The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.
First bottle
Breakthrough pain
The 5th vital sign
Pseudo-addiction
The whistleblower
Hammer the abusers
Black box warning
The people vs. purdue pharma
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