Painkiller: Inside the Opioid Crisis (2018)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 47M

Director : Matt Embry

Synopsis

Director Mathew Embry looks at the opioid epidemic devastating North America fueled by legal industries, exacerbated by drug policies and annihilated by fentanyl.

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