Ian Birrell

The scandal of OxyContin, the painkiller that caused untold pain

Patrick Radden Keefe describes how countless Americans became hopelessly addicted to the slow-release opiate launched by the Sackler family in 1996

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  • Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Patrick Radden Keefe

    Picador, pp. 560, £20

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