Unsettled : how the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy failed the victims of the American overdose crisis / Ryan Hampton, ; with Claire Rudy Foster and Hillel Aron.

In September 2019, Purdue Pharma--the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family--filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the offici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hampton, Ryan (Author)
Foster, Claire Rudy (Author)
Aron, Hillel (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Opioid abuse > United States.
Bankruptcy > Moral and ethical aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.
Opioid abuse.
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:xiii, 322 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Billions served
  • A sleeping giant
  • The blizzard was coming
  • Flesh and blood
  • Unchecked power
  • The death curve
  • Last month's tuna roll
  • Lawyers, meds, and money
  • Toothless
  • "A legal fiction"
  • The breaking point
  • Conclusion: The way out
  • Afterword.