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Happy Pills: The Mirage of Bottled Happiness

Happy Pills: The Mirage of Bottled Happiness

In Happy Pills, journalist Arnaud Robert and photographer Paolo Woods spent five years tracking down various pills around the world to gauge the scale of the pharmaceutical industry and our dependence on drugs. A dizzying investigation.

A red pill or a blue pill? They come in all colors and sizes, and the book Happy Pills taps into a torrent of drugs designed to cure erectile dysfunction, insomnia, and old age, promising bliss or oblivion. The photographer Paolo Woods...

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