02579nam 2200529 450 991082443330332120230614002943.09781620976876(electronic bk.)1620976870(electronic bk.)9781620976388(print)(MiAaPQ)EBC6460229(Au-PeEL)EBL6460229(OCoLC)1283844661(CKB)21004412400041(EXLCZ)992100441240004120220313h20222022 uy 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLight up the night America's overdose crisis and the drug users fighting for survival /Travis LupickNew York :The New Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)Print version: Lupick, Travis, 1985- Light up the night. New York : The New Press, [2022] 9781620976388 (DLC) 2021037501 Includes bibliographical references.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."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" --Provided by publisher.Drug abuseUnited StatesHarm reductionUnited StatesDrug addictsHealth and hygieneUnited StatesNarcoticsOverdoseUnited StatesPreventionDrug addictionTreatmentUnited StatesDrug abuseHarm reductionDrug addictsHealth and hygieneNarcoticsOverdosePrevention.Drug addictionTreatment362.290973Lupick Travis1985-1611416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910824433303321Light up the night3939687UNINA