Abstract
Network: Netflix
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Episode 1
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
April 1, 2020, midnight
8.0
S1E2 - Episode 2
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
April 1, 2020, midnight
8.0
S1E3 - Episode 3
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.
April 1, 2020, midnight
8.0
S1E4 - Episode 4
The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.
April 1, 2020, midnight
Network: Netflix
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 211 min.
Released: April 1, 2020
Last Air Date: April 1, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+
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