Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America, (Hardcover)

from zmagic69

I read Dreamland a year ago and was afraid this would be a bit of a rehash of that book, but was not the case at all. This is a phenomenal book that needs to be read and discussed. This country has a serious drug problem and a government who first played the role of complacent dope dealer, and no...

from msf59

“Drug overdose had already taken the lives of 300,000 Americans over the past fifteen years, and experts now predicted that 300,000 more would die in only the next five. It is now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of fifty, killing more people than guns or car accidents, at a...

from strandbooks

Impossible to read this book without feeling anger, frustration and sadness. It's eye-opening on the trajectory of the opioid crisis and how the end is nowhere in sight with our current solutions. This quote by Tim Kaine sums it up "Beth Macy writes about our opioid epidemic, but Dopesick is not ...

from nmele

This is an up close and personal look at what opioids have done in rural America. Macy tells heartbreaking stories of ruined lives and, sometimes, recovery, most if not all of which should be laid at the feet of pharmaceutical companies. This is a moving account that rings true; if it doesn't mov...

from Dreesie

Thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown, and Company for providing me with this galley in exchange for an honest review. ————— This book is both fascinating and infuriating. Macy looks at the history of opium and its various iterations over the last 200+ years. She then traces the origins of Oxycod...