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Killing Pain: Understanding the Opioid Pandemic and the American Obsession with Oxycontin, Heroin, and Other Painkillers 

by Robert Hayward  (Author) 

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In 1996, the FDA approved and endorsed Perdue Pharmaceutical’s new drug, "Oxycontin" as a non-addictive pain reliever.

Since 1996, the CDC reported 841,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide.

In the 12 months ending in April of 2021, over 103,000 Americans died from a drug overdose.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that Americans 50 years old and younger are more likely to die of a drug overdose than any other cause.

Do you ever wonder why teenagers and even pre-teens now prefer heroin over tobacco and marijuana? Do you wonder how heroin went from a taboo drug to the most abused drug, or how it came out of the shadows and is now everywhere? Prescribed painkillers, heroin, and now deadly Fentanyl are in every neighborhood in the country. Addiction affects everyone.

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Why do millions of middle-class and upper-class Americans throw away everything they have and more just to feed their opioid addiction?

Do you wonder how this began, where it came from? What caused this out-of-control opioid pandemic?

What fuels the dynamics of the addicted brain, and is there a solution?

Killing Pain explains in a very personal and brutally honest way how it all began, how easy it is to become addicted to opioids, and what it takes to get clean again. As bad as it is, there is a solution.

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Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Covenant Books (July 13, 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1638149585
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1638149583
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.9 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.73 x 9 inches
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Hayward is the Author of two books on addiction: The Thirteenth Step, One Mans Odyssey of Recovery, and Killing Pain: Understanding the Opioid Pandemic and the American Obsession with Oxycontin, Heroin, And Other Painkillers. Hayward was born in Southern California and started drinking and using drugs at age 14, then became a prominent drug dealer, smuggler, and manufacturer, and an alcoholic and addict for 26 years. He got sober in 2000, that is the story behind 'The Thirteenth Step'. After 6 years of good sobriety, he was prescribed Oxycontin for pain, and began 6 more years of hell as an opioid addict. That is the story behind the new book; 'Killing Pain'.

He is now been clean for 16 years, has a degree in Drug and Alcohol Studies, is a licensed Interventionist, Drug counselor in California: CCAPP, CADC-1, and Washington State Substance Abuse Counselor, where he now runs the Wellbriety Recovery Program for the Spokane Indian Tribe. Married for 40 years, he has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. Hayward wrote Killing Pain to expose the origins of this current opioid pandemic and takes the reader through his own personal hell as an opioid addict. How bad it got, the insanity of getting clean, and how Recovery Is Possible. His book allows everyone to experience addiction, how miserable it is, and how it can be overcome.

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