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

By:

Macy, Beth

Publication details: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 376 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780316551243 (hc.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.290973 23

LOC classification:

RC568.O45 M33 2018

Contents:

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.

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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
300 - 399	Hanover Public Library Shelves	362.29 MACY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31906001118869

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-363) and index.

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.

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