'Empire of Pain' explores the family behind Purdue Pharma
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New Book, Empire of Pain by Patrick Radin Keef
The sackler name is now forever entwined with the company perdu farma, the creator of oxy cotton. The drug helped steer the country into an opioid epidemic that has killed almost half a million people in two decades. Patrick radin keef's new book tells the sweeping story of the rise and fall of an american dynasty.
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