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‘Body Brokers’ Review: Drug Abuse Is Big Business for More Than Just the Dealers

20.02.2021 - 06:55

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticFor all the movies made about substance abuse, “Body Brokers” is the first I can recall about the “treatment industry” itself, that multi-billion-dollar sector dedicated to helping hard-drug users kick the habit, and its conclusion is startling: Addiction is a disease, and as such, it’s a veritable money machine for doctors, therapists and pharmaceutical companies alike, a substantial number of whom thrive not on recovery, but on repeat business.

The shadier among them rely on low-level recruiters, or “body brokers,” to keep the system supplied with souls in need of saving — or else just some easy cash.A self-described former junkie who experienced the dirty side of going clean firsthand, writer-director John.

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