American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts

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'A riveting and urgent reckoning of colossal corruption.' - Philip Gourevitch

One hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic, described by a former head of the Food and Drug Administration as 'one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine'.
A devastating portrait of America's opioid painkiller epidemic - the deadliest drug crisis in US history.

One hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic. But, as Chris McGreal reveals it was an avoidable tragedy driven by bad science, corporate greed and a corrupted medical system. He tells the stories of the families devastated by painkillers they thought would heal, and the physicians and scientists who took on the drug companies behind the epidemic. American Overdose is a powerful account of the terrible human cost of the crisis, and a stark warning of the consequences of running a health care system as a business, not a service.
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Weight 0.279000
Author McGreal, Chris
Availability IP
Department Miscellaneous Books
Edition Main
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781783351695
Pages 352
Published 26/09/2019
Publisher Guardian Books
Section Miscellaneous Books
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