| Description |
xiii, 273 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Prelude -- Tough love -- Trauma was my gateway drug -- A moment of need -- A safe space for people who use drugs -- The Wright Focus Group -- A drug-user union of one -- All practice up to now -- A period of calm -- The Urban Survivors Union -- Strange dope on the street -- Narco feminism -- Blow the system up -- Harm reduction works -- Light up the night -- Drug-induced homicide -- Reframe the blame -- A labor of radical love -- Methadone in the time of COVID -- Creating space -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendix: The Urban Survivor Union do not prosecute directive. |
| Summary |
In the 1990s, pharmaceutical corporations flooded America with powerful narcotics while lying about their risk. Many patients developed addictions to prescription opioids; then, as access was restricted, waves of people turned to the streets and began using heroin and, later, the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl. Lupick shows how this story fails to acknowledge how the war on drugs has exacerbated the crisis and leaves out one crucial voice: that of drug users themselves. He provides an intimate look at how users navigate the policies that criminalize them, and chronicles a rising movement that is fighting to save lives, end stigma, and inspire commonsense policy reform. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- United States.
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Harm reduction -- United States.
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Drug addiction -- Treatment -- United States.
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Drug addicts -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
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Narcotics -- Overdose -- United States -- Prevention.
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| ISBN |
9781620976388 hardcover |
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1620976382 hardcover |
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