Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier

Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic

Barry Meier

6 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction health history informative fast-paced

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"Groundbreaking . . . 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 Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic"Prescient . . . a landm...

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informative 96%
challenging 40%
dark 36%
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sad 32%
emotional 20%
tense 20%
inspiring 4%

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slow 4%

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