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"Between 1999 and 2017, an estimated 250,000 Americans died from overdoses involving prescription painkillers, a plague ignited by the aggressive marketing of OxyContin by its maker, Purdue Pharma. Purdue, owned by a wealthy and secretive family--the Sacklers--knew early on that teenagers and others were abusing its billion dollar "wonder" drug. But Justice Department officials balked a decade ago when it came to meting out justice, allowing an opioid crisis to evolve into a catastrophe. Originally published in 2003 and hailed since as groundbreaking, Meier--in this thoroughly updated edition--reveals new and shocking information about how long the drug maker knew about OxyContin's abuse, even as it marketed it aggressively, and the way government officials passed up opportunities to protect hundreds of thousands of lives. Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business expos,̌ Pain Killer is the origin story of the opioid crisis, a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the gateway drug to a national tragedy"--Provided by publisher.
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Medication abuse, Oxycodone, Oxycodone abuse, Substance abuse, Sociology, Opioid-Related Disorders, Epidemiology, Socioeconomic Factors, History, Drug Overdose, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Journalism, MEDICAL, Pharmacology, Public Health, Opioid-Related Disorders - History, Oxycodone abuse - United States, Medication abuse - United States, Opioid-Related Disorders - EpidemiologyPlaces
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
2022, Random House Publishing Group, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origins of America's Opioid Epidemic
Oct 29, 2020, Sceptre
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Pain killer: an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic
2018, Random House
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