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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Struggling with the demands of her job, distant husband, spoiled daughter and Alzheimer's patient father, Allison becomes addicted to painkillers and lands in rehab, where amid fellow inpatients she confronts incompatible recovery techniques, barely trained counselors and her own denial.
"Allison Weiss has a great job...a handsome husband...an adorable daughter...and a secret. Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business,...
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nicole had only one skyline to remind her of the freedom she'd lost, a tattoo of inked buildings, crisscrossed by scars. Heroin had owned her, replaced everyone and everything she'd once loved. The past was supposed to be behind her, but it wasn't.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
273 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of research while revealing the damage that overuse of antibiotics is doing to our health.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. "A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape," writes Ben Westhoff. "These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
xviii, 140 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This guidebook takes the reader through the process of building a life after addiction by adopting new behaviors that create lasting change.The author's approach which he calls "the neuroscience of common sense", advocates holistic methods to prevent relapse and establish new patterns to create a sustainable, meaningful life.
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
This vital memoir will change how we look at the opioid crisis and how the media talks about it. A deeply moving and emotional read, STRUNG OUT challenges our preconceived ideas of what addiction looks like.' Stephanie Land, New York Times bestselling author of MaidIn this deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her fifteen-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel inspired by the controversial psychedelic drug experiments of Timothy Leary traces the impact of LSD and communal living on a 1960s Harvard grad student and his wife.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
The story of one teenager's descent into methamphetamine addiction is told from his father's point of view, describing how a varsity athlete and honor student became addicted to the dangerous drug and its impact on his family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. Quinones explains how the rise of the prescription drug OxyContin, a miraculous and extremely addictive painkiller...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 226 pages : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
14) Glass
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 316 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The opioid epidemic has been described as "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of the history of greed, corruption, and indifference that pushed the U.S. into consuming more than 80 percent of the world's opioid painkillers. Journeying through lives and communities wrecked by the epidemic, Chris McGreal reveals not only how Big Pharma hooked Americans on powerfully addictive drugs, but...
16) Out of reach
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and...
18) Crank
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school, junior, quiet, never any trouble. Then she meets the monster - "crank". And what begins as a wild ride turns into a struggle for her mind, her soul - her life.
19) Family of Liars
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Quinones was among the first to see the dangers of synthetic drugs and a new generation of kingpins whose product could be made in Magic Bullet blenders. In fentanyl, traffickers landed a painkiller a hundred times more powerful than morphine. They laced it into cocaine, meth, and counterfeit pills to cause tens of thousands of deaths-- at the same time as Mexican traffickers made methamphetamine cheaper and more potent. He investigated these new...