Dopesick

Beth Macy's Dopesick — an executable toolkit for understanding the opioid epidemic: how Purdue Pharma's OxyContin triggered a public health crisis, the roles of doctors, dealers, government regulators, and the communities devastated by addiction. Covers 5 use cases: ① The OxyContin Story — understand how Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed OxyContin as a "non-addictive" painkiller, leading to widespread misuse ("OxyContin explained" "Purdue Pharma" "Sackler family") ② The Science of Addiction — learn how opioids work on the brain, why they are so addictive, and why addiction is a disease, not a moral failing ("How opioid addiction works" "Addiction science" "Opioid mechanism") ③ The Community Devastation — the impact on small-town America: broken families, overwhelmed foster systems, rising crime, and the spread of heroin and fentanyl ("Opioid epidemic small towns" "Addiction in America" "Opioid crisis communities") ④ The Fight for Treatment — the activists, doctors, and families who fought to change how addiction is treated and to hold Purdue Pharma accountable ("Opioid addiction treatment" "Medication-assisted treatment" "Fighting Purdue Pharma") ⑤ The Legal Aftermath — the lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, and the criminal justice response to the epidemic ("Purdue Pharma lawsuit" "Sackler family lawsuit" "Opioid litigation") Trigger when users say: "Opioid epidemic" "OxyContin" "Purdue Pharma" "Sackler family" "Dopesick" "Beth Macy" "Opioid crisis" "Addiction" "Fentanyl" "Heroin epidemic" "Opioid lawsuit" "Prescription opioid addiction" "Opioid treatment" "Medication-assisted treatment" "Suboxone" "Methadone" "Opioid painkillers" "Addiction treatment" or mention: Beth Macy / Dopesick / opioid epidemic / OxyContin / Purdue Pharma / Sackler family / addiction / fentanyl / heroin / treatment / Suboxone / methadone / naloxone / Narcan / DEA / FDA / CDC / prescription monitoring / pain management / recovery. Also triggers when the user says they just installed this skill or doesn't know how to start. Related skills: bad-blood (corporate fraud), blowout (corporate malfeasance), the-obesity-code (systemic health failure), empire-of-pain (Sackler family expose), cracked-not-broken (addiction recovery).

by @heardlyapp (Heardly)·MIT-0