A review by bookph1le
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

4.0

As essential as I think this book is, it's also just a grueling read. We have so much to grapple with in America, and one of our biggest issues is what role do we actually want government oversight agencies to play. If you ask me, politicians have snowed a lot of Americans, convincing them that regulations are bad, but to put it bluntly, this is what we end up with when no one is keeping watch over corporations. Purdue Pharma has a lot to answer for, but my pessimistic view is that they're very unlikely to ever be held accountable for the utter and devastating havoc they've wrought on this country, and that's depressing. This book is well-written, necessary, and important, but it is so hard to read it and not feel a sense of utter despair at the ruin and waste.