Philip Eil Author Visit: Prescription for Pain

Time/Date: Wednesday, October 16th at 4:00pm at the Portsmouth Library

Author Philip Eil will be discussing his book, Prescription for Pain: How a Once Promising Doctor
Became the “”Pill Mill Killer””. This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist’s years-long
investigation into his father’s old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman. Volkman was the central figure in a massive “”pill mill”” scheme in southern Ohio. The American opioid epidemic is, like this book, a true crime story. Through this one doctor’s story, an era of unfathomable tragedy is brought down to a tangible, and devastating, human scale.

This event is free and for adults. For more infdormation, call 740-354-5688.