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Death in Mud Lick : a coal country fight against the drug companies that delivered the opioid epidemic / Eric Eyre.
Van Pelt Library RC568.O45 E97 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eyre, Eric, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opioid abuse--West Virginia.
- Opioid abuse.
- Drug abuse--West Virginia.
- Drug abuse.
- Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices--West Virginia.
- Pharmaceutical industry.
- Drugs--Overdose--West Virginia.
- Drugs.
- Opioid-Related Disorders.
- Drug Industry--ethics.
- Drug Overdose.
- Drugs--Overdose.
- Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices.
- West Virginia.
- Medical Subjects:
- Opioid-Related Disorders.
- Drug Industry--ethics.
- Drug Overdose.
- West Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021.
- Summary:
- "An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I
- 1 A Death in Mud Lick p. 3
- 2 Prescription for Pain p. 11
- 3 Kings of Kermit p. 19
- 4 The Easter Bunny p. 25
- 5 Raided p. 37
- 6 Addicts' Rights p. 45
- 7 A Step Up p. 51
- Part II
- 8 A Seismic Shift p. 63
- 9 The Pekingese p. 73
- 10 Sustained Outrage p. 79
- 11 The Chase p. 87
- 12 Hunger Games p. 95
- 13 The Drop p. 103
- 14 Dragging and Lagging p. 111
- 15 A Door Cracked Open p. 117
- Part III
- 16 Eighteen Words p. 125
- 17 A Legal Cartel p. 137
- 18 Home Court p. 151
- 19 High Noon p. 159
- 20 780 Million Pills, 1,728 Deaths p. 169
- 21 Misery's Price Tag p. 177
- Part IV
- 22 List of the Dead p. 185
- 23 Damage Control p. 191
- 24 A Death in Marrowbone Creek p. 203
- 25 "How in God's Name?" p. 211
- 26 Bankrupt p. 217
- 27 Paper and Tapes p. 223
- 28 "What's the Punishment?" p. 233
- 29 Whose Pills? p. 243
- 30 Three Feet Deep p. 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781982105310
- 1982105313
- 9781982105327
- OCLC:
- 1145341207
- Publisher Number:
- 99986845382
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