作品情報

一錠の鎮痛薬をめぐる物語が、企業、医療、家族、地域社会を巻き込む国家的危機へ広がっていく。

『DOPESICK アメリカを蝕むオピオイド危機』は、アメリカ史上最悪規模の薬物問題を、取材に基づく人物群像として描く。夢の鎮痛薬として売り込まれた薬が、医師の処方、販売奨励、密売、制度不備を通じて地域に浸透していく過程を追う。告発の書であると同時に、依存症に巻き込まれた人々と、回復のために動く市民の記録でもある。

書籍情報

出版社

Little, Brown and Company

発売日

2018-08-07

ページ数

384ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

16.19 x 3.18 x 24.45 cm

ISBN-13

9780316551243

ISBN-10

0316551244

価格

9089 JPY

カテゴリ

洋書/Health, Fitness & Dieting/Addiction & Recovery/Substance Abuse

A Hulu limited series inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy. Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" ( New York Times ) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans. In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades. From the labs and marketing departments of big pharma to local doctor's offices; wealthy suburbs to distressed small communities in Central Appalachia; from distant cities to once-idyllic farm towns; the spread of opioid addiction follows a tortuous trajectory that illustrates how this crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy sets out to answer a grieving mother's question-why her only son died-and comes away with a gripping, unputdownable story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy investigates the powerful forces that led America's doctors and patients to embrace a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same communities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man , the unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills, while privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs, and even high school standouts fall prey to prostitution, jail, and death. Through unsparing, compelling, and unforgettably humane portraits of families and first responders determined to ameliorate this epidemic, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows that one thing uniting Americans across geographic, partisan, and class lines is opioid drug abuse. But even in the midst of twin crises in drug abuse and healthcare, Macy finds reason to hope and ample signs of the spirit and tenacity that are helping the countless ordinary people ensnared by addiction build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. "An impressive feat of journalism, monumental in scope and urgent in its implications." -- Jennifer Latson, The Boston Globe

Beth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Raising Lazarus, Truevine , and Factory Man . Based in Roanoke, Virginia, for three decades, she has won more than a dozen national awards for her reporting, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. She is a winner of the 2021 George Mason Award. Beth is the creator of the Audible Original documentary Dopesick: Finding Tess . Dopesick is being adapted into an original drama by Hulu and will star Michael Keaton.

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