JW Marriott Austin
The Pharmacist
Production Company: A Netflix Original Documentary Series in association with The Cinemart
Produced for: Netflix
Executive Producer (Production Company): Michael Gasparro, Julia Willoughby Nason, Jenner Furst
Executive Producer (network/platform): NA
Country or Territory where first released: USA
Synopsis:
In 1999, after losing his son in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans and lacking answers from police, a small town pharmacist - Dan Schneider - beats the odds when he embarks on a dogged pursuit to find and bring his son’s killer to justice. But months later, the ripple effects of his son’s addiction and tragic death would find him again when a troubling number of young, seemingly healthy people begin visiting Dan’s pharmacy with high dose prescriptions for OxyContin. Sensing a crisis long before the opioid epidemic had gained nationwide attention, Dan stakes a mission: Save the lives of other sons and daughters within his community. Then take the fight to Big Pharma itself.