Purdue Pharma

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The private maker of OxyContin; the opioid litigation produced an unusually strong and recent investigative literature.

8 books

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  1. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted AmericaBeth Macy, 2018
  2. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyPatrick Radden Keefe, 2021
  3. Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid EpidemicBarry Meier, 2003

Books 8

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Com
T1 Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
Beth Macy · 2018 · The epidemic from Appalachia upward; basis for the series.
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sa
T1 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe · 2021 · The definitive account of the family, the company and the marketing.
Open Library
Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Ori
T2 Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
Barry Meier · 2003 · The first book to expose OxyContin marketing; reissued 2018.
Open Library
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate
T2 Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones · 2015 · The demand side of the OxyContin market.
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Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of Am
T2 Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
Gerald Posner · 2020 · Industry-wide history placing the Sacklers in context.
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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Thr
T3 American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Chris McGreal · 2018 · Regulatory and distribution failures around the prescription epidemic.
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Death in Mud Lick
T3 Death in Mud Lick
Eric Eyre · 2020 · Pulitzer-winning local reporting on opioid distribution volumes.
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American Cartel
T3 American Cartel
Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz · 2022 · The distributors and the litigation that ran alongside Purdue.
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