American Overdose by Chris Mcgreal

American Overdose by Chris Mcgreal

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A devastating portrait of America's opioid painkiller epidemic - the deadliest drug crisis in US history. One hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic. But, as Chris McGreal reveals it was an avoidable tragedy driven by bad science, corporate greed and a corrupted medical system. He tells the stories of the families devastated by painkillers they thought would heal, and the physicians and scientists who took on the drug companies behind the epidemic. American Overdose is a powerful account of the terrible human cost of the crisis, and a stark warning of the consequences of running a health care system as a business, not a service.

Chris McGreal is a reporter for the Guardian. A former correspondent in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Washington DC, he now writes from across the United States. He has won awards for his reporting of the Rwandan genocide, Israel/Palestine, and on the impact of economic recession in America. He received the James Cameron prize for 'work as a journalist that has combined moral vision and professional integrity'. He was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for reporting that 'penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth'.

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ISBN 13	9781783351695
ISBN 10	1783351691
Title	American Overdose
Author	Chris Mcgreal
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Guardian Faber Publishing
Year published	2019-09-26
Number of pages	352
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