Generation Rx : A Story of Dope, Death, and America's Opiate Crisis - Erin Marie Daly

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Generation Rx

A Story of Dope, Death, and America's Opiate Crisis

By: Erin Marie Daly

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Hardcover | 12 August 2014

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368 Pages

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16.5 x 23.6 x 3.3

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What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat?

These are the harrowing questions that plagued Erin Marie Daly after her youngest brother Pat, an OxyContin addict, was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of twenty. In just a few short years, the powerful prescription painkiller had transformed him from a fun-loving ball of energy to a heroin addict hell-bent on getting his next fix. Yet even as Pat's addiction destroyed his external life, his internal struggle with opiates was far more heart-wrenching. Erin set out on a painful personal journey, turning a journalistic eye on her brother's addiction; in the process, she was startled to discover a new twist to the ongoing prescription drug epidemic. That kids are hooked on prescription drugs is nothing new what is new is the rising number of young heroin addicts whose addiction began with pills in suburban bedrooms, and how a generation of young people playing around with today's increasingly powerful opiods are finding themselves in the frightening grip of heroin.

While many books a have tackled the topic of Big Pharma, drug addiction, and our increasingly over-medicated society, Generation Rx offers an entirely new look at what the prescription pill epidemic means for today's youth and the world around them.

Industry Reviews

"Generation RX is a harrowing account of the busted lives, splintered relationships, and broken spirits of those who abuse drugs and the people who love these addicts." -Booklist "This gripping memoir, enhanced by statistics and other stories of addiction, reveals the devastating human cost of failure to face the consequences of the epidemic spread of drug abuse." --Kirkus

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