by Beth Macy
First published 2018
In small-town Virginia, a young woman's addiction to OxyContin spirals out of control. Her heartbroken family watches helplessly as she sinks deeper into the grips of a nationwide epidemic. Tracing the origins of the crisis from the introduction of the "miracle" painkiller in 1996, this vividly reported account lays bare the human toll as the opioid crisis devastates communities across the country. Through intimate stories of those caught in addiction's grip, "Dopesick" reveals the emotional devastation of a public health disaster that has torn apart families and shattered lives.
Genres: addiction, crime, non-fiction, biography-memoir, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: intimate, personal-story
Setting: United States, Virginia
400 pages · Kindle Edition · Head of Zeus
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use, substance-abuse