Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic

Groundbreaking Documentary: this book is based off of a documentary which has a three year deal with PBS which will be aired in three one hour segments, during which PBS will promote the book during all airings.Opioid Epidemic: According to the CDC, there are at least 2-4 million opioid addicts and over 12 million who are opioid dependent with more than 130 people dying every day in American from opioid related overdoses. It is an issue that crosses financial, social, and political lines- affecting people from all walks of life. Expertise: This book provides the most comprehensive and well-researched look into the faces of the opioid crisis and was written by an all-star team of experts dedicated to the medical research, policy changes, and social movements necessary to make dramatic changes in the opioid crisis.Untold Perspective: The only all-encompassing view of opioid addiction of all books currently on the market. Through storytelling it presents all sides of the crisis while showing that positive change is possible by discussing the matter with sufferers, medical practitioners, politicians, journalists, nonprofits, educators, and many more while also shining a light on the decades-long cover ups by pharmaceutical companies.

About the Author :
Harry Wiland, Co-President and Co-CEO of Media Policy Center (MPC) (www.mediapolicycenter.org), with a MFA in Film & Television from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He is the Co-Executive Producer and Director of the documentary film and public television series Do No Harm. Wiland has produced public television and multimedia forover 30 years. In 2002, with Dale Bell, he founded the MPC located in Santa Monica, CA and developed its media model. He has been the Co-Executive Producer and Director of all of MPC’s major productions. In 2006, Harry was elected as an Ashoka Lifetime Fellows (ashoka.org). He is currently working on Our Kids: Narrowing the Opportunity Gap, a new 4-part series for PBS, hosted and written by Harvard Professor Robert Putnam. Since 1981, Wiland has been a director member of the Directors Guild of America and, since 2003, a member of the Television Academy. He lives in Venice, CA. The goal of Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic is saving lives through education. Lewis Nelson, M.D., Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and University Hospital. In August 2016, Dr. Nelson became the inaugural Chair of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, taking the helm from a series of formative and dedicated interim Chairs. He looks forward to sustaining the trajectory of progress that they have initiated and creating the premier academic department of emergency medicine in New Jersey and the region. His area of interests includes prescription drug abuse. Chief Advisor Andrew Kolodny, M.D., Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP). Dr. Kolodny has been in the trenches of the war against the over-prescription of opioids and was the organizing force behind PROP in 2010. In 2016, the American Medical Association dropped pain as the 5th vital sign, recognizing and adhering to PROP’s findings. In true David and Goliath fashion, PROP continues to uncover the role of “big pharma” in the current opioid crisis. He served as an advisor to the Do No Harm documentary and will play an important role in the companion book as well. Peter Segall is a journalist, writer, and researcher. He is experienced with both field reporting and intensive research for long form writing. He previously worked on the Media Policy Center’s documentary series, “Our Kids: Narrowing the Opportunity gap" based on the book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis" by Harvard professor Robert Putnam. Before starting work at the Empire, his work as a journalist has focused on three areas: urban planning and infrastructure, education, and the pharmaceutical industry. Before working as a journalist he spent nearly three years living in Hanoi, Vietnam teaching English as a second language to children and adults at various levels. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2011 with a double major in Literature and History with related coursework in Political Science.