Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic / Sam Quinones.

"With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's...

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Main Author: Quinones, Sam, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Edition:Paperback edition.
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