{"product_id":"death-in-mud-lick-a-coal-country-fight-against-the-drug-companies-that-delivered-the-opioid-epidemic-9781982105327","title":"Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Top Ten Book of the Year * Edgar Award Winner Best Fact Crime * A \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the \u003ci\u003eCharleston Gazette-Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"powerful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), urgent, and heartbreaking true crime account of the opioid epidemic and the corporate greed that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns, decimating communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, 12 million opioid pain pills were distributed in just three years to a town with a population of 382 people. One woman, after losing her brother to overdose, was desperate for justice. Debbie Preece's fight for accountability for her brother's death took her well beyond the Sav-Rite Pharmacy in coal country, ultimately leading to three of the biggest drug wholesalers in the country. She was joined by a crusading lawyer and by local journalist, Eric Eyre, who uncovered a massive opioid pill-dumping scandal that shook the foundation of America's largest drug companies--and won him a Pulitzer Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart \u003ci\u003eErin Brockovich\u003c\/i\u003e, part \u003ci\u003eSpotlight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Mud Lick \u003c\/i\u003edetails the clandestine meetings with whistleblowers; a court fight to unseal filings that the drug distributors tried to keep hidden, a push to secure the DEA pill-shipment data, and the fallout after Eyre's local paper, the \u003ci\u003eGazette-Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the smallest newspaper ever to win a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, broke the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEyre follows the opioid shipments into individual counties, pharmacies, and homes in West Virginia and explains how thousands of Appalachians got hooked on prescription drugs--resulting in the highest overdose rates in the country. But despite the tragedy, there is also hope as citizens banded together to create positive change--and won. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A product of one reporter's sustained outrage [and] a searing spotlight on the scope and human cost of corruption and negligence\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) Eric Eyre's intimate portrayal of a national public health crisis illuminates the shocking pattern of corporate greed and its repercussions for the citizens of West Virginia--and the nation--to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Eyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982105327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric Eyre has been a newspaper reporter in West Virginia since 1998. In 2017, his investigation into massive shipments of opioids to the state's southern coalfields was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Charleston, West Virginia, with his wife and son.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Eric Eyre \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47897135906973,"sku":"9781982105327","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_aca04549-6463-41f0-ae38-1e6db4c6176c.jpg?v=1778002494","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/death-in-mud-lick-a-coal-country-fight-against-the-drug-companies-that-delivered-the-opioid-epidemic-9781982105327","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}