The dark underbelly of American healthcare lies in plain sight, hiding in plain sight within the walls of hospitals and clinics. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America tells the unflinching story of how pharmaceutical companies quietly inserted themselves into the lives of millions of Americans.
Behind the mask of medical treatment lay a sinister plot to profit from the suffering of others. The most powerful figures in healthcare, including doctors and executives at giant drug companies, became embroiled in a web of deceit and corruption that ultimately led to the deaths and illnesses of countless patients.
Through intimate profiles of real-life individuals who were exploited by the pharmaceutical industry, this book exposes the systemic failures that allowed these crimes to go undetected for so long. From the early days of opioid addiction to the current state of the nation's healthcare system, Dopesick sheds light on a dark era in American history.
A gripping and deeply reported investigation into one of America's most insidious scandals, Dopesick challenges readers to confront the uncomfortable truths about the relationship between medicine and money.
