If you're an American with any degree of concern for the opioid crisis that tragically kills tens of thousands of people (who become addicted to pain pills and for some, eventually heroin) every year, then Hulu's limited series 'Dopesick' based on real-life events is a must watch. 
In it, Will Poulter plays a greedy sales rep for Purdue Pharma who shows just how it easy it was at the origins of the crisis to get doctors hooked on prescribing OxyContin. Here's more about the project and Poulter, whose character forges a father/son bond with Dr. Finnix, who is played incredibly well and with an agonizing truth by Michael Keaton.
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