Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier.
Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier.
Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2019/0236
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2018]
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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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. Bu...
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Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
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G 2019/0236
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74VKV0voyAvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0voyAvA
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ISBN
9780525511106 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0525511105
DDC
362.299
MMS ID
991024224105302626
