How to Fix a Drug Scandal
On Netflix
A taut, investigative true-crime miniseries that traces systemic failure through one chemist's addiction and the cascade of wrongful convictions it exposed.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Luke Ryan
Self - Deffense Attorney
Shannon O'Neill
Sonja Farak
Scott Allen
Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
Shawn Musgrave
Self - Investigative Reporter
Paul Solotaroff
Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Karl Kenzler
Lawyer
Jared Olanoff
Self - Defense Attorney
Annie Dookhan
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Heather Harris
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist
Sonja Farak
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Linda Farak
Self - Sonja's Mother
Deborah Becker
Self. Reporter WBUR, Radio Station Boston
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