How to Fix a Drug Scandal

2020 · 50m · TMDB 7.0/10 (38 votes)

DocumentaryCrime

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About How to Fix a Drug Scandal

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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
7.0/10 from 38 votes
Seasons
1
Episodes
4

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 1

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S1 E152 min

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.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 2 votes

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S1 E260 min

Episode 2

Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

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S1 E351 min

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.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

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S1 E448 min

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.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

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