Burden of Pain

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A tragedy unique to modern American culture the opioid epidemic incited a flurry of news coverage health policy banter and-ultimately-arrests. Instead of addressing the root of addiction law enforcement and public policy officials scrambled to place blame. Physicians were painted as drug dealers. Patients were treated like perpetrators. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dr. Jay K. Joshi's</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> own experiences left him with a single burning question.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the chaos of the opioid epidemic is anyone protecting the patients?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through his journey from a physician in his own primary care clinic to a defendant in a federal courthouse Dr. Joshi guides readers through the harrowing twists and turns of the opioid epidemic. His incredible shocking story illuminates the complexity of the crisis and provides a guiding light for anyone bearing the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Burden of Pain</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p>