Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and The Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy

 

Journalist author Beth Macy exhibited her profound writing experience, and professionally credited her numerous sources and assistants, jumping headlong into the opioid crisis.

Macy didn’t delete any of the intrigue, or detail which says plenty to the even well-informed reader, maintaining a well-stitched steady stream of information. Dopesick begins in western Virginia, but spreads out regionally, and all over the globe as it relates to individuals and families here in the U.S.

There is no skipping over the grotesque details, as some journalists are influenced to do, and is not written for those who would prefer to avoid the terrible truths in OxyContin use and abuse. These often prescribed medicines are stacking up the bodies like it is a war.

Doctors are too often bribed, and not as trustworthy as we might’ve previously believed. Several make it that further, deeper scrutiny of all involved in enabling the problem is something the target teen and younger adult audiences would likely be appropriate.

I was fortunate to have found an enlarged print copy, and the excitement continuity made it a quick read.