Philip Eil, author of 人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 人妖色情片楶ill Mill Killer人妖色情片櫲搜槠瑵 will lead a discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at Ohio University Southern in Ironton. The event is free and open to the public.
人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 人妖色情片楶ill Mill Killer,人妖色情片櫲搜槠瑵 by Philip Eil, tells the story of Dr. Paul Volkman, a notorious doctor who was charged with drug-dealing for his activities in pain clinics in the Southern Ohio communities of Portsmouth and Chillicothe in the mid-2000s
Philip Eil, author of 人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 人妖色情片楶ill Mill Killer人妖色情片櫲搜槠瑵 will lead a discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at Ohio University Southern in Ironton. The event is free and open to the public.
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人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 人妖色情片楶ill Mill Killer,人妖色情片櫲搜槠瑵 by Philip Eil, tells the story of Dr. Paul Volkman, a notorious doctor who was charged with drug-dealing for his activities in pain clinics in the Southern Ohio communities of Portsmouth and Chillicothe in the mid-2000s
IRONTON 人妖色情片 Journalist and author Philip Eil will visit Ohio University Southern in October for a discussion of his recent true-crime book about opiates and Southern Ohio. The event is part of Eil人妖色情片檚 first visit to the region since the acclaimed book人妖色情片檚 release in April, according to a news release.
Eil人妖色情片檚 book, 人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 人妖色情片楶ill Mill Killer人妖色情片櫲搜槠瑵 tells the story of Dr. Paul Volkman, a notorious doctor who was charged with drug-dealing for his activities in pain clinics in the Southern Ohio communities of Portsmouth and Chillicothe in the mid-2000s. Prosecutors linked him to the overdose deaths of 13 patients, though investigators explored his ties to at least 20 other deaths in the Tri-State region. After his conviction in 2011, Volkman was sentenced to four, consecutive life terms in prison 人妖色情片 the opioid epidemic人妖色情片檚 longest term for illegal prescriptions, according to the release.
Eil, a Rhode Island-based journalist who has written for the Boston Globe and Huffington Post, first became interested in the story in 2009 after learning Volkman had gone to college and medical school with his father. His research for the book included years of correspondence with Volkman, interviews with more than 150 people, and 10 reporting trips to Southern Ohio between 2010 and 2022.
人妖色情片淧hilip Eil人妖色情片檚 work sheds light on a tragedy that continues to devastate our region and beyond. His investigation into Volkman人妖色情片檚 actions offers crucial lessons for our students, who will one day work to prevent similar crises,人妖色情片 Joy Shytle, associate professor of Instruction in Social Work at Ohio University Southern, said in the release. 人妖色情片淓il人妖色情片檚 visit to campus and to my classes provides an invaluable opportunity for students and community members alike to engage with the realities of the opioid epidemic.人妖色情片
Eil says that he fell in love with Southern Ohio while working on this project. 人妖色情片淎fter so many years working on this book, I人妖色情片檓 thrilled to have the opportunity to discuss it with folks at OU Southern, in the heart of the region affected by the crimes I describe,人妖色情片 he said.
Paul Volkman received an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. But by the time he arrived to work at cash-only pain clinics in Portsmouth in 2003, he had lost his malpractice insurance after a series of lawsuits. Volkman proceeded to prescribe enormous amounts of opiate painkillers, muscle relaxers, and sedatives in a region already struggling with overdoses and addiction. In some instances, family members of Volkman人妖色情片檚 patients begged the doctor to stop prescribing to their loved ones. Eil人妖色情片檚 book recounts these crimes in detail, and also describes Volkman人妖色情片檚 eight-week trial in federal court in Cincinnati.
In a review, the Columbus Dispatch called 人妖色情片淧rescription for Pain人妖色情片 a 人妖色情片渞iveting true-crime page-turner人妖色情片 and said it 人妖色情片渕asterfully chronicles Volkman人妖色情片檚 life and the sad tales of those who succumbed to the physician人妖色情片檚 scribbles on his prescription pad.人妖色情片
In a separate review, BookPage wrote, 人妖色情片淲ith 人妖色情片楶rescription for Pain,人妖色情片 Eil joins the ranks of investigative journalists like Sam Quinones (人妖色情片淒reamland人妖色情片), Patrick Radden Keefe (人妖色情片淓mpire of Pain人妖色情片) and Beth Macy (人妖色情片淒opesick人妖色情片), adding a crucial piece of the puzzle to understanding an epidemic that continues to arrest the nation.人妖色情片
A chapter from the book describing Portsmouth人妖色情片檚 recovery efforts after the scourge of pill mills was published in the July issue of Cincinnati magazine.
Eil’s event will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the Riffe Rotunda and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit .
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