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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
2 reviews
yilliun's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Such an amazing and informative book about the family who (allegedly) fueled the opioid crisis both in the US and now abroad. The author does a great job with outlining each of these people and their motives. He certainly proves that people don’t become billionaires without exploiting others along the way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide
kdsmoove's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
“It is a peculiar hallmark of the American economy that you can produce a dangerous product and effectively off-load any legal liability for whatever destruction that product may cause by pointing to the individual responsibility of the consumer.”
*insert annie screaming gif”
the amount of times i screamed at the radio or texted someone “just when i thought these people couldn’t get any worse, they fucking do!” throughout reading this is not a low number. when i tell you i was HOOKED from the beginning and somehow not intimidated by the length.
i knew some about the opioid crisis, even enough to associate the sackler name with it but i had *no idea* just how deep the rot went. i didn’t realize that arthur sackler was the mastermind behind the way the entire pharmaceutical marketing schemes work now. that he basically invented sales and created his own fucking sources and oh my GOD. it was a solid five or six hours in before we even got to Reagan and i did the whole *leo pointing at the tv gif* thing to the stereo.
and of course today to tidy it up it HAD to be the fucking trump administration willing to let them off with a slap on the wrist. i am so mad, i will be staying mad. you should read this. but beware, there’s a lot of trigger warnings to check and it will make you very mad. One of the lines he used was “rip shit pissed” which sounds a lot funnier out loud than it does written down but i will be using it moving forward.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Suicide
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