Pain Killer
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
By Barry MeierIn 1914, the federal government passed the Harrison Act, the nation's first drug law. It was essentially a taxing and record-keeping statute, but five years after it was passed, in 1919, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that ...
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Pain Killer: A "Wonder" Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death
By Barry MeierBut for many of Portenoy's patients , pain thrived as though it had a life of its own , outlasting the injury or illness that had first caused it . In the face of treatment , it often proved resistant , or intractable .
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
By Barry MeierA hard-charging DEA official, Laura Nagel, tried to hold Purdue executives to account. In this updated edition of Pain Killer, Barry Meier breaks new ground in his decades-long investigation into the opioid epidemic.
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Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
By Barry MeierIn Pain Killer, Barry Meier tells the story of how Purdue turned OxyContin into a billion-dollar blockbuster. Powerful narcotic painkillers, or opioids, were once used as drugs of last resort for pain sufferers.
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Pain Killer
By Constance Roslinda GaryWe have all walked through valleys of depression and despair.