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

240 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

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 land...

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informative 96%
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emotional 20%
tense 20%
inspiring 4%

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