Dopesick
by Beth Macy
Macy follows Appalachian families, doctors and dealers through the opioid crisis and the fight against Purdue. Human-scale and furious.
Read it if…
you want the crisis told through people rather than policy.
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Skip it if…
you read Dreamland and want something different; they overlap.
Try instead: Chasing the Scream →
Three things you will actually use
- Addiction is a community event.
- Treatment access is the bottleneck.
- Accountability came late.
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Read the chapters on the first prescriptions.
Our verdict
The crisis, human scale.
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