From the bestselling author of "Dopesick" comes a new book that meets the opioid crisis where it is — not where we wish it was. Roanoke journalist Beth Macy takes us into the nation's hardest hit places to witness the devastating personal costs that one-third of American families now shoulder. Here we meet ordinary heroes fighting for people with few resources, from harm reductionists risking arrest to bring lifesaving care to the homeless to bereaved families pushing to hold Purdue Pharma 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.

This is a paperback book.

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