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. It s the story of how chiropractors, frustrated by a decades-long AMA campaign to deny them their livelihood, ultimately prevailed with help from an unexpected quarter. Read a Q&A with Wolinsky about his reporting for the book.
Methadone, Medical Monopoly, Antitrust, and Serendipity
During the 1960s and 1970s, America was at war on several fronts. Baby boomers, the hippies, were caught up in the culture wars, which included hard drug use resulting in heroin addiction. It was front-page news that other boomers, soldiers, were coming home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin. In a speech in 1971, President Nixon declared drug addiction as public enemy number one, foreshadowing today s opioid crisis.