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Part One: The Sackler Family: America's Deadliest Drug Dealers

Behind the Bastards

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Arthur pitched Librium as the key to treating psychic tension, a phrase he invented because it sounded sexier than saying stress. Arthur suggested that psychic tension was the real cause of many maladies, from heartburn to bad poops. Valium became the most widely prescribed medication in the U.S., the first drug to break the $100 million sales record.

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