Screen LibraryAmerican pain : how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America's deadliest drug epidemic /
The king of the Florida pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic expressly created to serve addicts posing as patients. From a fortress-like former bank building, American Pain's doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundreds of customers a day, mostly traffickers and addict...
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Lyons Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Guilford, Connecticut : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Lyon Press paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
The king of the Florida pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic expressly created to serve addicts posing as patients. From a fortress-like former bank building, American Pain's 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 the clinic's security. Former strippers operated the pharmacy, counting out pills and stashing cash in garbage bags. Under their lab coats, the doctors carried guns and it was all legal sort of. American Pain was the brainchild of Chris George, a 27-yea |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781493026661 (paperback) : 1493026666 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | RM146 |
| CLC: | D771.288 |
| Call Number: | D771.288/T285 |