Dopesick
Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America
1st Edition
Published on 9. August 2018
416 pages
978-1-78854-936-3 (ISBN)
Description
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'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times
'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer
'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks
'Essential reading' New York Times
Beth Macy 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 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.
'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times
'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer
'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks
'Essential reading' New York Times
Beth Macy 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 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.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Head of Zeus
ISBN-13
978-1-78854-936-3 (9781788549363)
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Person
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.
Content
- Intro
- Welcome Page
- About Dopesick
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Prologue
- Part One: The People v. Purdue
- Chapter One: The United States of Amnesia
- Chapter Two: Swag 'n' Dash
- Chapter Three: Message Board Memorial
- Chapter Four: "The Corporation Feels No Pain"
- Part Two: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
- Chapter Five: Suburban Sprawl
- Chapter Six: "Like Shooting Jesus"
- Chapter Seven: FUBI
- Chapter Eight: "Shit Don't Stop"
- Part Three: "A Broken System"
- Chapter Nine: Whac-A-Mole
- Chapter Ten: Liminality
- Chapter Eleven: Hope on a Spreadsheet
- Chapter Twelve: "Brother, Wrong or Right"
- Chapter Thirteen: Outcasts and Inroads
- Epilogue: Soldier's Disease
- Plate Section
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About Beth Macy
- An Invitation from the Publisher
- Copyright
