Summary: "Deaths due to drug related overdose in the United States are 115 people every day. Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in this country, and it is a serious national crisis. The parents, siblings, friends, and loved ones left behind are faced with many unanswerable questions, made worse by the stigma associated with this kind of death. The truth is that addiction is a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.937 AMOCavanagh, Maureen
Summary: The founder of the Magnolia New Beginnings nonprofit peer-support group shares the story of her confrontation with the opioid epidemic in the wake of her daughter's sudden and brutal battle with substance abuse.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CAVANAGH, MAUREEN CAVDean, Madeleine
Summary: "For the first time, a Congresswoman and her son reveal how he survived a ten-year battle with opioid abuse--and what their family's journey to recovery can teach us about finding hope amidst the unspeakable. When Madeleine Dean discovered that her son, Harry, was stealing from the family to feed a painkiller addiction, she was days away from taking the biggest risk of her life: running for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021