Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
ISBN
9780316551243, 0316551244
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ilsley Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction | 362.29 Macy | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018].
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
vi, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316551243, 0316551244
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Includes notes (pages 313-363) and index
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Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, journalist Beth 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. The unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills, while privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs, and even high school standouts fall prey to prostitution, jail, and death. Through unsparing, yet deeply human portraits of the families and first responders struggling to ameliorate this epidemic, each facet of the crisis comes into focus
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Macy, B. (2018). Dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America (First edition). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Macy, Beth. 2018. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Macy, Beth. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Macy, Beth. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America First edition, Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
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