Dopesick
Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Ranked #15 in Addiction, Ranked #31 in Drugs — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
Rankings by Category
Dopesick is ranked in the following categories:
- #91 in Criminology
- #84 in Current Affairs
- #66 in Medicine
- #55 in Public Health
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