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* BigBad: While Purdue Pharma and some of its executives face consequences thanks to the DEA and the U.S. Attorneys, Richard Sackler, portrayed as the true mastermind of Oxycontin, remains unscathed. Bridget Meyer in particular focuses specifically on bringing Richard Sackler down, fantasizing about confronting him with all the loss and pain he has caused.
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* BigBad: While Purdue Pharma and some of its executives face consequences thanks to the DEA and the U.S. Attorneys, Richard Sackler, Sackler is portrayed in this series as the true mastermind of Oxycontin, remains unscathed. Oxycontin. Bridget Meyer in particular focuses specifically on bringing Richard Sackler down, fantasizing about confronting him with all the loss and pain he has caused.
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* JunkieParent: Jesse's mother.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While Purdue Pharma and some of its executives face consequences thanks to the DEA and the U.S. Attorneys, Richard Sackler, the man most responsible for the misery in the show, remains unscathed.]]
%%* JunkieParent: Jesse's mother.
%%* JunkieParent: Jesse's mother.
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* CompositeCharacter: Most of them. Billy and Amber are composites representing the duelling perspectives on selling Oxycontin. Dr Finnix and Betsy are composites reflecting the "everyday" impact of addiction on doctors and their patients. Bridget Meyer is also a composite of many DEA agents. The only major characters that aren't composites are Rick Mountcastle, Randy Ramsayer, John Brownlee, and the Sacklers.
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* CompositeCharacter: Most of them. Billy and Amber are composites representing the duelling perspectives on selling Oxycontin. Dr Finnix and Betsy are composites reflecting the "everyday" impact of addiction on doctors and their patients. Bridget Meyer is also a composite of many DEA agents. The only major characters that aren't composites or fictional characters are Rick Mountcastle, Randy Ramsayer, John Brownlee, and the Sacklers.
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* CompositeCharacter: Most of them. Billy and Amber are composites representing the duelling perspectives on selling Oxycontin. Dr Finnix and Betsy are composites reflecting the "everyday" impact of addiction on doctors and their patients. Bridget Meyer is also a composite of many DEA agents.
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* CompositeCharacter: Most of them. Billy and Amber are composites representing the duelling perspectives on selling Oxycontin. Dr Finnix and Betsy are composites reflecting the "everyday" impact of addiction on doctors and their patients. Bridget Meyer is also a composite of many DEA agents. The only major characters that aren't composites are Rick Mountcastle, Randy Ramsayer, John Brownlee, and the Sacklers.
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''Dopesick'' is an American drama miniseries created by Danny Strong. The first three episodes of the eight-episode series were released on October 13, 2021 on {{Creator/Hulu}}. ''Dopesick'' focuses on the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction across the U.S., specifically the drug Oxycontin. It takes place over several years, from the drug's development and launch in the early to mid-90s to legal action taken against Purdue Pharma in the 2000s. The main cast is:
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''Dopesick'' is an American drama miniseries created by Danny Strong. The first three episodes of It is based on the eight-episode series were released on October 13, 2021 on {{Creator/Hulu}}.non-fiction book ''Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America'' by Beth Macy. ''Dopesick'' focuses on the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction across the U.S., specifically the drug Oxycontin. It takes place over several years, from the drug's development and launch in the early to mid-90s to legal action taken against Purdue Pharma in the 2000s. The main cast is:
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The first three episodes of the eight-episode series were released on October 13, 2021 on {{Creator/Hulu}}.
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* HateSink: Amber. Though she's far from the most powerful or instrumental person in the rise of [=OxyContin=], she is so [[SmugSnake smug]], self-satisfied, and completely unconcerned about the effects of the drugs. Even when Billy presents her with evidence of the addictiveness of the drugs, she dismisses it and says that the victims "deserved it",and openly makes clear that she doesn't care.
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* HateSink: Amber. Though she's far from the most powerful or instrumental person in the rise of [=OxyContin=], she is so [[SmugSnake smug]], self-satisfied, and completely unconcerned about the effects of the drugs. Even when Billy presents her with evidence of the addictiveness of the drugs, she dismisses it and says that the victims "deserved it",and it", and openly makes clear that she doesn't care.
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** Dr. Hershel Jick, who once sent a 5-sentence letter to the editor of a medical journal reporting an observation that less than 1% of patients given opiates while hospitalized become addicted. This letter, just an anecdote based on a brief and informal analysis of a tiny data set, was nonetheless touted by Purdue Pharma as a major, rigorous scientific study proclaiming the safety of opioids for the general public as part of their marketing campaign pushing the drugs on doctors and patients, leading to the opioid crisis. When Jick finds out about this years later, he's ''mortified''.
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** Dr. Hershel Jick, who once sent a 5-sentence letter to the editor of a medical journal reporting an observation that less than 1% of patients given opiates while hospitalized become addicted. This letter, which was just an anecdote based on a brief and informal analysis of a tiny data set, very small and specific dataset, was nonetheless touted by Purdue Pharma as a major, rigorous scientific study proclaiming the safety of opioids for the general public as part of their marketing campaign pushing the drugs on doctors and patients, leading to the opioid crisis. When Jick finds out about this years later, he's ''mortified''.
