Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origins of America's Opioid Epidemic, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES...

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Barry Meier

Pain Killer

An Empire of Deceit and the Origins of America's Opioid Epidemic, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES...

Barry Meier

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English

Sceptre
27 October 2020

True crime; Reportage & collected journalism; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Drugs trade & trafficking; Corporate crime

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'This is the book that started it all. Barry Meier is a heroic reporter and Pain Killer is a muckraking classic'

Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain

Every catastrophe has a beginning. For the opioid crisis in America, the seed was a drug called OxyContin.

First hailed as a miracle drug for severe pain in the early 1990s, OxyContin went on to ignite a plague of addiction and death across America, fuelled by the aggressive marketing of its maker, Purdue Pharma and the billionaire Sackler brothers who owned the company.

Investigative journalist Barry Meier was the first to write about the elusive Sackler family, their role in this catastrophic epidemic and the army of local doctors, law enforcement and worried parents that tried to bring them down.

By: Barry Meier
Imprint: Sceptre
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 173g
ISBN: 9781529356168
ISBN 10: 1529356164
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 27 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry Meier is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times investigative reporter. He's twice won the George Polk award for Investigate Reporting. Prior to joining the New York Times in 1989, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and New York Newsday.

Reviews for Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origins of America's Opioid Epidemic, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES

Groundbreaking . . . Pain Killer is the shocking account of the origins of today's opioid epidemic, the creators of this plague, and the way to help stop it -- Sam Quinones, author of <i>Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic</i> Fascinating * New York Times * Prescient . . . a landmark work of investigative journalism -- David A. Kessler, author of <i>The End of Overeating</i> Powerful . . . [a] page-turning exposé * Salon *