{"product_id":"sackler-dynasty-unmasked-isabel-c-harland-9798278602200","title":"Sackler Dynasty Unmasked: How Family Decisions Shaped America's Painkiller Crisis","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a true crime story without a crime scene tape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no masked suspects, no hidden weapons, no single moment when everything breaks. Instead, the damage unfolds slowly, through marketing plans, sales targets, regulatory loopholes, and carefully worded claims that turned powerful painkillers into routine medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSackler Dynasty Unmasked\u003c\/b\u003e is a true crime investigation into how one of the most influential families in modern medicine helped shape the conditions that fueled America's opioid epidemic, while publicly standing as benefactors of culture, science, and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Sackler name carried prestige. Museums, universities, and research institutions bore it proudly. Behind that polished image was a pharmaceutical strategy that transformed pain treatment in the United States and quietly normalized long-term opioid use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book follows the money, the messaging, and the decisions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Sackler brothers' early years in Brooklyn and their pioneering role in medical advertising, through the explosive success of tranquilizers like Valium, and finally to the launch of OxyContin, the narrative tracks how influence over doctors, regulators, and public perception grew steadily and strategically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarketing claims framed addiction as rare. Sales teams were rewarded for aggressive prescribing. Internal warnings surfaced, then faded into silence. As prescriptions surged, so did addiction, overdoses, and shattered communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen lawsuits followed, the story did not end with accountability. Instead, it entered courtrooms, bankruptcy filings, and settlement negotiations where responsibility was narrowed, wealth was shielded, and victims were left to navigate a system never designed for justice at scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is true crime told through documents rather than dramatization. A story of: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorporate deception without criminal convictions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegal strategies that outpaced regulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublic health failures hidden behind technical compliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamilies and communities who recognized the danger first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSackler Dynasty Unmasked\u003c\/b\u003e exposes how harm can be inflicted without breaking the law outright, and how white-collar crime often thrives in systems built on trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers drawn to investigative true crime, corporate exposés, and real-world accountability stories, this book reveals how one of the largest public health crises in American history unfolded in plain sight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabel C. Harland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278602200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Isabel C. Harland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743057555711,"sku":"9798278602200","price":15.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sackler-dynasty-unmasked-isabel-c-harland-9798278602200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}