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Author:

Macy, Beth, author.

Title:

Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America / Beth Macy.

Edition:

Large print edition.
First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown and Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

vi, 548 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Opioid abuse--United States.
Medication abuse--United States.
Oxycodone.
Oxycodone abuse--United States.
Large type books.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0316523178
9780316523172

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)