Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America

Name: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America
ISBN: 9780316551243

by Beth Macy

Kirkus Prize · 2018 · Shortlist

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Little, BrownAugust 7, 2018NonfictionISBN 9780316551243

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction	2018	Shortlist

About This Book

Beth Macy's investigation into OxyContin and the opioid epidemic traces Purdue Pharma's predatory marketing from Appalachia outward, humanizing the users, families, and communities destroyed. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Beth MacyAmerican

Beth Macy (born c. 1964) is an American journalist and non-fiction author best known for her national bestsellers including Dopesick (2018), Factory Man (2014), Truevine (2016), Raising Lazarus (2022), and Paper Girl (2025), which explore social issues like the opioid crisis, globalization, and rural America. She has received major awards such as the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard (2010), Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), J. Read more →