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008			180305s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018010496
020			_a9780525511106 (hardback : alk. paper)
020			_z9780525511090 (ebook)
035			_a(DNLM)101722208
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040			_aDNLM/DLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aHV5822.O99 _bM45 2018
060	1	0	_aWM 286
082	0	0	_a362.29/9 _223
100	1		_aMeier, Barry,
245	1	0	_aPain killer : _ban empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / _cBarry Meier.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c[2018]
300			_axii, 223 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
505	0		_aBook 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.
520			_a"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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