Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America
by Macy, Beth (Author)
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. Full description
- 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.