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• Ending the Crisis

  Mayo Clinic's Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use

  Geyer, Holly L.,

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  An authoritative guide to understanding the current opioid crisis in America and how it can be solved. Written by an Addiction Medicine Specialist at the Mayo Clinic.

• Warning

  This Drug May Kill You

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  Examines the growing problem in the United States of addiction resulting from the over-prescription of highly addictive opioids for both major and minor ailments. Presents the stories of individuals dealing with opioid addiction, either as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Overdose

  the Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts

  McGreal, Chris,

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  Journeying through lives and communities wrecked by the epidemic, an award-winning journalist reveals not only how Big Pharma hooked Americans on powerfully addictive drugs, but also the corrupting of medicine and public institutions that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Least of Us

  True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

  Quinones, Sam, 1958-

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  Weaving analysis of the drug trade into stories of humble communities, this searing follow-up from the bestselling author of "Dreamland" explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

  Incidence, Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

  Schepis, Ty (EDT)

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  This overview of prescription drug abuse includes historical background, key concepts, and discussion of the prevalence of drug abuse, treatments, and policy issues implicated in ending the epidemic.

• American Fix

  Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It

  Hampton, Ryan,

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  In this heartfelt autobiography from a former White House staffer, Hampton describes his personal struggle with addiction, outlines the challenges that the recovery movement currently faces, and offers a concrete, comprehensive plan of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fentanyl, Inc.

  How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic

  Westhoff, Ben,

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  A four-year investigation into the world of synthetic drugs—from black market factories to users and dealers to harm reduction activists—and what it revealed. Chronicles the lives of addicted users and dealers, families of victims, law…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pain Killer

  An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic

  Meier, Barry,

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  Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story, and business exposé, this updated edition of Meier's groundbreaking work shares the origin story of the opioid crisis--a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Pain

  a Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids

  Rieder, Travis N.,

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  A gripping personal account of drug dependence and groundbreaking exploration of the complex causes of the country's opioid epidemic, including a path to resolving the crisis through provider education, policy and alternative treatment…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raising Lazarus

  Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis

  Macy, Beth,

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  A complex story of public health, big pharma, dark money, politics, race, and class that is by turns harrowing and heartening, infuriating and inspiring, this follow up from the bestselling author of 'Dopesick' brings us along to the next…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Addiction Solution

  Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs

  Sederer, Lloyd I.,

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  Offers an examination of drug use, abuse, and treatment, offering clinical and scientific knowledge, case studies, and policy suggestions intended to help drug users, their families, and communities deal with the problem. Authored by a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Overcoming Opioid Addiction

  the Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists

  Bisaga, Adam,

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  A comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. Explains why treating OUD is unlike treating other forms of drug dependency, examines the science of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One by One

  a Memoir of Love and Loss in the Shadows of Opioid America

  Bush, Nicholas,

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  Forty-five thousand people in the U.S. die annually from opioid addiction. Two lives lost to it were the author's sister and brother; three were his friends. Here he steps out of the opioid shadows to share his page-turning true story.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Jenny

  Rescuing Our Youth From America's Opioid and Suicide Epidemic

  Percy, Vivian,

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  The narration of a mother and daughter's long painful journey from tragedy, through opioid addiction, toward redemption. These pages unmask a mental health industry focused more on profits than people, which regularly betrays those in its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Understanding the Opioid Epidemic

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  This documentary traces the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the devastating impact these drugs are having in virtually every part of America.

• Chasing Life

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  This Telly Award-winning sequel to 2014's "Chasing It" focuses on recovery from addiction, highlighting the resources available for those who suffer from it.

• Do No Harm

  the Opioid Epidemic

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  This documentary spotlights the worst man-made epidemic in the nation's history and the growing need for recovery treatment programs that work.