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Prescription Thugs

Is there really a war on drugs?
Is there really a war on drugs?
Documentary - 2016
Prescription Thugs
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6.9
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Americans consume 75% of the world’s prescription drugs. After losing his own brother to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, documentarian Chris Bell sets out to demystify this insidious addiction. Bell’s examination into the motives of big pharma and doctors in this ever-growing market leads him to meet with experts on the nature of addiction, survivors with first-hand accounts of their struggle, and whistleblowers who testify to the dollar-driven aims of pharmaceutical corporations. Ultimately his investigation will point back to where it all began: his own front door.
Director:
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Chris Bell
Cast:
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Chris Bell
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Matthew Wiese
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Ryan Sakoda
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Ted Lieu

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
86 min
Release date:
22 Jan 2016
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
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Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Despite his casual aura, the filmmaker is eloquent and thoughtful.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan 2016
rotten:
Even before a "do as I say, not as I do" twist costs it all credibility, "Prescription Thugs" is a not very good documentary about a very important subject.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
21 Jan 2016
fresh:
Engaging and enraging but also, alas, consistently superficial, it's a hot-button work whose easily digested nonfiction methods will appeal to mainstream documentary audiences, even if they also leave viewers hungry for greater substance.
– Nick Schager,
Variety,
20 Jan 2016
rotten:
It's unusually confessional and often moving, but Bell's film is unsatisfying as a piece of documentary journalism.
– Chris Packham,
Village Voice,
19 Jan 2016
fresh:
An accessible look at an important topic: the medicine that ails us.
– Sheri Linden,
Hollywood Reporter,
10 Dec 2015
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