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01793aam a2200313Mi 4500 001 3B3BF9D8300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 190215t20182019nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781541742758 020 $a 1541742753 035 $a (OCoLC)1085590432 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NPS $d KAY $d SILO 050 00 $a RC568.O45 $b M46 2019 100 1 $a McGreal, Chris, $e author. 245 10 $a American overdose : $b the opioid tragedy in three acts / $c Chris McGreal. 250 $a First paperback edition 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Public Affairs, $c 2019. 300 $a xv, 332 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index. 520 $a Journeying through lives and communities wrecked by the opioid epidemic, McGreal reveals not only how Big Pharma hooked Americans on powerfully addictive drugs, but the corrupting of medicine and public institutions that let the opioid makes get away with it. A few physicians warned of impending disaster, but the forces they were up against--including the pharmaceutical industry's coopting of the Food and Drug Administration and Congress in the drive to push painkillers-- resulted in the resurgence of heroin cartels in the American heartlands. McGreal shows how its ruinous consequences will stretch years into the future. -- adapted from jacket. 610 10 $a United States. $b Food and Drug Administration $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Opioid abuse $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Chronic pain $x Treatment $z United States. 650 0 $a Drug abuse $z United States. $9 205781 941 $a 1 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054925.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B3BF9D8300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search