Dopesick

Produktdetails

Verlag

Head of Zeus Ltd.

Erschienen

2021

Sprache

English

Seiten

416

Infos

416 Seiten
1 x 8pp b&w
193 mm x 125 mm

ISBN

978-1-80328-427-9

Besprechung

A shocking investigation... [Dopesick] is essential. The urgency of its message is compounded by the fact that as I write this, the latest figures show the number of deaths in England and Wales due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose by 29 per cent in 2017' The Times

Kurztext / Annotation

An unforgettable portrait of the devastating opioid crisis in America from a New York Times bestselling author and journalist who has lived through it.

A portrait of the devastating opioid crisis in America from a New York Times bestselling author and journalist who has lived through it.

Langtext

'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times

'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer

'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks

'Essential reading' New York Times

Beth Macy reveals the disturbing truth behind America's opioid crisis and explains how a nation has become enslaved to prescription drugs.

This powerful and moving story explains how a large corporation, Purdue, encouraged small town doctors to prescribe OxyContin to a country already awash in painkillers. The drug's dangerously addictive nature was hidden, whilst many used it as an escape, to numb the pain of of joblessness and the need to pay the bills. Macy tries to answer a grieving mother's question - why her only son died - and comes away with a harrowing tale of greed and need.

Über den AutorIn

Beth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard.