Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Published
New York : Doubleday, 2021.
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xii, 535 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
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Nipomo Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
929.20973 SACKLER
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Biographies.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Marketing.
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Rich people -- United States -- Biography.
Sackler family.
Sackler, Arthur M. -- Family.

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Published
New York : Doubleday, 2021.
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Book
Language
English

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Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.

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