American pain
Subtitle: how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America's deadliest drug epidemic
By: John Temple
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781493007387
Subjects: Drug traffic; Medication abuse; Oxycodone abuse
Description: The king of the pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic that served as a prototype for the rest. From a pristine former bank building, 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 security, greeting the morning rush of pill poppers with cries of Welcome to the dope hole! Strippers and high-priced hookers operated the pharmacy, counting out pills and stashing cash in garbage bags.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.