Waubonsee Community College

Death in Mud Lick, a coal country fight against the drug companies that delivered the opioid epidemic, Eric Eyre

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index

index present

non fiction

Death in Mud Lick

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Eric Eyre

a coal country fight against the drug companies that delivered the opioid epidemic

"An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--Dust jacket flapA pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, distributed 12 million opioid pain pills in three years to a town with a population of 382 people. Debbie Preece lost her brother to opioid overdose, and was desperate for justice. Joined by a crusading lawyer and a local journalist, they uncovered a massive opioid pill-dumping scandal that shook the foundation of America's largest drug companies-- and won Eyre a Pulitzer Prize. Here Eyre explains how thousands of Appalachians got hooked on prescription drugs-- and how the citizens banded together to create positive change. -- adapted from jacket

A death in Mud Lick -- Prescription for pain -- Kings of Kermit -- The Easter Bunny -- Raided -- Addicts' rights -- A step up -- A seismic shift -- The Pekingese -- Sustained outrage -- The chase -- Hunger games -- The drop -- Dragging and Lagging -- A door cracked open -- Eighteen words -- A legal cartel -- Home court -- High noon -- 780 millions pills, 1,728 death -- Misery's price tag -- List of the dead -- Damage control -- A death in Marrowbone Creek -- "How in God's name?" -- Bankrupt -- Paper and tapes -- "What's the punishment?" -- Whose pills? -- Three foot deep