JJ University
Navigate
HomeLibraryPrintArenaAtlasAboutContactSettings
Skip to content
JJ UniversityFree books by James Johnson
Account
Menu
Back to books
PURDUE cover
History & Civilization +4 more

PURDUE

The story of how Purdue Pharma weaponized OxyContin to ignite America's opioid crisis, targeting vulnerable communities and profiting from mass addiction.

33 min readReading time
17Sections
Start reading

Reading progress can be saved on this device. Account tools are available if you sign in.

Chapters

17 total
  1. 01Prologue
  2. 02Chapter One - The Sackler Secret
  3. 03Chapter Two - A Drug Like No Other
  4. 04Chapter Three - Sales, Scripts, and Strategy
  5. 05Chapter Four - Pain as a Market
  6. 06Chapter Five - The FDA Stamp
  7. 07Chapter Six - The First Deaths
  8. 08Chapter Seven - The Pill Mill Pipeline
  9. 09Chapter Eight - Appalachia Bleeds
  10. 10Chapter Nine - Heroin Fills the Gap
  11. 11Chapter Ten - The Pharma Hydra
  12. 12Chapter Eleven - The Lawsuits Come
  13. 13Chapter Twelve - The Bankruptcy Scam
  14. 14Chapter Thirteen - The Museums Still Stand
  15. 15Chapter Fourteen - A Nation Hooked
  16. 16Chapter Fifteen - What They Built
  17. 17Chapter Sixteen - The Cost
Edition notes and short pages
Dedications, notices, acknowledgments, author notes, and short passages from this book.

PURDUE

PURDUE
The Company That Hooked a Nation
by James Johnson

Dedication

For the ones who didn’t make it.
For the ones still fighting.
And for the ones who called it what it really was.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


TO EVERY JOURNALIST, whistleblower, researcher, and survivor who refused to let this story get buried.

To the truth-tellers who did the work before I ever showed up. Barry Meier, Patrick Radden Keefe, Beth Macy, and the hundreds of local reporters who covered overdose funerals like war correspondence.

To those who loved someone who didn’t survive.

And to the ones who did, you’re not crazy. It really was that evil.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


JJ IS THE author of over 250 books, including exposés on corporate crime, American collapse, and the systems that profit from pain. He writes fast, thinks sharp, and doesn’t flinch

For more books like this, visit: jjarchives.com

COPYRIGHT


© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON. All rights reserved.

This book is a work of non-fiction, protected under United States copyright law. Every effort has been made to verify factual content at the time of publication. All quotations, case details, events, and legal outcomes are sourced from public records, court filings, investigative journalism, and congressional testimony. Select phrasing and narrative framing are dramatized for clarity and impact, but nothing has been invented or fictionalized.

This book is not authorized, endorsed, or affiliated with Purdue Pharma, any member of the Sackler family, or any pharmaceutical company or institution mentioned herein.

It is protected under fair use for the purposes of public education, commentary, criticism, and journalism.

The author is not responsible for any consequences arising from the use or misuse of information in this work.