How to Fix a Drug Scandal
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.
Overview
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.
Alex Gibney
Creator / EP
Erin Lee Carr
Producer
Episodes
1. Episode 1
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
2. Episode 2
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
3. Episode 3
Farak's disturbing confessions lay bare a broken system. Dookhan takes the fall in court, but suspicions of a high-level cover-up grow louder.
Cast & Crew
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
