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Death in Mud Lick A Coal Country Fight against
the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid
Epidemic
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A New York Times Critics8217Top Ten Book of the
Year 2021 Edgar Award Winner Best Fact Crime
A Lit Hub Best Book of The Year From a Pulitzer
Prize8211wining investigative reporter at the
Charleston Gazette-Mail, a 8220poerful,8221(Th
e New York Times) urgent, and heartbreaking
account of the corporate greed that pumped
millions
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of pain pills into small Appalachian towns,
decimating communities.In 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 Preece8217sfight
for accountability for her brother8217sdeath
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 America8217slargest drug
companies8212an won him a Pulitzer Prize. Part
Erin Brockovich, part Spotlight, Death in Mud
Lick details 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 Eyre8217slocal paper, the
Gazette-Mail, the smallest newspaper ever to win
a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting,
broke the story. Eyre follows the opioid
shipments into individual counties, pharmacies,
and homes in West Virginia and explains how
thousands of Appalachians got hooked on
prescription drugs8212reulting in the highest
overdose rates in the country. But despite the
tragedy, there is also hope as citizens banded
together to create positive change8212an won.
8220Aproduct of one reporter8217ssustained
outrage and a searing spotlight on the scope
and human cost of corruption and
negligence8221(The Washington Post) Eric
Eyre8217sintimate portrayal of a national
public health crisis illuminates the shocking
pattern of corporate greed and its repercussions
for the citizens of West Virginia8212an the
nation8212tothis day.
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Bestselling
Death in Mud Lick A Coal Country Fight against
the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid
Epidemic
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