Bad Medicine

Catching New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher

Charlotte Bismuth

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Simon & Schuster
01 March 2021

True crime; Social services & welfare, criminology; Criminal procedure: law of evidence

“Charlotte Bismuth gives us a bold and cinematic true crime story about her work at the intersection of medicine and greed. Bad Medicine is a gripping memoir that toggles deftly between the personal and prosecutorial.” —Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick

“Bismuth has written a brilliant account of prosecuting a doctor who became a drug dealer in a white coat. She is haunted by the voices of the dead and listening closely to the voices of the living.” —Nan Goldin, artist, activist, and founder of P.A.I.N.

“Bad Medicine is a taut exploration of America’s deadly battle with opioid addiction—an unnerving and inspirational firecracker of a book.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park

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

In 2010, a brave whistleblower alerted the police to Dr. Stan Li’s 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 America’s opioid epidemic.

By: Charlotte Bismuth
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 535g
ISBN: 9781982116422
ISBN 10: 1982116420
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charlotte Bismuth started her legal career at the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, and joined the New York County District Attorney’s 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 City’s five boroughs. She is a graduate of Columbia University, Columbia Law School, and the Instituts d’etudes politiques in Paris. She lives in New York City with her husband and children.

Reviews for Bad Medicine: Catching New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher

A measured and powerful account of the landmark case that helped shape our ongoing national response to the opioid crisis. The story will leave readers angry, informed, and most importantly inspired to seek justice and change. -Former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, founder of The Kennedy Forum, New York Times bestselling author of A Common Struggle BAD MEDICINE is a taut exploration of America's deadly battle with opioid addiction-an unnerving and inspirational firecracker of a book. -Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park This page-turning true detective story blew my mind. Charlotte Bismuth shows, in brilliant detail, what happens when patients become victims. BAD MEDICINE is timely and important; I can't recommend it loudly enough. -Mona Hanna-Attisha MD MPH, author of What The Eyes Don't See, Flint whistleblower A spellbinding story about bringing a deadly doctor to justice. -Patricia McCormick, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestelling author From the victims of unscrupulous doctors to the detectives who built the investigation to the nail-biting trial of the criminal doctor, Bad Medicine is a must-read. -Gerald Posner, New York Times bestselling author of God's Bankers and Pharma Charlotte Bismuth gives us a bold and cinematic true-crime story about her work at the intersection of medicine and greed. Bad Medicine is a gripping memoir that toggles deftly between the personal and prosecutorial. -Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick Bad Medicine is altogether a personal, emotional, brilliant collection of reporting. -Shondaland In what she calls a memoir from the trenches, former prosecutor Bismuth shares her recollections of working on the four-year investigation and 18-week trial of a pill-pushing medical doctor...The takeaways? Prosecutors are human, and bad doctors can destroy lives. -Booklist A gripping read tailor-made for the silver screen. -Kirkus Reviews