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Dan Schneider And His Wife Initially Considered Suicide In 1999, Danny Schneider, Jr. was murdered in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward during a drug deal gone wrong. Part one of The Pharmacist, "Justice for Danny," deconstructs the myth of the American Dream and foreshadows what's to come in subsequent episodes.
In The Pharmacist, Lower Ninth Ward locals state that Dan seemed "a bit crazy". But friends and acquaintances supported his mission, and joined him by offering moral support and protection. One man states during an interview that Dan seemed to have a "question mark" problem, meaning that he couldn't live without addressing questions that continued to linger about his son's fate.
Paranoia Nearly Destroyed Dan Schneider While investigating Dr. Cleggett, Dan's behavior concerned not only his family but also the FBI. In audio recordings, he repeatedly references a "special calling," and implies that his son was a "martyr." Dan's boss became concerned, naturally, because potential customers were being turned away and pressured into alternative treatments.
After building a case, Myers approached Dr. Cleggett at her home, and came to the conclusion that she was not only prescribing OxyContin, but also using the opioid. The doctor refused to quit, and proceeded to threaten federal agents. In a bizarre twist, Dr. Cleggett appears on camera in The Pharmacist for a 2019 interview, and reveals what happened after she was arrested.