Painkiller: release date, cast, plot and everything we know Painkiller is a scripted limited series that explores the opioid crisis in America. Here's what we know about the Netflix series. WhatToWatch · Aug 1, 2023
I’ve seen how overdose wrecks lives – why have the Sackler family members behind OxyContin avoided all charges? I filmed as activists held Purdue Pharma’s owners to account. Yet the US government has utterly failed to play its part, says film-maker Laura Poitras The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023
'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' chronicles Nan Goldin's career of art and activism Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Goldin discuss their Oscar-nominated documentary about efforts to remove the Sackler family name from prominent museums amid the opioid epidemic. WEKU · Feb 9, 2023
Artist Nan Goldin on addiction and taking on the Sackler dynasty: ‘I wanted to tell my truth’ Her battle against the billionaires who fuelled the opioid epidemic upended the art establishment. As a film about her life is released, she talks about family tragedy and her journey to activism The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022
‘Listening to the people’: Beth Macy on the opioids crisis and her Dopesick sequel, Raising Lazarus What’s next, the author asks, now the US has ‘a generation of users that started with heroin and fentanyl’ The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2022
The opioid crisis isn’t just the Sacklers’ fault – and making Purdue Pharma pay isn’t enough on its own to fix the pharmaceutical industry’s deeper problems You may have heard of the Sackler family and the role that they and their privately held company, Purdue Pharma, played in the opioid crisis. One TV series depicting the family as a villainous clan has earned 14 Emmy nominations. Another is in the works. The Conversation · Jul 26, 2022
‘A slow and toxic death’: Opioid crisis victims confront Sackler family with tales of horror at gruelling three-hour hearing Victims of the opioid crisis stared down the owners of Purdue Pharma and unleashed the pain they suffered over more than 20 years of terror caused by a little white pill called OxyContin The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022