American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Autor Chris McGrealen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2019
The
opioid
epidemic
has
been
described
as
"one
of
the
greatest
mistakes
of
modern
medicine."
But
calling
it
a
mistake
is
a
generous
rewriting
of
the
history
of
greed,
corruption,
and
indifference
that
pushed
the
US
into
consuming
more
than
80
percent
of
the
world's
opioid
painkillers.
Journeying
through
lives
and
communities
wrecked
by
the
epidemic,
Chris
McGreal
reveals
not
only
how
Big
Pharma
hooked
Americans
on
powerfully
addictive
drugs,
but
the
corrupting
of
medicine
and
public
institutions
that
let
the
opioid
makers
get
away
with
it.
The
starting
point
for
McGreal's
deeply
reported
investigation
is
the
miners
promised
that
opioid
painkillers
would
restore
their
wrecked
bodies,
but
who
became
targets
of
"drug
dealers
in
white
coats."
A
few
heroic
physicians
warned
of
impending
disaster.
ButAmerican
Overdoseexposes
the
powerful
forces
they
were
up
against,
including
the
pharmaceutical
industry's
coopting
of
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
and
Congress
in
the
drive
to
push
painkillers--resulting
in
the
resurgence
of
heroin
cartels
in
the
American
heartland.
McGreal
tells
the
story,
in
terms
both
broad
and
intimate,
of
people
hit
by
a
catastrophe
they
never
saw
coming.
Years
in
the
making,
its
ruinous
consequences
will
stretch
years
into
the
future.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541742758
ISBN-10: 1541742753
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1541742753
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 141 x 211 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Chris
McGrealis
a
reporter
for
theGuardianand
former
journalist
at
the
BBC.
He
was
the
Guardian's
correspondent
in
Johannesburg,
Jerusalem
and
Washington
DC,
and
now
writes
from
across
the
United
States.
He has won several awards including for his reporting of the genocide in Rwanda, coverage of Israel/Palestine, and for writing on the impact of economic recession in modern America. He received the James Cameron prize for "work as a journalist that has combined moral vision and professional integrity". He was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for reporting that "penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth".
He is a former merchant seaman.
He has won several awards including for his reporting of the genocide in Rwanda, coverage of Israel/Palestine, and for writing on the impact of economic recession in modern America. He received the James Cameron prize for "work as a journalist that has combined moral vision and professional integrity". He was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for reporting that "penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth".
He is a former merchant seaman.
Recenzii
"American
Overdoseconfirms
Chris
McGreal's
stature
as
one
of
the
truly
essential
reporters
of
our
times.
It
is
-
in
its
investigative
depth
and
documentary
breadth
-
a
riveting
and
urgent
reckoning
of
colossal
corruption
that
has
taken
such
a
staggering
toll
on
twenty-first
century
American
life."
—Philip Gourevitch, author of We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
"In this gripping account, McGreal exposes the avarice and corruption that caused one of the most shocking crises in American history. A searing expose full of extraordinary characters - heroes, villains and victims."—Katty Kay, contributor MSNBC Morning Joe, presenter BBC World News America
"McGreal shows how the overdose crisis was driven by the pursuit of profits, not just drugs-both of which combine our instinctive craving for pleasure with our evolving capacity for denial and deceit. Fascinating, disturbing, impressively researched and elegantly written."—Marc Lewis, author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease
"A deftly researchedaccount of America's opioid epidemic. McGreal's book is authoritative in toneand vernacular in style....[A] powerful narrative."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"This urgent,readable chronicle, which names names and pulls no punches, clearly andcompassionately illuminates the evolution of America's mass addictionproblem."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"McGreal, an award-winning journalist, presents this grim cautionary tale of opioids, greed, and addiction in three acts: 'Dealing,' 'Hooked,' and Withdrawal'.... McGreal goes on to successfully address the question of how the greatest drug epidemic in history grew largely unchecked for nearly two decades....What can be done to reverse this? McGreal's powerfully stated indictment is a start."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Thorough, grippingand excellent."—--The Straight Dope, Medium.com
"[A] powerful encapsulation of that epidemic....atimely examination of hard-won lessons."—Nature
"Staggering... Zola-esque in its dark twists and turns."—Ed Vulliamy, Literary Review
"[A]searing book... Appalachian accents and anger steam off the page."—The Sunday Times
"Compelling.... readslike a white-collar The Wire, with a cast of characters determined to exact asmuch money as possible regardless of the human cost."—The Observer
