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"With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating...
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Max has it all; looks, wit, and a beautiful family. He's untouchable, yet his life is far from picture perfect. As his addiction spirals out of control, Max's family is kept in the dark about his reality. During the wake of a federal investigation Max realizes he must fight off his demons and rediscover the true meaning of love.
5) Higher love
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[2020]
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1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A blue-collar father tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the streets of Camden, NJ.
6) Chasing it
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[2015?]
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1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Examines the problem of opioid addiction, from heroin purchased on the street to prescribed medications such as oxycodone. Recovering opioid addicts from different backgrounds discuss how they became addicted. Examines causes of opioid addiction and how it can be treated.
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2020.
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212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis-- an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime. In November 2013, Rose Andersen's younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many of her generation, she had become addicted to heroin. Sarah was 24 years old. To imagine her way into Sarah's life and her choices,...
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"A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx. Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that's hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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The drugs in real life series explores the physical, psychological, social and legal aspects of drug use, while also considering addiction, responsible drug treatment, and the difference between use and abuse.
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2020.
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192 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Sixteen-year-old Philip is the son of two Evangelical youth pastors. He also secretly helps his older brother pay for his heroin addiction. When a massive tornado touches down in their small town, Philip's family becomes heavily involved in the post-disaster cleanup as Philip struggles with the return of his detoxing brother. With his life swept into sudden chaos, Philip grapples with questions that cut him to the core."
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[2020]
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296 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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In this deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her fifteen-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction. Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother’s expired painkillers,...
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2014.
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xvi, 184 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Citing formidable recovery rates for people addicted to prescription opiates or heroin, a guide inspired by the experiences of addicts in long-term recovery outlines treatment approaches based on new understandings about opiate addiction.
13) T2 trainspotting
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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First there was an opportunity; then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him,...
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[2016]
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384 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"This tender novel tells a universal story of struggle, loss, and ultimately, survival. Arcelia Perez left Puerto Rico for the American dream, but within a few years she's living on the tough side of Providence, Rhode Island with three children, no job, and a powerful heroin addiction. Through rotating narration, we meet a diverse cast of characters-most notably Arcelia's charming, street-savvy son, Cristo, and his teacher, Miss Valentín-whose futures...
15) The hidden keys
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Quincunx cycle (Andre Alexis) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and solve the puzzle. As Tancred tracks down the treasure, he must enlist the help...
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2013.
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366 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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In 1978 Christiane F. testified against a man who had traded heroin for sex with teenage girls at Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. In the course of that trial, Christiane F. became connected with two journalists who helped to turn her story, which begins with a dysfunctional but otherwise fairly normal childhood, into an acclaimed bestseller.
17) The son: a novel
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2014.
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English
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The author of the internationally best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set amid Oslo's hierarchy of corruption, from which one very unusual young man is about to propel himself into a mission of brutal revenge.
18) Victor
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on a true story, a migrant teen from Puerto Rico is forced to survive the dark streets of 1962 Brooklyn. Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addiction of heroin, he must find faith and freedom before he destroys his family and himself.
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English
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"Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally-bestselling author of Betty"--
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