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Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America
Title:
Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America
Author:
Macy, Beth, author.
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ISBN:
9780316551243
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
vi, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Part one: The People volume 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.
Abstract:
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.
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.
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