Examines the complexity and the humanity of the opioid epidemic
America’s opioid epidemic continues to ravage families and
communities, despite intense media coverage, federal legislation,
criminal prosecutions, and harm reduction efforts to prevent
overdose deaths. More than 450,000 Americans have died from opioid
overdoses since the late 1990s. In Opioid Reckoning, Amy C.
Sullivan explores the complexity of the crisis through firsthand
accounts of people grappling with the reverberating effects of
stigma, treatment, and recovery. Nearly everyone in the
United States has been touched in some way by the opioid epidemic,
including the author and her family. Sullivan uses her own story as
a launching point to learn how the opioid epidemic challenged
longstanding recovery protocols in Minnesota, a state
internationally recognized for pioneering addiction treatment. By
centering the voices of many people who have experienced opioid
use, treatment, recovery, and loss, Sullivan exposes the
devastating effects of a one-size-fits-all approach toward
treatment of opioid dependency. Taking a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental
perspective of every aspect of these issues—drug use, parenting,
harm reduction, medication, abstinence, and stigma—Opioid
Reckoning questions current treatment models, healthcare
inequities, and the criminal justice system. Sullivan also imagines
a future where anyone suffering an opioid-use disorder has access
to the individualized care, without judgment, available to those
with other health problems. Opioid Reckoning presents a
captivating look at how the state that invented “rehab”
addresses the challenges of the opioid epidemic and its overdose
deaths while also taking readers into the intimate lives of
families, medical and social work professionals, grassroots
activists, and many others impacted by the crisis who contribute
their insights and potential solutions. In sharing these stories
and chronicling their lessons, Sullivan offers a path forward that
cultivates empathy, love, and hope for anyone affected by chaotic
drug use and its harms.
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