Law & Order: Season 15, Episode 4

Coming Down Hard (6 Oct. 2004)

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Two student suicides are connected to a university drug study. The investigation uncovers that the pharmaceutical company that commissioned the study may have known about adverse side-effects, but tried to cover it up.

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Two student suicides are connected to a university drug study. The investigation uncovers that the pharmaceutical company that commissioned the study may have known about adverse side-effects, but tried to cover it up.

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A ''ripped from the headlines'' episode inspired by the 2001 case of Kansas City pharmacist Robert R. Courtney. Courtney was sentenced in 2003 to 30 years in prison for diluting chemotherapy drugs to increase his profit margin. During his nine-year scam, as many as 4,200 patients received the diluted drugs. See more »

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