Empire of Pain (Patrick Radden Keefe)

In this highly documented river investigation that it is urgent to read, the American journalist Patrick Radden Keefe tells the story of the wealthy Sackler familyat the origin of one of the greatest health scandals of all time: that ofOxyContin painkiller. The sale of this opioid, which will eventually establish their fortunes, will result in making dependent and even killing hundreds of thousands of people by overdoses. Thus, between 1990 and 2010, the number of victims is estimated at 500,000 in the United States, i.e. the leading cause of death among 18-30 year olds… A sort of counterpart across the Atlantic to the Mediatorthe author notes, however, that in the OxyContin affair, the whistleblowers were conspicuous by their absence…