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If loved Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
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items These books deepen and broaden the picture of the opioid and overdose crises that Dopesick exposes. Together they explore corporate actions, frontline communities, policy failures, and lived experiences of addiction and recovery across the United Sta...
Essential if you want the core narrative behind the acclaimed series and the defining account of how OxyContin and aggressive marketing helped seed the opioid epidemic, especially in Appalachia and small-town America. It suits readers of narrative no...
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Co
Written by Beth Macy as a follow-up to Dopesick, this book shifts from explaining how the crisis happened to documenting people and programs trying to save lives now, especially through harm reduction and community-based care. It's ideal for readers ...
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice & Future
Patrick Radden Keefe offers a sweeping family and corporate biography of the Sacklers, whose company Purdue Pharma created and pushed OxyContin, helping ignite the opioid epidemic. Readers who appreciated Dopesick's focus on corporate greed and regul...
Empire of Pain: Secret History of Sackler
Sam Quinones interweaves the rise of prescription opioids with the spread of black-tar heroin from small Mexican communities into deindustrialized U.S. towns, using Portsmouth, Ohio's lost community pool “Dreamland” as a central symbol. It's a strong...
Dreamland: True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
This adaptation of Dreamland presents the origins of the opiate epidemic in accessible language for teens and general readers, placing young people at the center of the narrative. It fits educators, parents, and youth programs that want to pair Dopes...
Dreamland (YA edition): True Tale of America's Opiate
Quinones extends the story beyond prescription opioids and heroin to the new era dominated by synthetic fentanyl and potent methamphetamine, while highlighting local efforts to rebuild communities and support recovery. Readers who learn from Dopesick...
The Least of Us: True Tales of America
Ben Westhoff investigates the global synthetic-drug supply chain, from Chinese chemical factories to Western streets, showing how fentanyl and analogues created a new, deadlier phase of the opioid crisis. It's well suited to readers who, after Dopesi...
Fentanyl, Inc: How Rogue Chemists Create...
Psychiatrist Anna Lembke explains how well-intentioned clinicians, influenced by industry messaging, professional guidelines, and cultural shifts around pain, dramatically increased opioid prescribing, fueling widespread dependence. This is a strong ...
Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped
Chris McGreal structures the U.S. opioid epidemic as a three-act tragedy: permissive regulation and industry influence, mass addiction, and the subsequent surge of heroin and fentanyl. It pairs well with Dopesick for readers seeking a clear, policy-f...
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy
Bioethicist Travis Rieder recounts becoming dependent on opioids after a devastating motorcycle accident and then facing poorly guided tapering and withdrawal, using his experience to critique pain management practices and policy. Readers who connect...
In Pain: A Bioethicist's Struggle with Opioids