Synopsis: THE GODFATHER OF FENTANYL tells the true story of the deadliest clandestine chemist in American history and the birth of the street fentanyl epidemic, as told by the man who created it. Self-taught chemist George Erik Marquardt gave American’s opioid epidemic a particularly deadly culprit; a synthetic drug 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin and morphine that’s been responsible for poisoning thousands of American’s each year. The self-made chemist-turn-drug kingpin who would be coined the “godfather of fentanyl,” created the street fentanyl to substitute heroin, and it took communities by storm beginning in the 1990s.

Sub-Categories: Docu-Series – Crime, Drama, Health & Wellness, Pop Culture

U.S. Exhibition: FOX Nation – August 14, 2024

Runtime: 4 x 60 min