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How to Fix a Drug Scandal

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 50m
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How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020)
How To Fix A Drug Scandal
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Crime DocumentaryTrue CrimeCrimeDocumentary

Two Massachusetts drug-testing laboratory technicians are caught tampering with and falsifying drug evidence, and prosecutors are reluctant to disclose the full extent of their criminal beha... Read allTwo Massachusetts drug-testing laboratory technicians are caught tampering with and falsifying drug evidence, and prosecutors are reluctant to disclose the full extent of their criminal behavior.Two Massachusetts drug-testing laboratory technicians are caught tampering with and falsifying drug evidence, and prosecutors are reluctant to disclose the full extent of their criminal behavior.

  • Creator
    • Josh Adler
  • Stars
    • Shannon O'Neill
    • Karl Kenzler
    • Paul Solotaroff
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    • Creator
      • Josh Adler
    • Stars
      • Shannon O'Neill
      • Karl Kenzler
      • Paul Solotaroff
    • 64User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Shannon O'Neill
    Shannon O'Neill
    • Sonja Farak
    • 2020
    Karl Kenzler
    Karl Kenzler
    • Lawyer
    • 2020
    Paul Solotaroff
    Paul Solotaroff
    • Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
    • 2020
    Daniel Marx
    Daniel Marx
    • Self - Defense Attorney
    • 2020
    Jared Olanoff
    Jared Olanoff
    • Self - Defense Attorney
    • 2020
    Scott Allen
    Scott Allen
    • Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
    • 2020
    David Sullivan
    David Sullivan
    • Self - Northwestern District Attorney
    • 2020
    Shawn Musgrave
    Shawn Musgrave
    • Self - Investigative Reporter
    • 2020
    Luke Ryan
    Luke Ryan
    • Self - Defense Attorney
    • 2020
    Maura Healey
    Maura Healey
    • Self - Massachusetts Attorney General
    • 2020
    Amy Farak
    Amy Farak
    • Self - Sonja Farak's Sister
    • 2020
    Robin Whitney
    Robin Whitney
    • Self - Former Massachusetts State Police
    • 2020
    Matt Segal
    Matt Segal
    • Self - Legal Director, ACLU of Massachusetts
    • 2020
    Daniel Conley
    Daniel Conley
    • Self - Former District Attorney, MA
    • 2020
    Linda Farak
    Linda Farak
    • Self - Sonja Farak's Mother
    • 2020
    Madelyn Vazquez
    Madelyn Vazquez
    • Self - Rafael's Wife
    • 2020
    Deborah Becker
    Deborah Becker
    • Self - Journalist, WBUR
    • 2020
    James Connolly
    James Connolly
    • Self - Former Massachusetts State Police
    • 2020
    • Creator
      • Josh Adler
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    7gkeller-80752

    We loved it!

    This is something that is never highlighted amd talked about. We watched the whole thing last night and found it intresting and well done. I think things like this go on all of the time and we don't know about it. They look at,each person as a whole person and how messed the system us and how minorities get slammed with sentencing for which they may not deserve and a white chemist get only 18 mo for way worse.
    8zoeebrown

    Very good.

    I watched this all in one sitting and enjoyed it thoroughly. This is NOT a politically charged documentary. It is fair and balanced and paints a balanced picture of the many parties involved. The movie is not strongly advocating for criminal justice reform, it is simply advocating for justice and truth. It also touches on addiction and you can see how it affects different populations in different ways. The chemists are sentenced less than some of the thousands of people they helped put behind bars. They documentary fails to explore how drug use impacts because across socioeconomic lines. They could have delved even deeper into the context of the war on drugs and the effects it has had overwhelming the criminal justice system. I personally think it could have been longer to provide more of this context. I could have watched even more on the two fraudulent chemists as well. Very interesting if you enjoy learning about the criminal justice system, fraud, or drugs.
    9kitharamechanics

    The people who are downvoting this either have an agenda or a very short attention span

    This is easily one of the best researched, prepared, and presented legal docs ever made. The legal case is so well outlined that to come to any other conclusion would require a twisting of logic that can only be arrived at by selective learning or having an agenda (you worked for the Mass AG). Just watch it for yourself. Don't let some other person cause you to miss out.
    8krice23

    Systematic Injustice & It's Coverup.

    How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020-2020) Amazing doc about the drug testing system, and the lengths the District Attorney and Attorney General's offices are willing to take to keep injustice contained and not investigated. This shows the egregious faults and clear conflict of interest in the prosecutorial process by allowing their own prosecutors to determine what is, and what is not, relevant to the defense. They have a duty, a sworn and solemn responsibility, to turn over any exculpatory evidence in discovery to the defense. This doc clearly shows just how flawed that premise is at the cost of social justice and affection thousands of people. A 4 part series everyone should be aware of. And it's just One of the many roadblocks to justice systemic in the judicial process. Don't even get me started on the for profit prison systems, the worst case of conflict of interest I can think of, or the fact that after serving out their complete sentences, felons are never free of the stain as they attempt to renter society in an endlessly uphill battle to find employment, gain housing, secure loans, or even reacquire their basic rights as citizens like their right to vote! This whole system and the fact that over 60% of all inmates are for drug related offenses as a result of a 50 year old misguided drug policy which has clearly been demonstrated to be an utter failure. Punishing drug users with jail time and treating them as criminals instead of the addicts they are needing treatment, is a policy which completely fails to address the real problem and sadly has contributed to a US per capita incarnation rate higher than Any Other Country In The World! Is that really a #1 ranking we wish to have or can be proud of? I think not.
    9shilkmake-11153

    Rules are rules.

    While many reviews debate the politics and potential bias of this series, at the end of the days one thing remains: rules are rules.

    If you're responsible for the analysis and reporting of alleged drug seizures, you must do so objectively, accurately and honestly. To perform this task while impaired by drugs or, even worse, not testing but signing off on positive results is both unethical and unacceptable. For government departments to then minimise or bury the issues only worsens the situation.

    At the end of the day, this was an entertaining and informative program that highlights, yet again, the flawed nature of our 'Justice System'.

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      • April 1, 2020 (United States)
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