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FRONTLINE: Opioids, Inc.

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer
Published June 19, 2020 at 11:38 AM PDT
"Opioids, Inc." is the story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.
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"Opioids, Inc." is the story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.

Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with the PBS Video app

The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin on "Opioids, Inc."

FRONTLINE: Opioids, Inc.

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Jennifer Robinson
Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended UNLV.
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