Philip Eil is a freelance journalist based in his hometown, Providence. His debut book is “Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the ‘Pill Mill Killer.’”

"The opioid epidemic is a crime story. And the longer we let our neighbors suffer simply because they lack the cash or the right insurance, the more complicit we all become."

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