The Pharmacist: New Netflix Documentary Examines the Opioid Epidemic

Netflix released today a new true crime documentary series centered on a pharmacist’s journey to seek justice for his son and others affected by the opioid crisis.

The Pharmacist follows the story of Dan Schneider, a small-town pharmacist from Poydras, Louisiana, who attempts to track the man who killed his son during a drug-related shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana.¹

“At first, my mission was to get justice for my son, but I started noticing in the drug store a lot of kids around my son’s age coming in with high-powered opioid prescriptions for OxyContin,” said Schneider in the documentary’s trailer.²

Directed by Julia Willoughby Nason and Jenner Furst (Time: The Kalief Browder Story, and Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story), the 4-part series shows how a man channeled his grief into a crusade that helped deliver justice against the powerful figures behind the nation’s devastating opioid epidemic, according to Netflix.¹

“I saw the opioid epidemic in its infancy—I’m not gonna let this junk continue to kill,” concluded Schneider in the trailer.

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REFRENCE

• The Pharmacist. Netflix Media Center website. https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81002576. Accessed February 5, 2020.
• The Pharmacist trailer. Netflix Official site. https://www.netflix.com/title/81002576. Accessed February 5, 2020.