Generation Rx

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

2014 INDIES Winner
Gold, Social Sciences (Adult Nonfiction)
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What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? 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. 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.