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^ Read # Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters, and the Contamination of America's Drug Supply by Katherine Eban ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters, and the Contamination of America's Drug Supply What she found was an unlikely and irresistible group of heroes-five aging South Florida investigators who dubbed themselves the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and held their meetings at Hooters. This riveting page-turner takes us along with the Horsemen as they wade into "more rank Florida unseemliness than a Carl Hiaasen novel" (Salon) to ultimately uncover $33 million in bad medicine and make more than sixty arrests.Thanks in part to the attention Dangerous Doses received in hardcover, the media,
| Title | : | Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters, and the Contamination of America's Drug Supply |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0156030853 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 504 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
Pretest Lisa McKenzie 1. True or False: "Pharmaceutical middlemenbuy, sell, sort, repackage and distribute 98% of the nation's medicine."2. Which of the following characters have been granted a license to trade as a secondary pharmaceutical wholesaler:A. "A convicted heroin seller who had spent years in the Florida prison system"B. A woman who "pleaded guilty in 2000 to selling stolen medicine through her husband's wholesale company (and) was still on probation."C. "A fellow on federal probation after serving time for marijuana smuggling."D. "The eighth grade dropout and heroin addict"E. Small (big dollar) businessmen that feel threatened wit. A Must Read for Anyone who Cares about Drug Safety D. Koch As someone who has worked with pharmaceutical manufacturers for over 20 years, I never imagined how susceptible the drug supply chain was to counterfeiting. Ms. Eban has done an excellent job detailing the exploits of a handful of dedicated public servants who toiled unceasingly to get to the truth. It is a quick read, one that you won't want to put down. I learned something new each time I turned the page and, when I share the stories in this book to my friends and colleagues, everyone wants a copy. Well done!. A must read book! Patrice L. Hardee Dangerous Doses is defintely a "must read" book. If you are on medication or have a loved one on medication you need to read about the realities of the drugs that are being prescribed.
News & World Report. PRAISE FOR DANGEROUS DOSES"In a style reminiscent of some of the best detective storytellers, Eban takes us breathlessly through robberies, back-room deals, cluttered and dirty warehouses, crooked dealers, sociopathic profiteers, shell companies, and state and federal laws so porous that convicted felons can become prescription-drug brokers."--The Boston Globe"A riveting account of a 2 1/2-year investigation in South Florida As Eban recounts, the scam was broken wide open by a 'ragtag' group of seasoned investigators who seem as if they were cast right out of an episode of The Wire."--Bernadine Healy, U.S
What she found was an unlikely and irresistible group of heroes-five aging South Florida investigators who dubbed themselves the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and held their meetings at Hooters. This riveting page-turner takes us along with the Horsemen as they wade into "more rank Florida unseemliness than a Carl Hiaasen novel" (Salon) to ultimately uncover $33 million in bad medicine and make more than sixty arrests.Thanks in part to the attention Dangerous Doses received in hardcover, the media, politicians, and drug companies are starting to address the problems it uncovered. When counterfeit prescription medicine started turning up in the nation's supply and threatening some of the sickest and weakest patients, Katherine Eban went in search of the story. Working around the clock on cases no one else wanted to tackle, they followed the trail of stolen and contaminated medicine in a takedown eventually dubbed Operation Stone Cold. This new paperback edition includes a chapter with the latest update on these developments.
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