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04th Apr 2020

People can’t get enough of Netflix’s ‘crazy’ new documentary How To Fix A Drug Scandal

Keeley Ryan

People can’t get enough of Netflix’s ‘crazy’ new documentary How To Fix A Drug Scandal.

In 2013, Massachusetts State Police arrested 35-year-old crime drug lab lab chemist Sonja Farak for tampering with evidence – and that was only the beginning.

Over time, details emerged that Farak had been in fact using the drugs that she was tasked with testing. Did anyone know what had been going on? And when did they find out?

The scope of Farak’s addiction—and the number of people convicted as a result of her drug testing—comes to light, despite repeated efforts to suppress evidence in the case.

The four-part docuseries was produced by Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and directed by Erin Lee Carr (Mommy Dead and Dearest, Dirty Money) – and examines an essential, but obscured, part of the criminal justice system.

In addition to re-creations of Farak’s compelling grand jury testimony and interviews with attorneys and experts, viewers hear from Farak’s family for the first time, delving deep into how the actions of one crime lab employee can impact tens of thousands of lives.

And since it landed on Netflix on April 1, people haven’t been able to get enough of the “crazy” new docuseries.

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