“ Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” written by journalist Beth Macy and released in 2018, traces the origins of the prescription drug crisis in Appalachia through the stories of ordinary people such as Ronnie Jones, imprisoned for armed heroin distribution, and Jesse Bolstridge, a 19-year-old overdose victim. Both are all-too-real accounts of a deadly tale of greed and addiction that continues today. The series is a partly fictionalized account based on a nonfiction book. The new Hulu series “ Dopesick” tells the story of the prescription opioid epidemic in the United States through the eyes of doctors, users, and the pharmaceutical company owners and sales representatives who recklessly distributed powerful painkillers while downplaying the risk of addiction. They say more focus needs to be placed on treatment programs for people addicted to painkillers.Experts say that even though controls have been put on prescription painkillers, the opioid epidemic continues to this day.The Hulu series “Dopesick” details the rise of Ox圜ontin and how the painkiller relentlessly marketed by Purdue Pharma started the opioid epidemic in the United States.Share on Pinterest Michael Keaton stars as a well-intentioned but misled Virginia doctor in the Hulu series “Dopesick,” which looks at the rise of the opioid painkiller Ox圜ontin.

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