Dopesick
Subtitle: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
By: Beth Macy
Edition: Large print edition. First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780316523172
Subjects: Opioid abuse; Large type books; Medication abuse; Oxycodone; Oxycodone abuse
Other titles: Dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America; Dope sick
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548).
Table of contents: title: Part one: The People v. Purdue. The United States of Amnesia; title: Swag 'n' Dash; title: Message board memorial; title: "The corporation feels no pain." Part two: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. Suburban sprawl; title: "Like shooting Jesus"; title: FUBI; title: "Shit don't stop." Part three: "A broken system." Whac-a-mole; title: Liminality; title: Hope on a spreadsheet; title: "Brother, wrong or right"; title: Outcasts and inroads. Epilogue: Soldier's Disease.