Research Catalog

Title

Pain killer : a "wonder" drug's trail of addiction and death / Barry Meier.

Author

Meier, Barry.

Publication

Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, [2003], ©2003.

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Holdings

Details

Description

ix, 323 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Pain Killer takes readers on a journey of discovery that begins with the true story of Lindsay, a high-school cheerleader in Virginia who gets hooked on Oxys, and expands outward to explore the critical issues of legitimate pain management, prescription drug abuse, and how the misuse of science by the drug industry threatens the public good. With the fast-rising abuse of prescription drugs by young people ringing alarm bells within government, the how and why behind the OxyContin disaster is a gripping read not only for parents, but also for medical professionals, community leaders, business executives, and all those concerned with this crisis." "The dangers described in Pain Killer also reverberate far beyond the threat from a single drug at a particular moment in time. The focus of our government's war on drugs has clearly misled many of us into thinking that only illegal drugs smuggled from beyond our borders can be abused. As Meier tells the story, some of the most deadly substances are produced and sold legally right here at home."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Oxycodone > poisoning
• Drug Industry > standards
• Opioid-Related Disorders > epidemiology
• Opioid-Related Disorders > mortality
• Oxycodone > history
• Illicit Drugs > supply & distribution
• Oxycodone > United States
• Medication abuse > United States

Contents

Prologue: The Book of the Dead -- Ch. 1. Pill Hill -- Ch. 2. Senior Night -- Ch. 3. A War Against Pain -- Ch. 4. Magic Bullets -- Ch. 5. Chicken and Biscuits -- Ch. 6. Hot Spots -- Ch. 7. Kiddie Dope -- Ch. 8. A Tacit Understanding -- Ch. 9. The Secrets of Dendur -- Ch. 10. The Body Count -- Ch. 11. Purple Peelers -- Ch. 12. New Beginnings -- Ch. 13. The Pain Industry.

ISBN

1579546382 (hardcover)

LCCN

2003015003

OCLC

• 52553822
• ocm52553822
• SCSB-5069299

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries