Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
by Beth Macy
Descriptions
Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy endeavors to answer a grieving mother's question-why her only son died-and comes away with a harrowing story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same distressed communities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man, the unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills, while privileged teens trade
#MUSTREAD, #MOBIPOCKET, #BESTBOOK2023
https://pdfhost.io/v/gW61DAxOd_Get_Epub_A_Grim_and_Sunken_Vow_Full_Page
https://pdfhost.io/v/9pNOmrMTj_Get_Books_Real_Easy_Full_Access
https://pdfhost.io/v/nL3EbANaZ_Download_Books_A_False_Start_Gold_Rush_Ranch_4_Full_Access
https://pdfhost.io/v/.rL7dJMq2_EPUB_Download_Sleepwalk_Full_Access
https://pdfhost.io/v/PX05rFzXT_Read_Books_Boyfriend_Material_Hawthorne_University_2_Full_Page
https://telegra.ph/Download-pdf-A-Quick-Bite-Argeneau-1-08-26
https://pdfhost.io/v/OTrbf.kNP_Audiobooks_Large_Print_Easy_Color_Frame_Calm_Adult_Coloring_Book
https://pdfhost.io/v/ee24TgnPP_Leer_PDFEPUB_Creative_Haven_By_the_Sea_Color_by_Number
0 Comments