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How to Fix a Drug Scandal

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: April 1, 2020
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 4
  • Networks: Netflix
  • Genres: Documentary, Crime
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How to Fix a Drug Scandal(2020)

TMDB Rating: 6.9 (32 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

4 episodes • 2020Avg: 7.5

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Episode 1Apr 1, 20206.0
2Episode 2Apr 1, 20208.0
3Episode 3Apr 1, 20208.0
4Episode 4Apr 1, 20208.0

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