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5) American pain: how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America's deadliest drug epidemic
Author
Publisher
LP
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book discusses OxyContin, a semisynthetic opioid containing thebaine from poppies and synthetic chemicals and designed to slowly release oxycodone over twelve hours, and describes reactions of the body when OxyContin is abused and the treatments required to recover from this addiction.