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Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

As our country deals with the opioid crisis that has ravaged so many lives, Patrick Radden Keefe has offered the shocking details of its origins. Along with the background of the Sackler brothers and Purdue Pharma right in our backyard of Stamford, the reader will learn of the shortcuts, denials, and hard-sell tactics that led to so many patients and doctors believing in this powerful, addictive, deadly painkiller.

Ginger, Breakwater Books, Guilford