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Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty  Cover Image Book Book

Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe.

Summary:

Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385697545
  • Physical Description: xii, 535 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Genealogical table on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Sackler, Arthur M.
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Pharmaceutical industry > Corrupt practices > United States.
Pharmaceutical industry > Marketing.
Drugs > United States > Marketing.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
Oxycodone > United States.
Oxycodone abuse > United States.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 7 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Gibsons Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Gibsons Public Library 338.7616 KEEF (Text) 30886001092853 Adult Nonfiction Volume hold Available -
Creston Public Library 338.7616151 KEE (Text)
Acquisition Type: New
35140100081457 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library 338.7616151092 KEE (Text) 35136000606740 Adult Non Fic Volume hold Available -
Grand Forks 338.7 KEE (Text) 35142002722394 Adult Non Fiction Volume hold Available -
Sechelt Public Library B SACKLER (Text) 33260100084202 Biographies Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 338.761 SACKL (Text) TRL31371 Entertaining Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Williams Lake Branch 338.7616151092 KEE (Text) 33923006331387 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -


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