How to Fix a Drug Scandal

Name: How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2020-04-01
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Luke Ryan, Shannon O'Neill, Scott Allen, Shawn Musgrave, Paul Solotaroff

2020·Documentary·4 episodes

7.8

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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.

Created by Erin Lee Carr

drug addiction

cocaine

drug crime

miniseries

chemist

evidence room

Trailer

Where to Watch

Seasons

Season 1

4 episodes · 2020

Cast

Shannon O'Neill

Sonja Farak

Karl Kenzler

Lawyer

Crew

Erin Lee Carr

Director

Erin Lee Carr

Producer

Alex Gibney

Executive Producer

Popular Reviews

10 reviews

6.0★ · 12/27/24

I still don’t see how these women are related

Ciara

10.0★ · 05/24/21

The best docuseries of 2020–nuanced, empathetic, thorough and well-told; I don’t understand why folks don’t talk about it more. The antithesis of Tiger King, and all the stronger for it.

e phil

6.0★ · 12/31/20

Not sure it was fixed but

Valliehals

7.0★ · 07/26/26

Amelia

7.0★ · 12/06/24