As a retired hospice/hospital nurse during the early 2000's, I watched firsthand as the morphine molecule was used for pain relief. As a patient with fibromyalgia, I was prescribed narcotics, and know how difficult it is to quit them. I did not know of the underlying back story - nor why Portsmouth, Ohio was the Oxy-Queen of the world. I did not know a lot of things that I understand clearly now. A new Oxyconton-King family is under the microscope for lying about the drug's effects. This book helps to explain how we got to this point. I'm flabbergasted.