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Dopesick dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America

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.

Main Author:	Macy, Beth (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Opioid abuse > United States. Medication abuse > United States. Oxycodone. Oxycodone abuse > United States.

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.
Physical Description:	vi, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-363) and index.
ISBN:	9780316551243 0316551244
Author Notes:	Beth Macy is a journalist. Her work has appeared in national magazines and The Roanoke Times, where her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. Her first book, Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town, was published in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)

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