Bad Medicine: Catching New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher

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Bad Medicine is a taut exploration of Americas deadly battle with opioid addictionan unnerving and inspirational firecracker of a book. Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author

For fans of Dopesick and Bad Blood, the shocking story of New Yorks most infamous pill-pushing doctor, written by the prosecutor who brought him down.

In 2010, a brave whistleblower alerted the police to Dr. Stan Lis corrupt pain management clinic in Queens, New York. Li spent years supplying more than seventy patients a day with oxycodone and Xanax, trading prescriptions for cash. Emergency room doctors, psychiatrists, and desperate family members warned him that his patients were at risk of death but he would not stop.

In Bad Medicine, former prosecutor Charlotte Bismuth meticulously recounts the jaw-dropping details of this criminal case that would span four years, culminating in a landmark trial. As a new assistant district attorney and single mother, Bismuth worked tirelessly with her team to bring Dr. Li to justice. Bad Medicine is a chilling story of corruption and greed and an important look at the role individual doctors play in Americas opioid epidemic.

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Charlotte Bismuth started her legal career at the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, and joined the New York County District Attorneys Office in 2008 as an appellate attorney. In 2010, she transferred into the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, which prosecutes felony narcotics crimes within the Citys five boroughs. She is a graduate of Columbia University, Columbia Law School, and the Instituts detudes politiques in Paris. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.