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    Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America / Beth Macy.
    by Macy, Beth.
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    Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
    Call #:LP 362.290973 M177d
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  • Opioid abuse -- United States.
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  • Medication abuse -- United States.
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  • Oxycodone.
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  • Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
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    9780316523172 (large print hc.)
    Alternate title: 
    Dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
    Dope sick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
    Edition: 
    Large print ed.
    Description: 
    vi, 548 p. (large print) : ill. ; 25 cm.
    Bibliography: 
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548).
    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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