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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824433303321

Autore

Lupick Travis <1985->

Titolo

Light up the night : America's overdose crisis and the drug users fighting for survival / / Travis Lupick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : The New Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781620976876

1620976870

9781620976388

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)

Disciplina

362.290973

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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" --