Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America / Beth Macy.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316523178 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780316523172 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780316523172 (large print ; hardcover)
- ISBN: 0316523178 (large print ; hardcover)
- Physical Description: vi, 548 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548). |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | 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. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Opioid abuse > United States. Medication abuse > United States. Oxycodone. Oxycodone abuse > United States. Large type books. |
Genre: | Nonfiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Milford Public Library | 362.29 M (Text) | 34013144060145 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | 362.29 MAC L.T. ed. (Text) | 34025143048061 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |