Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies

This in-depth look at the rise of Big Pharma and pill marketing is "a page-turner" (Booklist, starred review).

A finalist for a PEN America Literary Award for Research Nonfiction, this book takes a deep look at how the pharmaceutical industry—with some help from the medical and insurance fields and from American consumers themselves—has pushed its products, often at the expense of our health. Generation Rx reveals the roots of many of the widespread societal problems we face today, explai...