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After learning that his father’s former classmate, Dr. Paul Volkman, the infamous “Pill Mill Killer,” was sentenced to four consecutive life terms for his leading role in the country’s deadly opioid epidemic, journalist Phil Eil plunged into an investigation of the sensational case. The result is his debut novel, Prescription for Pain: How A Once Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer,” which offers an intimate exploration into the life and mindset of one of the nation’s most prolific opioid prescribers.