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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Higham, Scott, author. | Horwitz, Sari, author.
Title: American cartel : inside the battle to bring down the opioid industry / Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Twelve, [2022] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021053699 | ISBN 9781538737200 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781538737194 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Pharmaceutical industry—United States. | Opioid abuse—United States. | Drug control—United States. | United States.Drug Enforcement Administration.
Classification: LCC HD9675.O643 U64 2022 | DDC 338.4/76153—dc23/eng/20220106
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021053699
ISBNs: 978-1-5387-3720-0 (hardcover), 978-1-5387-3719-4 (ebook)
E3-20220613-JV-NF-ORI