Sierra Allred’s Reviews > Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America > Status Update

Macy draws the comparison between Perdue Pharma and Heroin dealers, which I think is very apt and fair, but instead of concluding that both are equally evil, she gives a pass to the heroin dealers because, after all, Perdue Pharma gets away with it… Girl, what?? Two things can be evil at the same time 🤔

Part 3 of this book is actively infuriating. Of course, addiction and mental illness are not criminal; HOWEVER, stealing from your grandparents and neglecting your children ARE. People should go to jail for their crimes, regardless of their addiction status. Addiction does not absolve you of responsibility for your actions!

Starting to get irritated with this one because while I appreciate Macy’s compassion, she’s going so far as to basically resolve addicts of all responsibility for their actions. Instead she places passive blame on the justice system, abstinence based treatment centers, and tough love family members.

Girl, the political bias jumped out. I feel like the author maybe a little too personally close to this story. Can’t blame her, who isn’t? However, the needle exchanges and opioid weaning pills she describes have PLENTY of issues of their own outside of Trumpian opposition.

Where Empire of Pain came at the opioid epidemic from the corporate perspective, I think that Dopesick is a good companion read because the emphasis is placed more on the victims