In a small Kentucky town devastated by the opioid epidemic, a young medic, a DEA agent and a former police chief are brought together after the murder of an entire local crime family and each have their loyalties tested.

"Many opioids are pain relievers, some of which are often prescribed by doctors. Prescribed opioids may be safe when taken for a short time. However, they can be dangerous because, in addition to relieving pain, they can also give the user an enjoyable high. People who use opioids can become dependent and addicted, and they may even overdose or die. In this book, readers will learn about the effects of opioid use and the damage they can cause. Manageable...

"prescription painkilling drugs known as opioids, including counterfeit versions of them, are killing more people than any other drugs that exist. This has created a full-blown health crisis in the United States-one that has led U.S. health officials to declare a public health emergency"--

"In the tradition of Three Women, Bustle editor and writer Samantha Leach traces the lives of a trio of girls who met in the Troubled Teen Industry and went on to share the same tragic fate. Samantha and her best friend Elissa were typical privileged, rebellious, suburban girls. But after Elissa was kicked out of their private school, she soon disappeared. At fifteen years old, her parents quietly flew her from Providence, Rhode Island to a $10,000/month...

"American cartel is an unflinching and deeply documented dive into the culpability of the drug companies behind the staggering death toll of the opioid epidemic. It follows of a small band of DEA agents led by Joe Rannazzisi, a tough-talking New Yorker who had spent a storied 30 years bringing down bad guys, along with a band of lawyers led by West Virginia native Paul Farrell Jr. who fought to hold the drug industry to account in the face of the...

After a fatal car accident that reveals Emory's brother Joey's opioid addiction, Emory struggles to help him on his road to recovery and make herself heard in a town that insists on not listening.

September 2019: Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family, filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, and entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the...