Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Author: Macy, Beth, author. Title: Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America / Beth Macy. Call Number: 362.29 Mac Publisher, Date: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. Edition: First edition. Description: vi, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. 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. Subjects: Opioid abuse -- United States. Medication abuse -- United States. Oxycodone. Oxycodone abuse -- United States. Other Title: Dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America. Dope sick. Notes: Includes bibliographical references(pg. 313-363) and index. 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. LCCN: 2017961068 ISBN: 9780316551243 0316551244 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find it Syndetics Unbound Map It Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
