The Pharmacist is less about the job of a pharmacist, and more about a private investigator who happened to have a pharmacy license. The main protagonist, Dan Schneider, suffers the loss of his son in a drug-related crime. Fueled by vengeance against his sons killer and frustration against apathetic law enforcement, Dan accidentally discovers the infancy of the opioid epidemicLinks to an external site.. the pharmacist on Netflix.

A) Identify the people, places, events, or aspects of people, society or nature that are the focus of this film. Describe and clarify the significance of each.

B) List six facts described in the film that impressed you and explain how each fact relates to the films premise or theme.

C) Do you think the pharmaceutical companies were marketing and selling the drug for recreational use vs. medical use?

D) Do you think the patients understood the side effects of the drug and the possibility of addiction and dependency?

E) At the end of the series, the film depicts several business operational failures that happened in the pharmaceutical industry. Please name at least two of these failures and what could have been done to avoid these issues.

F) Did you learn anything from this movie?