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Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis /

Macy, Beth,

Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis / Beth Macy. - First Edition. - xxvii, 373 pages; 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits, photographs ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The secret of patient care -- Part one: Affliction -- Stone-rollers -- Die-in -- Freeze frame -- White privilege -- Part two: Acta non verba -- The avengers -- Good criminals -- Weaponizing addiction -- Peer pressure -- Part three: Baby steps -- The moral arc -- Encounters with the unseen -- Backburn -- Part four: Judge for yourselves -- "You literally cannot give a shit" -- The war on people.

In this complex story of public health, big pharma, dark money, politics, race and class, the New York Times best-selling author of Dopesick takes us to the forefront of the opioid crisis where we meet the everyday heroes fighting to stem the tide of drug overdose.

0316430226 9780316430227

2022936663


Medication abuse--United States.
Opioid abuse--United States.
Oxycodone abuse--United States.
Oxycodone.

RC568 .O45

362.29/30973

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