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Autore |
Lupick Travis <1985-> |
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Titolo |
Light up the night : America's overdose crisis and the drug users fighting for survival / / Travis Lupick |
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New York : , : The New Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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ISBN |
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9781620976876 |
1620976870 |
9781620976388 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug abuse - United States |
Harm reduction - United States |
Drug addicts - Health and hygiene - United States |
Narcotics - Overdose - United States - Prevention |
Drug addiction - Treatment - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prelude -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendix: The Urban Survivor Union do not prosecute directive. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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" -- |
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