Today I report on Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe. The Sacklers are the family that own Purdue Pharma, the company whose aggressive marketing of their highly addictive narcotic painkiller OxyContin caused the opioid epidemic that swept the U.S.A. over the past three decades. The book details the incredible connection to the arts that the Sacklers have long had and how their family fortune is almost totally based on peddling addictive prescription drugs (Valium, Librium and OxyContin). Photographer Nan Goldin, who was addicted at one point to OxyContin, makes a big appearance in the book.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Robert Boyd's Book Report: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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