Dopesick

Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, t... (more)

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. (less)

Chronicles America's more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, t... (more)

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. (less)

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In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addictio... (more)

In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so entrenched. (less)

In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addictio... (more)

In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into an epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The first to chart the tragic spread of prescription and street drugs from distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs, disparate cities, and once-idyllic farm towns, a trajectory that explains how the crisis persisted for so long and became so entrenched. (less)