Dopesick
Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vi, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Opioid abuse -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
Opioid abuse -- United States.
Medication abuse -- United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse -- United States.
ISBN:
9780316551243
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SOCIAL SCI Crime Mac | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/10/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-363) and index.