Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Raising Lazarus: Hope,Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis by Beth Macy

6 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Medical content, Chronic illness, Classism, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

rfendrich's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Violence, Grief, Drug use, and Death

eleasereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Racism, Mental illness, Medical content, Classism, Blood, Medical trauma, Violence, Suicide, and Alcohol

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I often read nonfiction, but it’s not often that a book is both as informative and as captivating as this. Dopesick was one of the best written books I’ve read, so I knew I had to read this. It’s informative and honest, brought me to tears and didn’t sugarcoat the horrors of the opioid epidemic or the steps it will take to address. Macy directly addresses the atrocities that the Sackler family committed in their role at Purdue Pharma and in court cases since. I’d recommend this book to anyone who gives a shit about people who use drugs and wants to know where we go from here. And this should be mandatory reading for healthcare professionals who interact with drug users (read: all of them.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Police brutality, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Death, Excrement, Chronic illness, and Grief

vicyadz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, and Suicide

sjanke2's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Drug use, Medical content, and Mental illness