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) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.