Death in Mud Lick : : a Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic
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Death in Mud Lick is the story of a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, that distributed 12 million opioid pain pills in three years to a town with a population of 382 people; and of one woman, desperate for justice, after losing her brother to overdose. Debbie Preece's fight for accountability for her brother's death took her well beyond the Sav-Rite Pharmacy in coal country, ultimately leading to three of the biggest drug wholesalers in the country. She was joined by a crusading lawyer and by local journalist, Eric Eyre, who uncovered a massive opioid pill-dumping scandal that shook the foundation of America's largest drug companies; and won him a Pulitzer Prize.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Year Published: 2020
Description: 289 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1982105313
9781982105310
SUBJECTS
Opiod use -- West Virginia.
Drug abuse -- West Virginia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- West Virginia.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.