"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.
