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Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic  Cover Image Book Book

Pain killer : an empire of deceit and the origin of America's opioid epidemic / Barry Meier.

Meier, Barry, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525511106
  • Physical Description: xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: 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 -- Epilogue: The war against pain revisited.
Subject: Oxycodone > United States.
Medication abuse > United States.
Oxycodone abuse > United States.
Opioid-Related Disorders > epidemiology.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Oxycodone > history.
Opioid-Related Disorders > history.
Drug Overdose > epidemiology.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
United States.
Medication abuse.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse.
United States.

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East Grand Forks Campbell Library 362.299 MEIER (Text) 517690 Non-Fiction Available -


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