Michael Keaton got the opportunity to show his dramatic chops in 1988’s “Clean and Sober,” in which he gave a blistering, award-winning performance as a successful real estate agent who goes down the deep dark rabbit hole of cocaine addiction And now 33 years later, he has returned to the harrowing world of addiction in Hulu’s new limited series “Dopesick.”
Based on the acclaimed non-fiction book, “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America” by Beth Macy, the series looks at the deadly opioid crisis that has killed over 800,000 people since the 1990s when the Sackler family’s company Purdue Pharma introduced the highly addictive painkiller Oxycontin, which was advertised as far less habit-forming than other medications. However, Purdue Pharma had their salespeople and reps wine and dine doctors to prescribe the medication in higher doses and to keep them on the painkiller longer than needed.
Keaton plays Dr.
Based on the acclaimed non-fiction book, “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America” by Beth Macy, the series looks at the deadly opioid crisis that has killed over 800,000 people since the 1990s when the Sackler family’s company Purdue Pharma introduced the highly addictive painkiller Oxycontin, which was advertised as far less habit-forming than other medications. However, Purdue Pharma had their salespeople and reps wine and dine doctors to prescribe the medication in higher doses and to keep them on the painkiller longer than needed.
Keaton plays Dr.
- 11/21/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
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