| International Standard Book Number |
9781250288943 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781250288936 (hardcover)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
362.290973 23/eng/20240523
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| Personal Name |
Hampton, Ryan, author.
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| Title Statement |
Fentanyl nation : toxic politics and America's failed war on drugs / Ryan Hampton with Claire Rudy Foster and Zachary Siegel.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.
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| Physical Description |
pages cm
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Mainstream fear -- "Good medicine, bad drug" -- America's longest war -- Newton's third law -- Sadistic arithmetic -- In search of a new model -- "I forgive you" -- Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road -- The convenient boogeyman -- Team America -- Breakfast of champions -- America, number one -- Blazing a new path.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A passionate call to abandon ineffective drug-war policies, reframe addiction as a public health issue, and end the Fentanyl crisis. The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking heights; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl-a potent, inexpensive, and easy-to-manufacture synthetic opioid-has thoroughly contaminated the drug supply, and while it frequently makes front page news across the country, it remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. Why, despite all of our efforts to raise awareness and billions of dollars of investments, does this emergency keep getting worse? In Fentanyl Nation, recovery advocate Ryan Hampton separates the facts from the fiction surrounding Fentanyl, and shows how overdose deaths are ultimately policy failures. Instead of investing in education, harm reduction, effective treatment, and recovery, we have doubled down on more police, more incarceration, and harsher penalties for those caught in the grip of addiction. Yet history has shown time and time again that it is impossible to arrest our way out of a public health crisis; the government used the same strategy to fight the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s and 90s, and it only resulted in racially disparate policing and the destruction of marginalized communities. This urgent and informative manifesto reveals how prejudice, discrimination, and stigma have been codified into our drug laws, and calls for a compassionate and evidence-based approach that would address the core causes of addiction and save countless lives. We can end this crisis, but only if we get out of our own way"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Drug control United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Drug addiction United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Drugs Overdose United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fentanyl United States.
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| Location |
362.29 HAM 31662001778323
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