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Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America  Cover Image Large Print Material Large Print Material

Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America

Macy, Beth (author.).

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  • ISBN: 0316523178 (large print ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780316523172 (large print ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780316523172 : HRD
  • ISBN: 0316523178 : HRD
  • 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.

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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.
Subject: Opioid abuse United States
Medication abuse United States
Oxycodone
Oxycodone abuse United States
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Genre: Nonfiction.

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Milford Public Library 362.29 M (Text) 34013144060145 Adult Nonfiction Large Type Available -
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