Large Print Book
Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the company that addicted America / Beth Macy.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316523172
- ISBN: 0316523178
- Physical Description: vi, 548 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-548). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Opioid abuse > United States. Medication abuse > United States. Oxycodone. Oxycodone abuse > United States. |
| Genre: | Large print books. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | LT 362.293 M177d 2018 (Text) | 33126022898989 | Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |