Showtime's 'The Trade' examines the opioid crisis in gritty yet personal detail
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Feb 01, 2018
2 minutes
In "The Trade," which premieres Friday on Showtime, director Matthew Heineman revisits and extends the material of his 2015 Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary "Cartel Land."
The subject is heroin (and things added to heroin, like fentanyl, an invitation to overdose). OxyContin is mentioned in passing as a sort of gateway drug to heroin (which is cheaper) but given scant attention. "The Trade" is not a
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