Erin Marie Daly - Generation Rx

Co-sponsored by the Marin County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force.

"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 journalist Erin Marie Daly after her youngest brother, Pat, an OxyContin addict, was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 20. In just a few short years, the powerful prescription painkiller had transformed him from a fun-loving kid to a heroin addict so hell-bent on getting his next fix that he was willing to lie, steal, and hurt everyone he loved. In Generation Rx: A Story of Dope, Death, and America’s Opiate Crisis, Erin set out on a painful journey to learn what really happened to her little brother. As a senior pharmaceutical journalist for Law360, she was startled to discover a new twist to the ongoing prescription drug epidemic. That kids are hooked on painkillers is nothing new; what is new is the rising number of young heroin junkies whose addiction began with pills in suburban bedrooms, and how a generation of young people playing around with today’s increasingly powerful opioids are finding themselves in the frightening grip of heroin.

Erin Marie Daly was a senior reporter for Law360, a New York City-based legal newswire where she covered the pharmaceutical industry and product liability litigation for the past five years. In 2007, she was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. Daly has also reported in countries such as India, Bosnia, and Russia. She holds an MA in cultural reporting and criticism from New York University. Her feature writing has appeared in a myriad of publications.

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ISBN: 9781619022911
Published: Counterpoint - August 12th, 2014