Dope sick actress: 59 Photos

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Most of the characters in the series are fictional and composite characters; Mountcastle, Ramseyer, Brownlee, and the members of the Sackler family are the only main characters based directly on real people.

“Dopesick” offers an in-depth glimpse into the effects of prescription Oxycontin on poor rural communities and also depicts how Purdue Pharma persuaded doctors to prescribe the drug.

Serving as the main representation of these people is Dever's Betsy Mallum, a composite character based on several accounts of real individuals. She is a teenage coal miner in rural Virginia who is prescribed OxyContin by Finnix after hurting her back during a mining accident.