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Full coverage: Purdue Pharma

The pain barrier: the reimagining of medicine and an American dynasty’s role in the opioid epidemic

The story of the Sackler family, Oxycontin and the opioid crisis is a story of power, addiction and denial, according to Patrick Radden Keefe, the US writer who has just authored a book on the subject.

Dion Fanning
15th May, 2021 - 9 min read
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