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Raising Lazarus : hope, justice, and the future of America's overdose crisis  Cover Image Preloaded Audio Preloaded Audio

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

Macy, Beth, (author,, narrator.). Playaway Digital Audio, (publisher.). Findaway World, LLC., (publisher.).

Summary:
"A "deeply reported, deeply moving" (Patrick Radden Keefe) account of everyday heroes fighting on the front lines of the overdose crisis, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick (inspiration for the Peabody Award-winning Hulu limited series) and Factory Man. Nearly a decade into the second wave of America's overdose crisis, pharmaceutical companies have yet to answer for the harms they created. As pending court battles against opioid makers, distributors, and retailers drag on, addiction rates have soared to record-breaking levels during the COVID pandemic, illustrating the critical need for leadership, urgency, and change. Meanwhile, there is scant consensus between law enforcement and medical leaders, nor an understanding of how to truly scale the programs that are out there, working at the ragged edge of capacity and actually saving lives. Distilling this massive, unprecedented national health crisis down to its character-driven emotional core as only she can, Beth Macy takes us into the countrys hardest hit places to witness the devastating personal costs that one-third of America's families are now being forced to shoulder. Here we meet the ordinary people fighting for the least of us with the fewest resources, from harm reductionists risking arrest to bring lifesaving care to the homeless and addicted to the activists and bereaved families pushing to hold Purdue and the Sackler family accountable. These heroes come from all walks of life; what they have in common is an up-close and personal understanding of addiction that refuses to stigmatize--and therefore abandon--people who use drugs, as big pharma execs and many politicians are all too ready to do. Like the treatment innovators she profiles, Beth Macy meets the opioid crisis where it is--not where we think it should be or wish it was. Bearing witness with clear eyes, intrepid curiosity, and unfailing empathy, she brings us the crucial next installment in the story of the defining disaster of our era, one that touches every single one of us, whether directly or indirectly. A complex story of public health, big pharma, dark money, politics, race, and class that is by turns harrowing and heartening, infuriating and inspiring, Raising Lazarus is a must-read for all Americans."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668626993
  • ISBN: 1668626993
  • Physical Description: 1 audio media player (10 hr., 30 min.): digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
  • Publisher: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title supplied by publisher.
Release date supplied by publisher.
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Previously released by Blackstone Audio.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Beth Macy.
Target Audience Note:
Adult.
Subject: Opoioid abuse > United States.
Medication abuse > United States.
Opioid abuse > Treatment > United States.
Medication abuse > Treatment > United States.
Genre: Playaway (Preloaded audio player).
Audiobooks (Playaway).
Audiobooks.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library TALKING BOOKS 362.29 MACY (PA) (Text) 50686016268406 Adult Audio Available -
Parkland Community Library PA 338 MAC (Text) 34422006215616 Playaway Available -
Somerset County Library AUDIO 338 MAC (Text) 35907001764054 SOCM Audio Available -


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