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Meier, Barry.
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Oxycodone -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
Opioid abuse.
Drug abuse.
Drugs -- Overdose.
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Meier, Barry.
Oxycodone -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
Opioid abuse.
Drug abuse.
Drugs -- Overdose.
MARC Display
Pain
killer
: an
empire
of
deceit
and the
origin
of
America
's
opioid
epidemic
/ Barry Meier.
by
Meier, Barry.
Random House, 2018.
Call #:
362.299 M511p
Subjects
Oxycodone -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
Opioid
abuse.
Drug abuse.
Drugs -- Overdose.
ISBN:
9780525511106 (hc.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Description:
xii, 223 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
Contents:
Book of the Dead -- Pill hill -- The war against
pain
-- Secrets of dendur -- A pot of gold -- Senior night -- Hot Spots -- Kiddie dope -- Purple peelers -- The body Count -- A reckoning --
Empire
of
deceit
-- The war against
pain
revisited.
Summary:
"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"--From publisher.
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