🎬 Documentary

DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip

"A smashingly effective piece of investigative reporting, Dopesick: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip delivers in its deeply human portrayal of a problem that won't go away, and can no longer be dismissed."

⭐ 7.5/10 2016 52m Dir. Shawney Cohen

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This VICE feature film follows the lives of people in Alberta, Canada, affected by the powerful opioid drug fentanyl. The underlying source of the fentanyl crisis in the country goes back to 2012, when the notorious prescription painkiller OxyContin was pulled from pharmacy shelves in lieu of a "safer" alternative called OxyNeo. In response to the change, counterfeit fentanyl disguised as fake OxyContin pills started popping up, proliferated, and ended up sparking a full-on crisis in the country-with Canada's west becoming a major epicenter.

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7.5/10 2 votes

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Year
2016
Runtime
52m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
2
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Shawney Cohen 👤 Shawney Cohen

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DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip has a runtime of 52m ( and 52 minutes).
DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip was directed by Shawney Cohen and released in 2016.
DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip is a Documentary film (2016).
The cast of DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip includes Shawney Cohen.
DOPESICK: Fentanyl's Deadly Grip has a TMDB rating of 7.5/10 based on 2 votes.

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