PACG Book Club for March 2022 - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
After reading and discussing War on Us by Colleen Cowles, we decided we wanted to learn more about drug policy and problems. Our March book will be Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe.
We plan to meet via Zoom on Monday, March 21st at 5:30 pm. At this point we are planning to meet by Zoom. This could change if things go well with the pandemic. We'll let you know after the February meeting if we decide to meet in person somewhere.
Click on my name for an invitation to the Zoom meeting.
Alta Price
Here is more about Empire of Pain from Goodreads:
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.
"Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling."
We plan to meet via Zoom on Monday, March 21st at 5:30 pm. At this point we are planning to meet by Zoom. This could change if things go well with the pandemic. We'll let you know after the February meeting if we decide to meet in person somewhere.
Click on my name for an invitation to the Zoom meeting.
Alta Price
Here is more about Empire of Pain from Goodreads:
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.
"Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling."
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