"An engaging, cogentlyargued book."—Evening Standard
"Astonishing... McGreal's book is forensic in its detailing and turns up some eye-popping examples."—Esquire UK
"McGreal provides ascorching exposé....Most important,American Overdosetells thestory of institutional failure and corruption: among local officials, infederal agencies, the United States Congress, and the White House."—Psychology Today online
"Vivid reporting...[McGreal] explains in horrifying detail how this vision of a pain-free America- pharmacologically unrealistic to begin with - was subverted by a greedycombination of pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors, doctors andpharmacists, aided and abetted by complacent regulators and politicians."—Financial Times
"InAmericanOverdoseChris McGreal of theGuardianlooks unsparingly at thecauses of the opioid crisis that kills tens of thousands of Americans a year."—The Economist
"A fast, accessibleread for those trying to come to terms with a national nightmare."—Law & Crime
"An exposé that will have readers riveted from cover to cover."—Green Bay Press Gazette
—Philip Gourevitch, author of We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
"In this gripping account, McGreal exposes the avarice and corruption that caused one of the most shocking crises in American history. A searing expose full of extraordinary characters - heroes, villains and victims."—Katty Kay, contributor MSNBC Morning Joe, presenter BBC World News America
"McGreal shows how the overdose crisis was driven by the pursuit of profits, not just drugs-both of which combine our instinctive craving for pleasure with our evolving capacity for denial and deceit. Fascinating, disturbing, impressively researched and elegantly written."—Marc Lewis, author of The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease
"With
great
reporting
and
compelling
storytelling,AmericanOverdoselays
bare
the
tragedy
of
the
opioid
epidemic
tearing
at
the
soul
of
the
United
States.
Those
who
want
to
understand
the
issue
of
narcotics
and
addiction
have
to
read
it."
—Ioan
Grillo,
author
of
El
Narco"A deftly researchedaccount of America's opioid epidemic. McGreal's book is authoritative in toneand vernacular in style....[A] powerful narrative."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"This urgent,readable chronicle, which names names and pulls no punches, clearly andcompassionately illuminates the evolution of America's mass addictionproblem."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"McGreal, an award-winning journalist, presents this grim cautionary tale of opioids, greed, and addiction in three acts: 'Dealing,' 'Hooked,' and Withdrawal'.... McGreal goes on to successfully address the question of how the greatest drug epidemic in history grew largely unchecked for nearly two decades....What can be done to reverse this? McGreal's powerfully stated indictment is a start."—Booklist, Starred Review
"Thorough, grippingand excellent."—--The Straight Dope, Medium.com
"[A] powerful encapsulation of that epidemic....atimely examination of hard-won lessons."—Nature
"Staggering... Zola-esque in its dark twists and turns."—Ed Vulliamy, Literary Review
"[A]searing book... Appalachian accents and anger steam off the page."—The Sunday Times
"Compelling.... readslike a white-collar The Wire, with a cast of characters determined to exact asmuch money as possible regardless of the human cost."—The Observer
"An engaging, cogentlyargued book."—Evening Standard
"Astonishing... McGreal's book is forensic in its detailing and turns up some eye-popping examples."—Esquire UK
"McGreal provides ascorching exposé....Most important,American Overdosetells thestory of institutional failure and corruption: among local officials, infederal agencies, the United States Congress, and the White House."—Psychology Today online
"Vivid reporting...[McGreal] explains in horrifying detail how this vision of a pain-free America- pharmacologically unrealistic to begin with - was subverted by a greedycombination of pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors, doctors andpharmacists, aided and abetted by complacent regulators and politicians."—Financial Times
"InAmericanOverdoseChris McGreal of theGuardianlooks unsparingly at thecauses of the opioid crisis that kills tens of thousands of Americans a year."—The Economist
"A fast, accessibleread for those trying to come to terms with a national nightmare."—Law & Crime
"An exposé that will have readers riveted from cover to cover."—Green Bay Press Gazette
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'A riveting and urgent reckoning of colossal corruption.' - Philip GourevitchOne hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic, described by a former head of the Food and Drug Administration as 'one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine'.
'A riveting and urgent reckoning of colossal corruption.' - Philip GourevitchOne hundred and fifty Americans are killed each day by the opioid epidemic, described by a former head of the Food and Drug Administration as 'one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine'.