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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions. Drawing on years of research--as well as personal experience as a recovered addict--researcher and professor...
3) Roxy
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Two siblings get caught up in a wager between two manufactured gods, Roxicodone and Adderall, in this new thriller inspired by the opioid crisis"--
Isaac and Ivy Ramsey are the victims of the bet between two manufactured gods: the seductive and lethal Roxy (Oxycontin), and the smart, high-achieving Addison (Adderall). The wager: a contest to see who can bring their mark to a rave that has raged since the beginning of time. Drawn by what the drugs...
Author
Publisher
Island Time Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a lifeless body, rifled through his dead friend's pockets for any remaining heroin and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the Opioid Crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope, and would do everything in their power to get him the...
5) S.O.B.E.R.*: *son of a bitch everything's real ; a story of addiction told by a mother and her son
Author
Publisher
Anita Devlin
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
S.O.B.E.R.* offers a rare glimpse at the daily, all consuming relationship between family and addiction, told simultaneously from a mother's view and an addict's perspective.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life.
9) Ben is back
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2012, ©2011
Language
Español
Description
Maya, una estadounidense que tiene 19 años, se exilia y se queda temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur de Chile, Chiloé, la tierra del origen de su abuela. Allí se pone a escribir en un cuaderno acerca de su adaptación al lugar, sus problemas con las drogas, su vida amorosa, y otros acontecimientos.
Maya, a young American on the run, is sent to Chiloé, in a remote part of Chile, her grandmother's homeland, where she records in her diary...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Formats
Description
America, 2036. Powerful magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs ex-cop Nick Bottom's services, and, in particular, his memories. As head of the original investigation into the murder of Nakamura's son, Bottom's flashbacks hold the key to solving what was the toughest case of his career. But as Nick delves deeper, the harder it becomes to trust those around him. And when he uncovers a connection to his wife's death, it is not only Hiroshi Nakamura who wants...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Three Women, Bustle editor and writer Samantha Leach traces the lives of a trio of girls who met in the Troubled Teen Industry and went on to share the same tragic fate. Samantha and her best friend Elissa were typical privileged, rebellious, suburban girls. But after Elissa was kicked out of their private school, she soon disappeared. At fifteen years old, her parents quietly flew her from Providence, Rhode Island to a $10,000/month...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Journalist Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin -- the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin -- to the veins of people across the United States. Communities where heroin had never been seen before -- from Charlotte, North Carolina and...
15) Mary Proud
Publisher
Maverick Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A talented single mother pursues a music career and must battle bad relationships, shady music industry professionals, and her own fight with drug addiction and mental illness to provide a better life for herself and her children.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. "A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape," writes Ben Westhoff. "These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
octubre 2020.
Language
Español
Description
"He aquí una retorcida historia de amor. Nuestro prospecto de héroe ha de ganarse su papel en ella con las reglas que impuso desde niño. No hay para él asunto más serio que este juego, cuya materia prima son las cicatrices. Necesita vivir la vida al límite, hacer de cada día una película y saltar al vacío sin la ayuda de un doble. Los novelistas, piensa, son siempre lo que cuentan. Esta novela tiene que ver con el romance, la cárcel, las...
18) The snow queen
Author
Language
English
Description
A heartbroken man turns to religion after seeing a vision in the sky above Central Park while his musician brother takes drugs he thinks will help him compose a ballad for his seriously ill wife.
19) Sound of metal
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ruben is a drummer in a metal-duo with his girlfriend Lou. When he suddenly loses his hearing, he goes through a profound odyssey and comes to discover deafness not as a disability but as a rich culture and community.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table--eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at the table? In The Meth Lunches, James Beard award-winning writer Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated dinners and charming...
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