American Pain

Name: American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic
ISBN: 9781493007387

How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic

John Temple

2016·320 pages·Nonfiction

Crime History & Politics

gritty true crime

Edgar Award (2016) · Nominee

The king of the pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic that served as a prototype for the rest. From a pristine former bank building, doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundreds of customers a day, mostly traffickers and addicts who came by the vanload. Inked muscle-heads ran security, greeting the morning rush of pill poppers with cries of Welcome to the dope hole! Strippers and high-priced hookers operated the pharmacy, counting out pills and stashing cash in garbage bags.

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