BOOKS NEWS EVENTS ABOUT Dopesick by Beth Macy Hits Disney+ this Autumn BUY £9.99 Michael Keaton stars as a small-town doctor in US opioid crisis drama Dopesick adapted from the international bestselling book by journalist Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers Doctors and The Drug Company that Addicted America, originally published in the UK by Head of Zeus in 2018 and re-issued in a new-look paperback 11th November 2021. The eight-part original series will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Friday November 12 in the UK & Ireland and stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever and Rosario Dawson. The series was adapted by Emmy-winner Danny Strong (“Empire,” “Recount,” “Game Change”) and directed by Oscar®-winner Barry Levinson (“Paterno,” “Rain Man”). Adapted from Beth Macy’s 2018 book of the same name, Dopesick reveals the disturbing truth behind America's opioid crisis and explains how a nation has become enslaved to prescription drugs. This powerful and moving story explains how a large corporation, Purdue, encouraged small town doctors to prescribe OxyContin to a country already awash in painkillers. The drug's dangerously addictive nature was hidden, whilst many used it as an escape, to numb the pain of joblessness and the need to pay the bills. Macy tries to answer a grieving mother's question – why her only son died – and comes away with a harrowing tale of greed and need. Beth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. OTHER BOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE Subscribe to our newsletter! Email Address * SUBSCRIBE WE ARE HOZ Head of Zeus opened for business on 3 January 2012 and we published our first books six months later. In 2015 we won Digital Publisher of the Year and in 2017 we won Independent Publisher of the Year. If you want to know why we are called Head of Zeus, enquire here. CONTACT US 5-8 Hardwick Street 1st Floor East London EC1R 4RG +44 207 253 5557 Registered number: 7769235 VAT number: GB122496619 INFORMATION About HoZ Press Enquiries Sales Enquiries Rights Enquiries Work With Us AI Generator PR Generator Catalogue Generator CATALOGUES Spring 2022 Autumn 2021 Spring 2021 Autumn 2020 Spring 2020 Autumn 2019 Spring 2019 Autumn 2018 Spring 2018 Autumn 2017 Spring 2017 Autumn 2016 Spring 2016 Autumn 2015 Spring 2015 Autumn 2014 Spring 2014 Autumn 2013 Spring 2013 2012 LINKS HoZ on Facebook HoZ on Twitter HoZ on YouTube HoZ on Instagram HoZ on Bookshop.org Head of Zeus © 2021 Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy