DOPESICK Fentanyls Deadly Grip (2016)

This VICE feature film follows the lives of people in Alberta Canada affected by the powerful opioid drug fentanyl The underlying source of the fentanyl crisis in the country goes back to 2012 when the notorious prescription painkiller OxyContin was pulled from pharmacy shelves in lieu of a safer alternative called OxyNeo In response to the change counterfeit fentanyl disguised as fake OxyContin pills started popping up proliferated and ended up sparking a fullon crisis in the countrywith Canadas west becoming a major epicenter