Book · 2018 · Social Science
Dopesick
Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
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Purdue Pharma the attorneys and the DEA and all of that big story has broken and it's been told beautifully by a handful of journalists have done a great job of cracking and telling us that story Beth Macy among them with her fantastic book Dopesick.
The best things said about it
I do want to throw a huge shout out to Beth Macy and her incredible book Dopesick.
Really harrowing stories and an important book.
I read the book and I loved it.
There's a great book called Dopesick and you know we've not really talked about opioids which is the other you know terrible crisis in this country.
Alex Berenson The Megyn Kelly Show · Jan 2026 It puts a face on the opioid crisis in a way that I think a lot of the non-fiction we've been reading like Beth Macy's Dopesick.
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Why people recommend it
Dopesick by Beth Macy is a harrowing chronicle of the opioid epidemic and the pharmaceutical companies that fueled addiction in America. Danny Strong praised the book on The Megyn Kelly Show for its vital contribution to the television project, noting how much he loved reading it after coming up with his initial ideas. Gilbert Cruz highlighted it on The Book Review as a harrowing and important piece of reporting. Barbara Kingsolver commended the author on The Ezra Klein Show for expertly cracking and telling the vast story of Purdue Pharma, the attorneys, and the DEA. Megyn Kelly also recommended the book while previewing an interview with its creator. Discussing the origins of the crisis, Danny Strong and Alex Berenson both referenced the title on separate podcast episodes while exploring the deep impact of opioids in southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, and beyond, while Joumana Khatib noted the author's prior bestselling work on The Book Review.
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Danny Strong and i do want to throw a huge shout out to beth macy and her incredible book dopestick we ended up getting… 3
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“A book called Painkiller, book called Dreamland. uh my horror grew even more and I just thought I have to do this.”
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“And I do want to throw a huge shout out to Beth Macy and her incredible book, Dopick. We ended up getting teamed up um after I'd come up with these initial ideas and I read the book and I loved it and Beth has been an incredible part of the project and the process.”
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“and i do want to throw a huge shout out to beth macy and her incredible book dopestick we ended up getting teamed up after i'd come up with these initial ideas and i read the book and i loved it”
Gilbert Cruz really harrowing stories and an important book be thank you so much thank you Pamela I really appreciate it… 2
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“Beth Macy will join us to talk about her new book dop sick”
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“really harrowing stories and an important book be thank you so much thank you Pamela I really appreciate it Beth Macy is the author of dopesick dealers doctors and the drug company that addicted America reviewed this week on the cover of the book review”
Megyn Kelly featuring the author of dopesick um the book and then the creator of the incredible tv series if you haven'… 2
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“you need to look no further than the series dopesick to figure out what's happening we we know from our actual history and we know it was represented so accurately and beautifully in that movie that the FDA has been captured”
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“featuring the author of dopesick um the book and then the creator of the incredible tv series if you haven't seen it you need to”
Barbara Kingsolver Purdue Pharma the attorneys and the DEA and all of that big story has broken and it's been told beautifully… 1
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“Purdue Pharma the attorneys and the DEA and all of that big story has broken and it's been told beautifully by a handful of journalists have done a great job of cracking and telling us that story Beth Macy among them with her fantastic book dope sick”
Alex Berenson There's a great book called Dopick and you know we've not really talked about opioids which is the other yo… 1
Discussed
“There's a great book called Dopick and you know we've not really talked about opioids which is the other you know terrible crisis in this country but dopick is about the opioid epidemic in, you know, in southwestern Virginia and West Virginia.”
Elisabeth Egan and it puts a face on the opioid crisis in a way that I think a lot of the non-fiction we've been reading l… 1
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“and it puts a face on the opioid crisis in a way that I think a lot of the non-fiction we've been reading like Beth Macy's dopesick”
Joe Rogan was that was it doped up Dope Sick Dope Sick yeah yeah I didn't say it but I know the whole story about the… 1
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“was that was it doped up Dope Sick Dope Sick yeah yeah I didn't say it but I know the whole story about the Sackler family”
Joumana Khatib She's best known for the Dopessick, which has also become a Hulu series, Raising Lazarus. 1
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“She's best known for the Dopessick, which has also become a Hulu series, Raising Lazarus.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that is now on netflix called or hulu called dopesick yeah we've seen it 1
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“that is now on netflix called or hulu called dopesick yeah we've seen it”
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“if you ever watch like dop sick or if you we read anything about the Sackler family and the opioids like these people like they make great drugs for with great reason”