| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
| Contents |
Tough love -- Trauma was my gateway drug -- A moment of need -- A safe space for people who use drugs -- The Wright Focus Group -- A drug-user union of one -- All practice up to now -- A period of calm -- The Urban Survivors Union -- Strange dope on the street -- Narco feminism -- Blow the system up -- Harm reduction works -- Light up the night -- Drug-induced homicide -- Reframe the blame -- A labor of radical love -- Methadone in the time of COVID -- Creating space |
| Summary |
"A revelatory, moving narrative that offers a harrowing critique of the war on drugs from voices seldom heard in the conversation: drug users who are working on the front lines to reduce overdose deaths Media coverage has established a clear narrative of the overdose crisis: In the 1990s, pharmaceutical corporations flooded America with powerful narcotics while lying about their risk; many patients developed addictions to prescription opioids; then, as access was restricted, waves of people turned to the streets and began using heroin and, later, the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl. But that’s not the whole story. It fails to acknowledge how the war on drugs has exacerbated the crisis and leaves out one crucial voice: that of drug users themselves. Across the country, people who use drugs are organizing in response to a record number of overdose deaths. They are banding together to save lives and demanding equal rights. Set against the backdrop of the overdose crisis, Light Up the Night provides an intimate look at how users navigate the policies that criminalize them. It chronicles a rising movement that’s fighting to save lives, end stigma, and inspire commonsense policy reform. Told through embedded reporting focused on two activists, Jess Tilley in Massachusetts and Louise Vincent in North Carolina, this is the story of the courageous people stepping in where government has failed. They are standing on the front lines of an underground effort to help people with addictions use drugs safely, reduce harms, and live with dignity."-- ProQuest Ebook Central resource page, viewed January 25, 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-273) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 25, 2023) |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- United States
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Harm reduction -- United States
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Drug addiction -- Treatment -- United States
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Drug addicts -- Health and hygiene -- United States
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Narcotics -- Overdose -- United States -- Prevention
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Drug abuse
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Drug addiction -- Treatment
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Drug addicts -- Health and hygiene
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Harm reduction
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781620976876 |
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1620976870 |
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