How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020)

04/01/2020 (US) • Documentary, Crime • 50m

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.

How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020)

04/01/2020 (US) • 50m

Documentary, Crime

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.

Top Billed Cast

Self - Deffense Attorney

4 Episodes

Shannon O'Neill

Sonja Farak

4 Episodes

Self - Journalist, Boston Globe

4 Episodes

Self - Investigative Reporter

4 Episodes

Paul Solotaroff

Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone

4 Episodes

Lawyer

4 Episodes

Self - Defense Attorney

4 Episodes

Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)

4 Episodes

Self - Forensic Drug Chemist

4 Episodes

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Last Season

2020 | 4 Episodes

Season 1 of How to Fix a Drug Scandal premiered on April 1, 2020.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

drug addiction

cocaine

drug crime

miniseries

chemist

evidence room

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