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Macy, Beth.
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Opioid abuse -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
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Macy, Beth.
Opioid abuse -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
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Dopesick
:
dealers
,
doctors
, and the
drug
company
that
addicted
America
/ Beth Macy.
by
Macy, Beth.
Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Call #:
362.290973 M177d
Subjects
Opioid abuse -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
ISBN:
9780316551243 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Dealers
,
doctors
, and the
drug
company
that
addicted
America
Dope sick :
dealers
,
doctors
, and the
drug
company
that
addicted
America
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vi, 376 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
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.
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Adult Nonfiction
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