The Crime of the Century

Outstanding investigative journalism concerning the deliberate poisoning of US public by a greedy corporate system and the blind eye approach of corrupt government politicians.

If you want to know exactly what is rotten in the USA, then watch this documentary. Truly outstanding.

I think the low scores are for this being too long. I just dont think they stuck around. Part 1 covers familiar territory covered in Dopesick along with earlier Doc productions. At end of 1, I couldn't imagine what 2 had left to cover. Part 2 covers the detail on distributors and pharma companies imitating Purdue biz model and tactics. It was news for me the doc gets into SEC companies having boiler rooms dedicated to defrauding insurance companies and the intricacies of seducing and bribing medical professionals is detailed here where other sources merely reference.

Without sensationalism Gibney documents a big, depressing account of irresponsible corporate greed and their minion supplicants. Drug dependecy moves to a white, mainstream, population thanks to sophisticated, deceitful marketing. Big, big story.

Profiteers blame it on the moral weakness of its victims. Spit in your hand, swish the pill in spittle , remove the time release coating, Rush Limbaugh taught me that (sorta).

FWIW, 2010-13 i worked in many rural areas VA-ME and kept seeing front page overdose stories, spikes in rates, narcan for cops, etc.

I was left stunned by this documentary. I'm going to watch it again so I can absorb more now that I'm over my initial shock at the greed and lack of humanity in the people involved. I would love to see a follow-up documentary about how it affected individuals lives. This had some of that but I would like to see more. Well done HBO. The way you weaved this story together was amazing. We had some idea of this problem but really knew nothing. Thank you for bringing so much light to this horrific problem. Kudos to the small town doctors that tried to sound off the alarm bell. There's a lot of shame to go around, all for a damn buck.

Definitely eye opening as I take my Xanax and have a cocktail. It's the sad truth we're all escaping something.

Is the true title of this exacting complex account of the crimes perpetrated by the Sackler family, Kapoor and others in murdering over half 1 million Americans. They knew there was a statistical certainty that their highly addictive poison would slaughter a certain percentage of users. But they didn't care because they had yachts to buy and museums to put their name on. Business as usual.