Eil Philip
Eil Philip - Prescription For Pain How A Once - Promising Doctor Became The Pill Mill Killer' - Hardcover
Eil Philip - Prescription For Pain How A Once - Promising Doctor Became The Pill Mill Killer' - Hardcover
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Description: This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years - long investigation into his father's old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman who once seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and his Ph D from the prestigious University of Chicago but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona. Volkman was the central figure in a massive 'pill mill scheme in southern Ohio. His pain clinics accepted only cash employed armed guards and dispensed a torrent of opioid painkillers and other controlled substances. For nearly three years Volkman remained in business despite raids by law enforcement and complaints from patients family members. Prosecutors would ultimately link him to the overdose deaths of 13 patients though investigators explored his ties to at least 20 other deaths. This groundbreaking book is based on 12 years of correspondence and interviews with Volkman. Eil also traveled to 19 states interviewed more than 150 people and filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration that led to the release of nearly 20,000 pages of trial evidence. The American opioid epidemic is like this book a true crime story. Through this one doctor's story an era of unfathomable tragedy is brought down to a tangible and devastating human scale.
Title: Prescription For Pain How A Once - Promising Doctor Became The Pill Mill Killer'
Author(s): Eil Philip
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Barcode: 9781586423827
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: True Crime
Description: This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist's years - long investigation into his father's old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman who once seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and his Ph D from the prestigious University of Chicago but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona. Volkman was the central figure in a massive 'pill mill scheme in southern Ohio. His pain clinics accepted only cash employed armed guards and dispensed a torrent of opioid painkillers and other controlled substances. For nearly three years Volkman remained in business despite raids by law enforcement and complaints from patients family members. Prosecutors would ultimately link him to the overdose deaths of 13 patients though investigators explored his ties to at least 20 other deaths. This groundbreaking book is based on 12 years of correspondence and interviews with Volkman. Eil also traveled to 19 states interviewed more than 150 people and filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration that led to the release of nearly 20,000 pages of trial evidence. The American opioid epidemic is like this book a true crime story. Through this one doctor's story an era of unfathomable tragedy is brought down to a tangible and devastating human scale.
Title: Prescription For Pain How A Once - Promising Doctor Became The Pill Mill Killer'
Author(s): Eil Philip
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Barcode: 9781586423827
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: True Crime
