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Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America / Beth Macy.

Macy, Beth, (author.).

Summary:

Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities in Central Appalachia, to the current national crisis.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780316523172
  • ISBN: 0316523178
  • Physical Description: vi, 548 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part one: The People v. Purdue. The United States of Amnesia -- Swag 'n' Dash -- Message board memorial -- "The corporation feels no pain." Part two: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. Suburban sprawl -- "Like shooting Jesus" -- FUBI -- "Shit don't stop." Part three: "A broken system." Whac-a-mole -- Liminality -- Hope on a spreadsheet -- "Brother, wrong or right" -- Outcasts and inroads. Epilogue: Soldier's Disease.

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Genre: Nonfiction.

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