Not the first book I've read on the opioid epidemic but I like the focus here on the pharmaceutical industry. Reporter Eyre won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the system that allowed thousands of pills per total population in small town pharmacies in West Virginia. It is a long tale that makes if obvious there was criminal neglect. There seems to be continuing neglect even though some holes have been plugged. Tracing the number of people, elected officials, agencies, etc. who had a hand in this epidemic does make you wonder how in the world everyone was able to turn a blind eye. For some, it was for money, for others, the lack of it. The narration is very well done by Axtell.
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