Macy says her reporting always proceeds from an urge to “mine my own story” -to better understand the people and places her life comprises. “The subtitle says, ‘The drug company that addicted America.’ They’re in the news every day now, but back then they weren’t. Pinning the crisis, which killed more than forty-seven thousand people in 2017, on that company was a particularly nerve-racking experience, Macy says. It was also one of the first major critical dives into Ox圜ontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers, the family behind the corporation.
Dopesick provided a complex and compassionate picture of those users, dealers, doctors, law enforcement officers, civic activists, and parents who are weathering a flood of opioids in Appalachia. The fifty-five-year-old reporter, who is based in Roanoke, Virginia, has shared information about sensitive topics, such as stigma’s stymying effect on medication-assisted treatment, with a range of news outlets. Dopesick, her 2018 book, made Macy one of the country’s most authoritative voices on the subject of opioid addiction.
Beth Macy is still getting used to the idea of being an expert.
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