The book delves into the rise and fall of the Sackler family, whose pharmaceutical empire, built on the success of OxyContin, played a pivotal role in the opioid crisis. It explores the family's history, their aggressive marketing tactics, and the devastating impact of their actions on public health. Through meticulous research and compelling storytelling, the narrative exposes the intersection of wealth, power, and accountability, shedding light on the broader implications of corporate greed and regulatory failure.
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Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of The Snakehead and Chatter. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Slate, New York, and The New York Review of Books. He received the 2014 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, for his story "A Loaded Gun," was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 2015 and 2016, and is also the recipient of an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellowship at the New America Foundation and a Guggenheim…
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