Dopesick - Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America

Now a major TV series on Disney+ 'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times 'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer 'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks 'Essential reading' New York Times Beth Macy reveals the disturbing truth behind America's opioid crisis and explains how a nation has become enslaved to prescription drugs. This powerful and moving story explains how a large corporation, Purdue, encouraged small town doctors to prescribe OxyContin to a country already awash in painkillers. The drug's dangerously addictive nature was hidden, whilst many used it as an escape, to numb the pain of of joblessness and the need to pay the bills. Macy tries to answer a grieving mother's question - why her only son died - and comes away with a harrowing tale of greed and need.

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A shocking investigation... [Dopesick] is essential. The urgency of its message is compounded by the fact that as I write this, the latest figures show the number of deaths in England and Wales due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose by 29 per cent in 2017' The Times

Product details

• Authors: Beth Macy, Macy Beth
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781803284279
• ISBN: 978-1-80328-427-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; USA, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, United States of America, USA, Society and culture: general, News media and journalism, Popular medicine and health, Non Fiction, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Public health and preventive medicine, Regulation of medicines and medical devices