Barry Meier

ex-NYT/ author/ PAIN KILLER on Netflix. Also MISSING MAN and SPOOKED. Ping me [email protected] Watch the show. Read the book.

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How I Exposed the Biggest Pharma Scandal of Our Lifetime

Aug 21, 2023 | thefp.com | Barry Meier

I'm have my Doctorate of Pharmacy. I was in the field at the time the opioid pandemicwas occurring. We all saw it. I personally, on my off days, went to Doctor's offices to tell them about the doses they were prescribing and how it needed to drop. They didn't stop. They were following the "guidelines."All of us practicing saw it. But we were silent. We saw this on the grounds first, and now it's just coming into the mainstream narrative.
How I Exposed the Biggest Pharma Scandal of Our Lifetime

Aug 21, 2023 | thefp.com | Barry Meier

When I walked into the diner my source was already there, sitting in a booth. It was late summer of 2001 and, earlier that year, I had started writing articles for The New York Times about the growing abuse of a then little-known painkiller, OxyContin. Its maker, Purdue Pharma, was promoting the powerful narcotic to doctors as a “wonder” drug that was far safer from abuse and addiction than other pain pills. My involvement in the story started simply.
How I Exposed the Biggest Pharma Scandal of Our Lifetime

Aug 21, 2023 | open.substack.com | Barry Meier

When I walked into the diner my source was already there, sitting in a booth. It was late summer of 2001 and, earlier that year, I had started writing articles for The New York Times about the growing abuse of a then little-known painkiller, OxyContin. Its maker, Purdue Pharma, was promoting the powerful narcotic to doctors as a “wonder” drug that was far safer from abuse and addiction than other pain pills. My involvement in the story started simply.
Medicina letal - Serie - 2023

Aug 17, 2023 | decine21.com | Micah Fitzerman-Blue |Noah Harpster |Casey Gillespie |Patrick Radden Keefe |Barry Meier |Boo Killebrew | +1 more

Miniserie sobre la crisis de los opiaceos en Estados Unidos, tema ya abordado en producciones como Dopesick: historia de una adicción. Cada capítulo empieza con imágenes documentales, que muestran testimonios de un familiar de un paciente fallecido, uno distinto por cada capítulo.
Zabiják bolesti (2023)

Aug 11, 2023 | csfd.cz | Barry Meier

Tenhle počin beru jako veřejně prospěšnou činnost. Pokud by někoho zajímalo, jaký že to jsou Sacklerovi ScumBags, tak: youtube - georg rockall-schmist - The Shameful Case of The Sacklers
Opinion: The pain, the gain: Why did it take so long for the world to accept the dangers of OxyContin?

Jul 22, 2023 | theglobeandmail.com | Barry Meier
Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic

Jul 18, 2023 | citylights.com | Barry Meier

Overview From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who first exposed the roots of the opioid epidemic and the secretive world of the Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma, Pain Killer is the celebrated landmark story of corporate greed and government negligence that inspired an upcoming Netflix series. “This is the book that started it all.
Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic

Jul 18, 2023 | bookshop.org | Barry Meier

FORMAT Paperback$18.00$16.74(English) Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Description From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who first exposed the roots of the opioid epidemic and the secretive world of the Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma, Pain Killer is the celebrated landmark story of corporate greed and government negligence that inspired an upcoming Netflix series. "This is the book that started it all.
Is This The End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report.

May 19, 2023 | thenation.com | Jeet Heer |Mychal Denzel Smith |Barry Meier |Aaron Mate
Spitzer Opens Inquiry Into the Business Practices of Hospital Buying Groups (Published 2002)

Feb 6, 2023 | nytimes.com | Barry Meier