Death in Mud Lick : a coal country fight against the drug companies that delivered the opioid epidemic
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Published
New York : Scribner, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781982105310, 1982105313
Physical Desc
xiv, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Waseca Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Scribner, [2020].
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781982105310, 1982105313
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--Jacket.
Description
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 peopleand of one woman, desperate for justice, after losing her brother to overdose. Debbie Preeces fight for accountability for her brothers 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 Americas largest drug companiesand won him a Pulitzer Prize.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Eyre, E. (2020). Death in Mud Lick: a coal country fight against the drug companies that delivered the opioid epidemic (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eyre, Eric, 1965-. 2020. Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic. New York: Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Eyre, Eric, 1965-. Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic New York: Scribner, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Eyre, Eric. Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2020.
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