Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
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First edition.
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.
"The Sacklers are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. Keefe begins with the three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and Arthur, who weathered the poverty of the Great Depression and appalling anti-Semitism. Working at a barbaric mental institution, Arthur conducted groundbreaking research into drug treatments, devised the marketing for Valium, and built the first great Sackler fortune. Forty years later the template he created to sell Valium was employed to launch a far more potent product: OxyContin." --Adapted from jacket.
"The Sacklers are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. Keefe begins with the three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and Arthur, who weathered the poverty of the Great Depression and appalling anti-Semitism. Working at a barbaric mental institution, Arthur conducted groundbreaking research into drug treatments, devised the marketing for Valium, and built the first great Sackler fortune. Forty years later the template he created to sell Valium was employed to launch a far more potent product: OxyContin." --Adapted from jacket.
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- 35 of 38 copies available at Westchester Library System.
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| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | 929.2 KEEFE (Text) Nonfiction |
31036150950795 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
31004151830853 |
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| Chappaqua Library | 929.2097 KEEFE (Text) Available In Storage |
31005153447034 |
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| Chappaqua Library | 929.2097 KEEFE (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Croton Free Library | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | 920 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Harrison Public Library | BIO SACKLER (Text) Biography |
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| Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Irvington Public Library | 929.209 B (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Katonah Village Library | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Larchmont Public Library | 929.2097 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Lewisboro Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mount Kisco Public Library | 929.209 KEEFE (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mount Pleasant Public Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Mount Vernon Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
31019156991765 |
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| North Castle Public Library | 929.2097 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Ossining Public Library | 338.761 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Pound Ridge Library District | 929.20973 B (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Ruth Keeler Memorial Library | 929.2 SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
31020150782895 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | LIVES - SACKLER (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Scarsdale Public Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
31029154385001 |
Checked out 04/19/2024 |
| Scarsdale Public Library | TRD PB K (Text) Trade Paperback |
31029154138111 |
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| Somers Library | B SACKLER (Text) Biography |
31031151965785 |
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| The Field Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Town of Pelham Public Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Tuckahoe Public Library | 920 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Warner Library | 929.209 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| White Plains Public Library | 929.2097 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| White Plains Public Library | 929.2097 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Yonkers Crestwood Library | 338.76 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | 929.2 K (Text) Nonfiction |
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