The BBC has removed the “true story” description of TV drama Dopesick, which explores opioid addiction in America, from the show’s synopsis on iPlayer. In a note posted on the broadcaster ...

The corporation acknowledged that Dopesick is “inspired by actual events ... who argues she is the victim of “the biggest lie ...

The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.

Richard Sackler launches a powerful new painkiller and a rural doctor is introduced to the drug; also, a coal miner plans her future, a DEA Agent learns of black market pills, and federal ...