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Dopesick : dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America
Macy, Beth
Paper Book
Now a major TV series on Disney+ 'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times 'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer 'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks ...
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Never enough : the neuroscience and experience of addiction
Grisel, Judith
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovering addict, a rare page-turning work of science that draws on personal insights to reveal how drugs work, the dangerous hold they can take on the brain, and the surprising way to combat today's...
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In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction
Maté, Gabor
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To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start... Dr Gabor Mate is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are...
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American overdose : the opioid tragedy in three acts
McGreal, Chris.
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A devastating portrait of America's opioid painkiller epidemic - the deadliest drug crisis in US history.
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If you love me : a mother's memoir of a daughter's opioid addiction
Cavanagh, Maureen
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Maureen Cavanagh's gripping memoir If You Love Me is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles--and ultimately reckons with--substance use disorder. Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and...
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Empire of pain the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
Keefe, Patrick Radden
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation...
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Transcendent Kingdom
Gyasi, Yaa.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 **From the bestselling author of Homegoing** ______________________________________________ As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama,...
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